1815 in Germany
Events from the year 1815 in Germany.
Incumbents
Kingdoms
- Kingdom of Prussia
- * Monarch – Frederick William III
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- * Maximilian I
- Kingdom of Saxony
- * Frederick Augustus I
- Kingdom of Hanover
- * George III
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- * Frederick I
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden
- * Charles 10 June 1811 – 8 December 1818
- Grand Duke of Hesse
- * Louis I
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- * Frederick Francis I–
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- * Charles II
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg
- * Wilhelm Due to mental illness, Wilhelm was duke in name only, with his cousin Peter, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, acting as regent throughout his entire reign.
- * Peter I
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- * Karl August
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe
- * George William
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- * Friedrich Günther
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- * Günther Friedrich Karl I
- Principality of Lippe
- * Leopold II
- Principality of Reuss-Greiz
- * Heinrich XIII
- Waldeck and Pyrmont
- * George II
Duchies
- Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
- * Leopold III
- Duke of Brunswick
- * Frederick William
- * Charles II
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- * Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen - Frederick
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- * Ernest I
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- * Bernhard II
- Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
- *Frederick Charles Louis
Events
- 3 January – Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia.
- 9 June – The Final Act of the Congress of Vienna is signed: A new European political situation is set. The German Confederation and Congress Poland are created, and the neutrality of Switzerland is guaranteed. Also, Luxembourg declares independence from the French Empire.
- 16 June-Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Ligny: Napoleon defeats a Prussian army under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.
- 2 August – Napoleonic Wars: Representatives of the United Kingdom, Austria, Russia and Prussia sign a convention at Paris, declaring that Napoleon Bonaparte is "their prisoner" and that "His safekeeping is entrusted to the British Government."
- 26 September – Austria, Prussia and Russia sign a Holy Alliance, to uphold the European status quo.
- 20 November – The Napoleonic Wars come to an end after 12 years, with the British government restoring the status quo of France, prior to when the French Revolution began in 1789.
Births
- 15 January – Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann, German photographer
- 11 March – Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer
- 1 April- Otto von Bismarck, German statesman
- 6 April – Robert Volkmann, German composer
- 18 June – Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, Bavarian general
- 26 July – Robert Remak, German embryologist, physiologist and neurologist
- 31 October – Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician
- 8 December – Adolph Menzel, German artist, painter
Deaths
- 5 March – Franz Mesmer, German developer of animal magnetism
- 11 May – Aletta Haniel, German business person
- 16 June – Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, German noble, general
- 3 July – Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden, German pioneer in mining and metallurgy