1816 in Germany
Events from the year 1816 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
- *William
Grand Duchies
Grand Duke of Baden- *Charles 10 June 1811 – 8 December 1818Grand Duke of Hesse
- * Louis I
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- * Frederick Francis I– Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- * Charles II
- *George 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
- * [Charles Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg|Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Charles Frederick]
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
- * Charles II Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- * Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen - FrederickDuke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- * Ernest I Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- * Bernhard II Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
- * [Frederick Charles, Grand Duke of Baden|Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck|Frederick Charles Louis]
- *Frederick William
Events
- January 9 – Ludwig van Beethoven obtains custody of his nephew Karl, after a legal battle with the boy's mother.
- 10 February – Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, dies and is succeeded by Friedrich Wilhelm, his son and founder of the House of Glücksburg.
- April 17 – Josef von Spaun writes to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for permission to have his poems set to music by the youthful Franz Schubert.
- July 13 – Carl Maria von Weber meets Count Vitzthum von Eckstädt at Carlsbad; the encounter leads to Weber being appointed Kapellmeister at Dresden.
- October 2 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel is offered a post at Stuttgart by Duke Frederick I of Württemberg.
- November 19 – Carl Maria von Weber becomes engaged to soprano Caroline Brandt.
- Ludwig van Beethoven : To the distant beloved op. 98 ; Der Mann von Wort - Lied Op. 99; Piano Sonata No. 28 op.101
- Johann Simon Mayr : 6 cantatas
- Carl Maria von Weber : Piano Sonata No. 2 in A flat major op. 39; Piano Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 49; Grand Duo concertant for clarinet and piano in E flat major op.48
- Franz Bopp – Über das Conjugationssystem der Sanskritsprache in Vergleichung mit jenem der griechischen, lateinischen, persischen und germanischen Sprache
- Pinkus Müller brewery established.
- Province of Saxony established
- Province of Brandenburg established
- The Neue Wache, a listed building on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic centre of Berlin. Erected from 1816 to 1818.
Births
- 24 May – Emanuel Leutze, German-American painter
- 21 July – Paul Reuter, German entrepreneur
- 11 September – Carl Zeiss, German maker of optical instruments
- November 1 – Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer, German novelist, dramatist and travel writer
- 10 December – August Karl von Goeben, Prussian general
- 13 December – Werner von Siemens, German inventor, industrialist
- 29 December – Carl Ludwig, German physician, physiologist
Deaths
- 3 March – Johann August von Starck, German pastor
- April 28 – Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher
- 9 August – Johann August Apel, German writer, jurist
- 29 August – Johann Hieronymus Schröter, German astronomer
- 6 November – Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Christian Gottlob Fechhelm, German portrait and historical painter