1817 in Germany
Events from the year 1817 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
- * William
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
- * 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
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
- * Heinrich XIX
- Waldeck and Pyrmont
- * George II
Duchies
- Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
- *Leopold III
- * Leopold IV
- Duke of Brunswick
- * 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 William
Events
- 12 June – German inventor Karl Drais drives his dandy horse, the earliest form of bicycle, in Mannheim.
- 18 October – Wartburg Festival
Births
- 22 February – Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician
- 14 September – Theodor Storm, German writer
- 30 October – Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp, German chemist
- 30 November – Theodor Mommsen, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate
Deaths
- 1 January – Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist who discovered uranium, zirconium, and cerium
- 2 April – Johann Heinrich Jung, German writer
- 30 June – Abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist
- 10 August – Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
- 1 December – Justin Heinrich Knecht, German composer, organist and music theorist