1827 in Germany

Incumbents

Kingdoms

• * Monarch – Frederick William III Kingdom of Bavaria
• * Monarch - Ludwig I Kingdom of Saxony
• * Frederick Augustus I
• * Anthony Kingdom of Hanover
• * George IV Kingdom of Württemberg
• * William

Grand Duchies

• * Louis I Grand Duke of Hesse
• * Louis I
• Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• * Frederick Francis I– Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
• * George Grand Duke of Oldenburg
• * Peter I
• Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
• * Charles Frederick

Principalities

• * George William Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
• * Friedrich Günther Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
• * Günther Friedrich Karl I Principality of Lippe
• * Leopold II Principality of Reuss-Greiz
• * Heinrich XIX
• Waldeck and Pyrmont
• * George II

Duchies

• Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
• * Leopold IV Duke of Brunswick
• * Charles II Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
• * Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen and Duke of Saxe-Altenburg - FrederickDuke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• * Ernest I Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
• * Bernhard II

Events

• 26 March – German composer Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna, after a prolonged illness. Thousands of citizens line the streets for the funeral procession 3 days later.

Births

• 8 March – Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist
• 13 June – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer, businessman
• 27 September – Georgiana Archer, German women's rights activist and educator
• 1 November – Friedrich Haase, German actor
• 17 December – Baron Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Governor of the Duchy of Bucovina, member of the Herrenhaus

Deaths

• 5 January – Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, heir-presumptive to the British throne
• 19 January – Ludwig von Brauchitsch, Prussian general
• 26 March – Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer
• 5 May – Frederick Augustus I of Saxony
• 7 November – Maria Theresia of Tuscany, Queen of Saxony