1831 in Germany

Incumbents

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

Events

• 2 May - The Polytechnic Institute, today's Leibniz University Hanover established. Founded on 2 May 1831, it is one of the largest and oldest science and technology universities in Germany.

Births

• 7 January – Heinrich von Stephan, German postal union organizer
• 26 January – Heinrich Anton de Bary, German botanist, mycologist
• 24 February – Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany
• 8 September – Wilhelm Raabe, German novelist
• 18 September – Siegfried Marcus, German-born automobile pioneer
• 6 October – Richard Dedekind, German mathematician
• 18 October – Frederick III, German Emperor

Deaths

• 21 January – Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet
• 17 February – Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
• 25 February – Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German dramatist and novelist, originator of Sturm und Drang
• 5 August – Sébastien Érard, German-born French instrument maker
• 24 August – August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal
• 28 September – Philippine Engelhard, German writer, scholar
• 14 November – Georg Hegel, German philosopher
• 16 November – Carl von Clausewitz, German military strategist