1831 in Germany
Events from the year '''1831 in Germany'''
Incumbents
Kingdom of Prussia- * 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