1844 in Germany
Events in the year 1844 in Germany.
Incumbents
- King of Bavaria – Ludwig I
- King of Hanover – Ernest Augustus
- King of Prussia – Frederick William IV
- King of Saxony – Frederick Augustus II
- King of Württemberg – William I of Württemberg
- Grand Duke of Baden – Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
Events
- 15 March – opening of Gößnitz station
Undated
Establishments
Births
- 3 January – Hermann Eggert, German architect
- 16 January – Paul Singer, German politician
- 14 February – Joseph Thyssen, German industrialist
- 10 March – Karl Gutbrod, German judge
- 25 March – Adolf Engler, German botanist
- 3 April – Georg Ratzinger, priest and politician
- 30 April – Carl von Thieme, German banker
- 17 May – Julius Wellhausen, biblical scholar
- 6 August – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- 30 August – Friedrich Ratzel, German geographer and ethnographer
- 13 September – Ludwig von Falkenhausen, German general
- 15 October – Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, philologist
- 24 November – Friedrich Jolly, neurologist
- 25 November – Carl Benz, German engine designer and automobile engineer
Deaths
- 8 March – Theresia Anna Maria von Brühl, pastellist
- 11 May – Georg Ludwig Engelhard Krebs, apothecary and natural history collector
- 16 May – Joseph Knauer, Bishop of Wroclaw
- 4 August – Christian Friedrich Illgen, Protestant theologian