1859 in Germany
Events from the year 1859 in Germany.
Incumbents
- King of Bavaria – Maximilian II
- King of Hanover – George V
- King of Prussia – Frederick William IV
- King of Saxony – John of Saxony
Events
- 4 February – German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovers the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine's Monastery on the foot of Mount Sinai, in the Khedivate of Egypt.
Births
- 27 January – Wilhelm II of Germany, last Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia
- 3 February – Hugo Junkers, German industrialist, aircraft designer
- 7 April – Jacques Loeb, German–American physiologist, biologist
- 25 December – Ludwig von Estorff, German general
Deaths
- 20 January – Bettina von Arnim, composer and author
- 6 May – Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and geographer
- 8 July – Charlotte von Siebold, German gynecologist
- 28 September – Carl Ritter, German geographer
- 4 October – Karl Baedeker, German author, publisher
- 22 October – Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer
- 16 December – Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist, folklorist