1914 in Germany

Events in the year 1914 in Germany.

Incumbents

5 July:
* The German Kaiser announces that he will not attend the Archduke's funeral.
* A council is held at Potsdam, powerful leaders within Austria-Hungary and Germany meet to discuss possibilities of war with Serbia, Russia, and France.

1 August – The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire, following Russia's military mobilization in support of Serbia; Germany also begins mobilization.
3 August – World War I: Germany declares war on France
4 August:
* World War I: Germany declares war on Belgium
* World War I: German troops invade neutral Belgium. The United Kingdom declares war on Germany after the latter fails to respect Belgian neutrality.
7 August – World War I: French and British forces invade and occupy the German colony of Togoland.
9 August:
* World War I: Battle of Mulhouse begins, the opening attack of by the French army against Germany.
* World War I: The German submarine Unterseeboot 15 is sunk by the British HMS Birmingham.
23 August
* The Republic of China cancels the German lease of Kiaochow Bay.
* World War I: A New Zealand expeditionary force occupies the German colony of German Samoa, following an unopposed invasion.
* World War I: Battle of Mons, the first major action of the war between the British Expeditionary Force and the German Army, in which the German forces are defeated.
28 August – World War I: The Battle of Heligoland - three German cruisers are sunk by British cruisers.

5–12 September – World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins: Northeast of Paris, German forces are attacked by the British Expeditionary Force and the French 6th Army. Over 2 million fight in victory for the Anglo-French forces.
13–28 September – World War I: First Battle of the Aisne involving British, French and German forces.
21 September– World War I: All German armed forces in German New Guinea surrender to the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force.

4 October – Manifesto of the Ninety-Three proclaimed in Germany.
19 October – 22 November – World War I: First Battle of Ypres fought between British, French and German forces in Ypres in Belgium.

1 November – World War I: Battle of Coronel fought – German forces, led by Vice-Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee, defeat a Royal Navy squadron.
7 November – World War I: Following the Siege of Tsingtao, Japanese armed forces assume control of the German colonial concession at Kiaochow Bay.

8 December – World War I: The Battle of the Falkland Islands, the German fleet is defeated by the British Royal Navy.
24 December – World War I: German and British soldiers begin an unofficial Christmas truce.

8 April – Günter Amelung, highly decorated Rittmeister of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht
12 April - Gretel Bergmann, German high jumper
20 April – Otto Weiß, former German pair skater

3 May – Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart, German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
7 May – Joachim Wandel, German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
26 May – Erhard Weiß, German diver
27 May – Otto Weidinger, member of the Waffen-SS

6 November – Alfred Zwiebel, German-American landscape, floral, and still-life paint
13 November - Paul Lücke, German politician
15 November - Erich Steidtmann, German Nazi SS officer