1916 in Germany
Events in the year 1916 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
- Emperor – Wilhelm II, [German Emperor|Wilhelm II]
- Chancellor – Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria – Ludwig III
- King of Prussia – Wilhelm II
- King of Saxony – Frederick Augustus III
- King of Württemberg – William II
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick II
- Grand Duke of Hesse – Ernest Louis
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis IV
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolphus Frederick VI
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Frederick Augustus II
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – William Ernest
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe – Adolf II, [Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
- Principality of Lippe – Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
- Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXIV, Prince [Reuss of Greiz]
- Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line
- Waldeck and Pyrmont – Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchies
- Duke of Anhalt – Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt
- Duke of Brunswick – Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg – Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors
Events
- 4 March – Germany surrenders German Cameroon to British and French occupying forces.
- August - the Internment of the Greek IV Corps at Görlitz begins
- 28 September - the 1916 Berlin strike begins
- 4 September – Germany surrenders Togoland to British and French occupying forces.
Births
- 12 February – Helmut Gröttrup, electrical engineer
- 10 May – Alfred Weidenmann, German film director and actor
- 9 June – Siegfried Graetschus, SS officer
- 26 June – Yitzhak Danziger, German-born Israeli sculptor
- 20 September – Rudolf August Oetker, German entrepreneur
Deaths
- 12 February – Richard Dedekind, mathematician
- 4 March – Franz Marc, painter
- 11 May:
- * Max Reger, Modernist composer, pianist, conductor, writer and professor
- * Karl Schwarzschild, Jewish-German physicist
- 13 July – Josef Rieder (cyclist)
- 11 October – Otto, former King of Bavaria, nobleman.
- 8 November – Prince Heinrich of Bavaria
- 19 December – Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck, industrialist and nobleman