Events from the year 1827 in Germany
Incumbents
Kingdoms Kingdom of Prussia Monarch – Frederick William III (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840) Kingdom of Bavaria Monarch - Ludwig I (1825–1848) Kingdom of Saxony Frederick Augustus I (20 December 1806 – 5 May 1827) Anthony (5 May 1827 – 6 June 1836) Kingdom of Hanover George IV (29 January 1820 – 26 June 1830) Kingdom of Württemberg William (30 October 1816 – 25 June 1864)
Grand Duchies Grand Duke of Baden Louis I (8 December 1818 – 30 March 1830) Grand Duke of Hesse Louis I (14 August 1806 – 6 April 1830) Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Frederick Francis I– (24 April 1785 – 1 February 1837) Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz George (6 November 1816 – 6 September 1860) Grand Duke of Oldenburg Peter I (2 July 1823 – 21 May 1829) Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Charles Frederick (14 June 1828 – 8 July 1853)
Principalities Schaumburg-Lippe George William (13 February 1787 - 1860) Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Friedrich Günther (28 April 1807 – 28 June 1867) Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Günther Friedrich Karl I (14 October 1794 – 19 August 1835) Principality of Lippe Leopold II (5 November 1802 – 1 January 1851) Principality of Reuss-Greiz Heinrich XIX (29 January 1817 – 31 October 1836) Waldeck and Pyrmont George II (9 September 1813 – 15 May 1845)
Duchies Duke of Anhalt-Dessau Leopold IV (9 August 1817 – 22 May 1871) Duke of Brunswick Charles II (16 June 1815 – 9 September 1830)Gerhard Schildt: Von der Restauration zur Reichsgründungszeit, in Horst-Rüdiger Jarck / Gerhard Schildt (eds.), Die Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte. Jahrtausendrückblick einer Region, Braunschweig 2000, pp. 753–766. Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780–1826) and Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1826–1834) - Frederick Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Ernest I (9 December 1806 – 12 November 1826) Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Bernhard II (24 December 1803 – 20 September 1866)
Events 26 March – German composer Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna, after a prolonged illness. Thousands of citizens line the streets for the funeral procession 3 days later.
Births 8 March – Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1888) 13 June – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer, businessman (d. 1882) 27 September – Georgiana Archer, German (originally Scottish) women's rights activist and educator (d. 1882) 1 November – Friedrich Haase, German actor (d. 1911) 17 December – Baron Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Governor of the Duchy of Bucovina, member of the Herrenhaus (d. 1893)
Deaths
5 January – Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, heir-presumptive to the British throne (b. 1763) 19 January – Ludwig von Brauchitsch, Prussian general (b. 1757) 26 March – Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b. 1770) 5 May – Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750) 7 November – Maria Theresia of Tuscany, Queen of Saxony (b. 1767)
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