Events in the year 1911 in Germany.
Incumbents National level Emperor – Wilhelm II Chancellor – Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
State level Kingdoms King of Bavaria – Otto 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 V Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Frederick Augustus II Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – William Ernest
Principalities Schaumburg-Lippe – George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe to 29 April, then 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 (with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line as regent) Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XIV, 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 – Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (regent) 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 – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors Cameroon (Kamerun) – Otto Gleim (3rd and final term) to October, then ... Hansen (acting governor) Kiaochow (Kiautschou) – Oskar von Truppel to 19 August, then Alfred Meyer-Waldeck German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Albert Hahl (2nd term) German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) – Wilhelm Solf to 19 December, then Erich Schultz-Ewerth German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Theodor Seitz Togoland – vacant until 31 March, then Edmund Brückner
Events 1 July – The Agadir Crisis is triggered when Germany's Ambassador to France, Wilhelm von Schoen, delivers a diplomatic note to France's Foreign Minister Justin de Selves, announcing that Germany has sent the gunboat and troops, to occupy Agadir, at that time a part of the protectorate of French Morocco. TRaymond Poincare, The Origins of the War (Cassell and Company, 1922) p76 4 November – The Treaty of Berlin brings the Agadir Crisis to a close. This treaty leads Morocco to be split between France (as a protectorate) and Spain (as the colony of Spanish Sahara), with Germany forfeiting all claims to Morocco. In return, France gives Germany a portion of the French Congo (as Kamerun) and Germany cedes some of German Kamerun to France (as Chad).
Births 11 March – Haim Cohn, German-born Israeli jurist and politician (died 2002) 29 March Brigitte Horney, actress (died 1988) Freya von Moltke, participant in the anti-Nazi resistance group Kreisauer Kreis (died 2010) 6 April – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist (died 1979) 29 May – Leah Goldberg, German-born Israeli poet, author, playwright, translator, and researcher of Hebrew literature (died 1970) 15 July – Max Seela, German Waffen-SS officer (died 1999) 16 July – Gabriele Wülker, German social scientist and civil servant (died 2001) 30 September – Bernd von Brauchitsch, air force officer (died 1974) 10 December – Anni Schaad, German jewelry maker (died 1988) 14 December – Hans von Ohain, German physicist (died 1998)
Deaths 15 February – Theodor Escherich, German-born Austrian pediatrician (b. 1857) 18 February – Eduard Reuss, composer and music biographer (born 1851) 25 February – Fritz von Uhde, painter (born 1848) 17 March – Friedrich Haase, actor (born 1827) 29 April – Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, nobleman (born 1846) 3 August – Reinhold Begas, sculptor (born 1831) 1 October – Wilhelm Dilthey, psychologist, sociologist and philosopher (born 1833)Makkreel, Rudolf, "Wilhelm Dilthey", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.). 15 October – James H. Schmitz, German-born American science fiction writer (d. 1981)
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