1833 in Germany

Decades:	1810s ; 1820s ; 1830s ; 1840s ; 1850s ;
See also:	Other events of 1833 ; History of Germany • Timeline • Years

Last updated January 09, 2026

Incumbents

Kingdom of Prussia
- Monarch – Frederick William III (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840)^[1]
Kingdom of Bavaria
- Monarch - Ludwig I (1825–1848)
Kingdom of Saxony
- Anthony (5 May 1827 – 6 June 1836)
Kingdom of Hanover
- William IV (26 June 1830 to 1837)
Kingdom of Württemberg
- William (1816–1864)

Events

6 February – His Royal Highness Prince Otto Friedrich Ludwig of Bavaria assumes the title His Majesty Othon the First, by the Grace of God, King of Greece, Prince of Bavaria.
6 May – Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Weber obtain permission to build an electromagnetic telegraph in Göttingen.
14 December – Kaspar Hauser, a mysterious German youth, is stabbed, dying three days later on 17 December.^[2]

Date unknown

The dawn of biochemistry: The first enzyme, diastase, is discovered by Anselme Payen.

Births

Johannes Brahms JohannesBrahms.jpg — Johannes Brahms

5 January – Eugene W. Hilgard, German-American "Father of soil science" (d. 1916)
28 February – Alfred von Schlieffen, German field marshal (d. 1913)
5 May – Lazarus Fuchs, German mathematician (d. 1902)
7 May – Johannes Brahms, German composer (d. 1897)^[3]

3 August – Auguste Schmidt, German educator, women's rights activist (d. 1902)
25 December – Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1916)

Deaths

16 January – Nannette Streicher, German piano maker, composer, music educator, and writer (b. 1769)
16 October – Meno Haas, German-born copperplate engraver (b. 1752)
17 December – Kaspar Hauser, German youth of uncertain origin (stabbed) (b. 1812?)^[2]

References

↑ "Frederick William III". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 30 July 2018.
1 2 Walther Schreibmüller: Bilanz einer 150jährigen Kaspar Hauser-Forschung, in: Genealogisches Jahrbuch 31, 1991, pp. 43–84
↑ Becker, Heinz (1980). "Brahms, Johannes". In Stanley Sadie (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . Vol. 3. London: Macmillan. pp. 154–190. ISBN 978-0-333-23111-1.

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[1] "Frederick William III". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 30 July 2018.

[Hauser-2] 1 2 Walther Schreibmüller: Bilanz einer 150jährigen Kaspar Hauser-Forschung, in: Genealogisches Jahrbuch 31, 1991, pp. 43–84

[3] Becker, Heinz (1980). "Brahms, Johannes". In Stanley Sadie (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . Vol. 3. London: Macmillan. pp. 154–190. ISBN 978-0-333-23111-1.

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