1831 in Germany

Events from the year 1831 in Germany

Incumbents

 * Kingdom of Prussia
 * Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840)
 * 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

 * 2 May - The Polytechnic Institute, today's Leibniz University Hanover established. Founded on 2 May 1831, it is one of the largest and oldest science and technology universities in Germany.

Births

 * 7 January – Heinrich von Stephan, German postal union organizer (d. 1897)
 * 26 January – Heinrich Anton de Bary, German botanist, mycologist (d. 1888)
 * 24 February – Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)
 * 8 September – Wilhelm Raabe, German novelist (d. 1910)
 * 18 September – Siegfried Marcus, German-born automobile pioneer (d. 1898)
 * 6 October – Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (d. 1916)
 * 18 October – Frederick III, German Emperor (d. 1888)

Deaths

 * 21 January – Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet (b. 1781)
 * 17 February – Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (b. 1785)
 * 25 February – Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German dramatist and novelist, originator of Sturm und Drang (born 1752)
 * 5 August – Sébastien Érard, German-born French instrument maker (b. 1752)
 * 24 August – August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
 * 28 September – Philippine Engelhard, German writer, scholar (b. 1756)
 * 14 November – Georg Hegel, German philosopher (b. 1770)
 * 16 November – Carl von Clausewitz, German military strategist (b. 1780)