1858 in Germany

Events from the year 1858 in Germany.

Incumbents

 * King of Bavaria – Maximilian II
 * King of Hanover – George V
 * King of Prussia – Frederick William IV
 * King of Saxony – John of Saxony

Events

 * William I of Prussia becomes regent for his brother, Frederick William IV, who has suffered a stroke.
 * January 25 – The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional, after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria 's daughter Victoria, Princess Royal, to Prince Friedrich of Prussia in St James's Palace , London.

Births

 * January 10 – Heinrich Zille, German illustrator, photographer (d. 1929)
 * February 18 – Wilhelm Schmidt, German pioneer of superheated steam for use in locomotives (d. 1924 )
 * February 24 - Friedrich Schrempf, German editor, politician (d. 1913)
 * March 18 – Rudolf Diesel, German inventor, automotive pioneer (d. 1913)
 * March 23 – Ludwig Quidde, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1941)
 * March 27 – Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer, German physician, bacteriologist (d. 1945)
 * April 23 – Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
 * July 9 – Franz Boas, German anthropologist (d. 1942)
 * November 10 – Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (d. 1928)
 * December 19 – Adolf Schiel, German-born officer in Boer armed forces (d. 1903)

Deaths

 * February 13 – Hermann Heinrich Gossen, economist (b. 1810)
 * March 20 – Johannes Gossner, theologian and philanthropist (b. 1810)
 * June 3 – Julius Reubke, German composer (b. 1834)
 * December 13 – Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher, German botanist (b. 1799 )