1859 in Germany

Events from the year 1859 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

 * 4 February – German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovers the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine's Monastery on the foot of Mount Sinai, in the Khedivate of Egypt.

Births

 * 27 January – Wilhelm II of Germany, last Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (d. 1941 )
 * 3 February – Hugo Junkers, German industrialist, aircraft designer (d. 1935)
 * 7 April – Jacques Loeb, German–American physiologist, biologist (d. 1924)
 * 25 December – Ludwig von Estorff, German general (d. 1943 )

Deaths

 * 20 January – Bettina von Arnim, composer and author (born 1785)
 * 6 May – Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and geographer (b. 1769)
 * 8 July – Charlotte von Siebold, German gynecologist (b. 1788 )
 * 28 September – Carl Ritter, German geographer (b. 1779)
 * 4 October – Karl Baedeker, German author, publisher (b. 1801)
 * 22 October – Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer (b. 1784)
 * 16 December – Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist, folklorist (b. 1786)