1886 in Germany

← 1885 1884 1883 1886 in Germany → 1887 1888 1889
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	Other events of 1886 List of years in Germany

Events in the year 1886 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

• Kaiser — William I
• Chancellor — Otto von Bismarck

State level

Kingdoms

• King of Bavaria — Ludwig II of Bavaria to 13 June, then Otto of Bavaria
• King of Prussia — Kaiser William I
• King of Saxony — Albert of Saxony
• King of Württemberg — Charles I of Württemberg

Grand Duchies

• Grand Duke of Baden — Frederick I
• Grand Duke of Hesse — Louis IV
• Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin — Frederick Francis II
• Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz — Frederick William
• Grand Duke of Oldenburg — Peter II
• Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach — Charles Alexander

Principalities

• Schaumburg-Lippe — Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
• Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt — George Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
• Schwarzburg-Sondershausen — Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
• Principality of Lippe — Woldemar, Prince of Lippe
• Reuss Elder Line — Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz
• Reuss Younger Line — Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
• Waldeck and Pyrmont — George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Duchies

• Duke of Anhalt — Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
• Duke of Brunswick — — Prince Albert of Prussia (regent)
• Duke of Saxe-Altenburg — Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
• Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha — Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• Duke of Saxe-Meiningen — Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Colonial Governors

• Cameroon (Kamerun) — Julius Freiherr von Soden (1st term)
• German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) — Karl Peters (administrator)
• German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) — Gustav von Oertzen (commissioner); also from 10 June Georg Freiherr von Schleinitz (Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company)
• German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) — Heinrich Ernst Göring (acting commissioner)
• Togoland — Ernst Falkenthal (commissioner)
• Wituland (Deutsch-Witu) — Gustav Denhardt (resident)

Births

• 18 March — Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, German submariner (died 1941)
• 27 March - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (died 1969)
• 6 November — Gus Kahn, German songwriter (died 1941)

Deaths

• 13 June — Ludwig II, King of Bavaria