Events in the year 1889 in Germany. Incumbents National level Kaiser – Wilhelm II Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck State level Kingdoms King of Bavaria – Otto of Bavaria King of Prussia – Kaiser Wilhelm II 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 III 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 – Karl Günther, 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 (2nd term) to 26 December, then Eugen von Zimmerer (acting governor) (2nd term) German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Hermann Wissmann (commissioner) (1st term) German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Reinhold Kraetke (Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company) to 31 October, then Fritz Rose (acting commissioner) from 1 November German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Heinrich Ernst Göring (acting commissioner) Togoland – Eugen von Zimmerer (commissioner) Wituland (Deutsch-Witu) – Gustav Denhardt (resident) Events 13 April – German company Rheinmetall was founded. 14 June – Treaty of Berlin over Samoa 3 October – German company K+S was founded. Undated Old Age and Disability Insurance Bill of 1889 Births 8 January – Paul Hartmann, German actor (died 1977) 22 January – Willi Baumeister, German painter, scenic designer, professor of art and typographer (died 1955) 1 February – Rudolf Bauer, German-American painter (died 1953) 8 February – Siegfried Kracauer, German author, journalist, sociologist and (died 1966) 3 March – Carl Vincent Krogmann, German banker and politician (died 1978) 19 April – Otto Georg Thierack, German politician and jurist (died 1946) 20 April – Adolf Hitler, German Führer and politician