1804 in Germany

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Events from the year 1804 in Germany.

Incumbents

Holy Roman Empire

Important Electors

Kingdoms

Grand Duchies

Principalities

Duchies

Other

Events

  • 17 March – Friedrich Schiller's play Wilhelm Tell, is first performed at Weimar, under the direction of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.[13]
  • 9 June – Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E–flat premiered in Vienna.
  • 11 August – In reaction to Napoleon being proclaimed emperor of France, Francis II assumes the title of a hereditary emperor of Austria (as Francis I) in addition to his title as emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Tis latter title will become obsolete two years later when the formation of the Confederation of the Rhine instigated by Napoleon signals the end of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • 1 September – German astronomer K. L. Harding discovers the asteroid Juno.
  • German pharmacist Friedrich Sertürner first isolates morphine from opium,[14][15] probably the first ever isolation of a natural plant alkaloid.
  • German Gerhard Bonnier begins a publishing business in Copenhagen (Denmark) by issuing Underfulde og sandfærdige kriminalhistorier, origin of the Swedish Bonnier Group.[16]

Births

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

Deaths

Immanuel Kant

References

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  2. ^ "General German Biography - Wikisource". Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ^ David, Saul (1998). Prince of pleasure : the Prince of Wales and the making of the Regency. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 978-0-87113-739-5. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Frederick William III". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 30 July 2018.
  5. ^ a b c Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 38.
  6. ^ Huish, Robert (1821). Public and Private Life His Late Excellent and most Gracious Majesty George The Third. T. Kelly. p. 170.
  7. ^ a b "Oldenburg Royal Family". Monarchies of Europe. Archived from the original on 17 March 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  8. ^ Apfelstedt, F.; Apfelstedt, Heinrich Friedrich Theodor (1996). Das Haus Kevernburg-Schwarzburg von seinem Ursprunge bis auf unsere Zeit. Thüringer Chronik-Verlag Müllerott. ISBN 978-3-910132-29-0.
  9. ^ Almanach de Gotha (87th ed.). Justus Perthes. 1850. p. 38.
  10. ^ J. Morley, "The Bauhaus Effect," in Social Utopias of the Twenties (Germany: Müller Bushmann press, 1995), 11.
  11. ^ "Biografie Georg I (German)". Meininger Museen. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  12. ^ Albinus, Robert (1985). Lexikon der Stadt Königsberg Pr. und Umgebung (in German). Leer: Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg. p. 371. ISBN 3-7921-0320-6.
  13. ^ Who is this Schiller Now? Essays on His Reception and Significance. Camden House. 2011. p. 313. ISBN 9781571134882.
  14. ^ Serturner, F. W. A. (1806) J. Pharm. f. Arzte. Apoth. Chem. 14 47–93.
  15. ^ Meyer, Klaus (2004). "Dem Morphin auf der Spur". Pharmazeutischen Zeitung (in German). GOVI-Verlag. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  16. ^ Creating Nordic Capitalism: The Development of a Competitive Periphery. Palgrave Macmillan. 16 September 2017. pp. 78–. ISBN 978-1-137-07137-8.