1894 in Germany

Decades:	1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s;
See also:	Other events of 1894; History of Germany • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 1894 in Germany.

Incumbents

Cameroon (Kamerun) – Leist to 24 February, then Eugen von Zimmerer (4th and final term) to 31 December, then Jesko von Puttkamer (3rd term)
German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Friedrich Radbod Freiher von Schele
German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Gerog Schmiele (Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company)
German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Curt von François (Landeshauptleute) to 15 March, then Theodor Leutwein (Landeshauptleute)
Togoland – Jesko von Puttkamer (Landeshauptleute) (2nd term)

8 February – Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher (died 1971)
26 February – Wilhelm Bittrich, German Waffen SS general (died 1979)
11 March – Otto Grotewohl, German politician (died 1964)
1 April – Eduard Wagner, German general (died 1944)
11 April – Fritz Lindemann, German officer (died 1944)
14 April – Fritz Thiele, German member of the German resistance who served as the communications chief of the German Army (died 1944)
19 April – Adolf Wissel, German painter, an official artist of Nazism (died 1973)
19 May – Heinz Ziegler, German general (died 1972)
30 July – Gerda Müller, German actress (died 1951)
17 August – Otto Suhr, German politician (died 1957)
19 August – Joseph Müller, German Roman Catholic priest (died 1944)
20 August – Josef Straßberger, German weightlifter (died 1950)
6 September – Carl Grossberg, German painter (died 1940)
12 September – Friedrich Ebert Jr., German politician (died 1979)
15 September – Herbert Windt, German composer (died 1965)
14 October – Heinrich Lübke, German politician (died 1972)
2 November – Alexander Lippisch, German aeronautical engineer, pioneer of aerodynamics (died 1976)
19 November – Heinz Hopf, German mathematician (died 1971)
17 December – Hans Henny Jahnn, German playwright and novelist (died 1959)
19 December – Paul Dessau, German conductor and composer (died 1979)
21 December – Gustav Ehrhart, German chemist (died 1971)

1 January – Heinrich Hertz, German physicist (born 1857)
11 January:
- Wilhelm von Freeden, German mathematician (born 1822)
- Joseph Weyland, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (born 1826)
12 February – Hans von Bülow, German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer (born 1830)
20 February – Georg Albert Lücke, German surgeon (born 1829)
11 April – Constantin Lipsius, German architect (born 1832)
21 May – August Kundt, German physicist (born 1839)
8 September – Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (born 1821)
17 October – Ludwig von Henk, German naval officer (born 1820)

^ ^a ^b "Historic Figures: Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941)". BBC History. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
^ "Reichstag | building, Berlin, Germany". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 22 August 2018.