1816 in Germany
Events from the year 1816 in Germany. Incumbents Kingdoms Kingdom of Prussia Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840) Kingdom of Bavaria Maximilian I (1 January 1806 – 13 October 1825) Kingdom of Saxony Frederick Augustus I (20 December 1806 – 5 May 1827) Kingdom of Hanover George III (25 October 1760 –29 January 1820) Kingdom of Württemberg Frederick I (22 December 1797 – 30 October 1816) William (30 October 1816 – 25 June 1864) Grand Duchies Grand Duke of Baden Charles 10 June 1811 – 8 December 1818 Grand Duke of Hesse Louis I (14 August 1806 – 6 April 1830) Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Frederick Francis I– (24 April 1785 – 1 February 1837) Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Charles II (2 June 1794 – 6 November 1816) George (6 November 1816 – 6 September 1860) Grand Duke of Oldenburg Wilhelm (6 July 1785 –2 July 1823 ) Due to mental illness, Wilhelm was duke in name only, with his cousin Peter, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, acting as regent throughout his entire reign. Peter I (2 July 1823 - 21 May 1829) Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Charles Frederick (14 June 1828 - 8 July 1853) Principalities Schaumburg-Lippe George William (13 February 1787 - 1860) Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Friedrich Günther (28 April 1807 - 28 June 1867) Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Günther Friedrich Karl I (14 October 1794 - 19 August 1835) Principality of Lippe Leopold II (5 November 1802 - 1 January 1851) Principality of Reuss-Greiz Heinrich XIII (28 June 1800 – 29 January 1817) Waldeck and Pyrmont George II (9 September 1813 - 15 May 1845) Duchies Duke of Anhalt-Dessau Leopold III (16 December 1751 – 9 August 1817) Duke of Brunswick Charles II (16 June 1815 – 9 September 1830) Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780–1826) - Frederick Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Ernest I (9 December 1806 – 12 November 1826) Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Bernhard II (24 December 1803 – 20 September 1866) Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck Frederick Charles Louis (24 February 1775 – 25 March 1816) Frederick William (25 March 1816 – 6 July 1825) Events January 9 – Ludwig van Beethoven obtains custody of his nephew Karl, after a legal battle with the boy's mother. 10 February – Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, dies and is succeeded by Friedrich Wilhelm, his son and founder of the House of Glücksburg. April 17 – Josef von Spaun writes to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for permission to have his poems set to music by the youthful Franz Schubert. July 13 – Carl Maria von Weber meets Count Vitzthum von Eckstädt at Carlsbad; the encounter leads to Weber being appointed Kapellmeister at Dresden. October 2 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel is offered a post at Stuttgart by Duke Frederick I of Württemberg. November 19 – Carl Maria von Weber becomes engaged to soprano Caroline Brandt. Ludwig van Beethoven : To the distant beloved op. 98 (song cycle); Der Mann von Wort - Lied Op. 99; Piano Sonata