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| Allgemeine Elektrizitats Gesellschaft Rathenau, Emil |  |
| Founds the German Edison Company, the Allgemeine-Elektrizitats-Gesellschaft forerunner |
| Birth of Eitel Eitel Frederick | |
| Berlin Birth of Eitel Frederick, 2nd eldest son of William II |
| Birth of Feder, Gottfried Feder, Gottfried | |
| 27th Jan Wurzburg Birth of Gottfried Feder |
| Chief of the Admiralty Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| Appointed Chief of the Admiralty |
| Death of Marx, Karl Heinrich Marx, Karl Heinrich | |
| London Death of Karl Heinrich Marx |
| GEC Rathenau, Emil | |
| Founds the German Edison Company, the Allgemeine-Elektrizitats-Gesellschaft forerunner |
| Legislation Health Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin Passes the Sickness Insurance Law |
| The social security systems installed by Bismarck (health care in 1883, accidents insurance in 1884, invalidity and old-age insurance in 1889) at the time are the most advanced in the world |
| Reform of Health Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin Passes the Sickness Insurance Law |
