1875 in Germany

Events in the year 1875 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

• Emperor – William I
• Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck

State level

Kingdoms

• King of Bavaria – Ludwig II
• King of Prussia – William I
• King of Saxony – Albert
• King of Württemberg – Charles

Grand Duchies

• Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick I
• Grand Duke of Hesse – Louis III
• Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis II
• 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 – Günther Friedrich Karl II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
• Principality of Lippe – Leopold III, Prince of Lippe to 8 December, then 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 – William, Duke of Brunswick
• Duke of Saxe-Altenburg – Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
• Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Events

• 22–27 May – The Gotha Program is adopted by the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
• 27 May – German company Soennecken is founded
• 28 June – German company Lürssen is founded
• 16 August – The Hermannsdenkmal was inaugurated in Detmold.

Undated

• German company Bauer Media Group is founded
• German company Schiesser is founded
• Congregations Law
• The weekly medical journal, Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, is established in Germany by Paul Börner.
• Hotel Kaiserhof opens in Berlin.

Births

• 4 February – Ludwig Prandtl, German engineer (died 1953)
• 6 February – Otto Gessler, German politician (died 1955)
• 18 February – Wilhelm Külz, German politician (died 1948)
• 26 February – Erich Koch-Weser, German lawyer and politician (died 1944)
• 22 March – Hans Grimm, German writer (died 1959)
• 17 May – Ernst Friedberger, German immunologist and hygienist (died 1932)
• 1 June – Carl Severing, German politician (died 1952)
• 6 June – Thomas Mann, German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist (died 1955)
• 22 June – Johannes Baader, German architect, writer and artist (died 1955)
• 3 July – Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (died 1951)
• 3 September – Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer (died 1951)
• 20 September – Matthias Erzberger, German politician (died 1921)
• 23 September – Hedwig Wangel, German actress (died 1961)
• 11 October – August Marahrens, German Protestant bishop who served as Landesbischof of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover (died 1950)
• 12 October – Emil Rudolf Weiß, German painter and poet (died 1942)
• 31 October – Heinrich Thyssen, German entrepreneur and art collector (died 1947)
• 4 November – Arthur Crispien, German politician (died 1946)
• 20 November – Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg, German diplomat (died 1944)
• 9 December – Carl Wentzel, German farmer (died 1944)
• 12 December – Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (died 1953)
• 14 December – Paul Löbe, German politician (died 1967)

Deaths

• 4 January – Michael Deinlein, German bishop (born 1800)
• 6 January – Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, German nobleman (born 1802)
• 20 May – Carl Heinrich Theodor Knorr, German businessman and founder of the company Knorr (born 1800)
• 4 June – Eduard Mörike, German poet (born 1804)
• 18 June – Wilhelm Paul Corssen, German philologist (born 1820)
• 20 June – Wilhelm Bauer, German engineer (born 1822)
• 15 October – Theodor Hosemann, German painter and illustrator (born 1807)
• 4 November – Robert von Mohl, German Jurist (born 1799)
• 8 December – Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, German nobleman (born 1821)

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