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1875 in Germany

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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)

References

References

  1. "The Gotha and Erfurt Programs: Excerpts from the Original Electronic Text at the web site of the Hanover Historical Texts Project". [[Hanover College]].
  2. Staehr C. (September 1999). "[Dr. Paul Börner, founder of the Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift]". Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift.
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