1875 in Germany
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Events in the year 1875 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
- Emperor â William I
- Chancellor â Otto von Bismarck
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria â Ludwig II
- King of Prussia â William I
- King of Saxony â Albert
- King of Württemberg â Charles
Grand Duchies
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe â Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt â George Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen â Günther Friedrich Karl II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Principality of Lippe â Leopold III, Prince of Lippe to 8 December, then Woldemar, Prince of Lippe
- Reuss Elder Line â Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz
- Reuss Younger Line â Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
- Waldeck and Pyrmont â George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchies
Events
- 22â27 May â The Gotha Program is adopted by the Social Democratic Party of Germany.[1]
- 27 May â German company Soennecken is founded
- 28 June â German company Lürssen is founded
- 16 August â 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.[2]
- Hotel Kaiserhof opens in Berlin.
Births
- 4 February â Ludwig Prandtl, German engineer (died 1953)
- 6 February â Otto Gessler, German politician (died 1955)
- 18 February â Wilhelm Külz, German politician (died 1948)
- 26 February â Erich Koch-Weser, German lawyer and politician (died 1944)
- 22 March â Hans Grimm, German writer (died 1959)
- 17 May â Ernst Friedberger, German immunologist and hygienist (died 1932)
- 1 June â Carl Severing, German politician (died 1952)
- 6 June â Thomas Mann, German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist (died 1955)
- 22 June â Johannes Baader, German architect, writer and artist (died 1955)
- 3 July â Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (died 1951)
- 3 September â Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer (died 1951)
- 20 September â Matthias Erzberger, German politician (died 1921)
- 23 September â Hedwig Wangel, German actress (died 1961)
- 11 October â August Marahrens, German Protestant bishop who served as Landesbischof of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover (died 1950)
- 12 October â Emil Rudolf WeiÃ, German painter and poet (died 1942)
- 31 October â Heinrich Thyssen, German entrepreneur and art collector (died 1947)
- 4 November â Arthur Crispien, German politician (died 1946)
- 20 November â Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg, German diplomat (died 1944)
- 9 December â Carl Wentzel, German farmer (died 1944)
- 12 December â Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (died 1953)
- 14 December â Paul Löbe, German politician (died 1967)
Deaths
- 4 January â Michael Deinlein, German bishop (born 1800)
- 6 January â Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, German nobleman (born 1802)
- 20 May â Carl Heinrich Theodor Knorr, German businessman and founder of the company Knorr (born 1800)
- 4 June â Eduard Mörike, German poet (born 1804)
- 18 June â Wilhelm Paul Corssen, German philologist (born 1820)
- 20 June â Wilhelm Bauer, German engineer (born 1822)
- 15 October â Theodor Hosemann, German painter and illustrator (born 1807)
- 4 November â Robert von Mohl, German Jurist (born 1799)
- 8 December â Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, German nobleman (born 1821)