1869 in Germany

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See also:| Other events of 1869
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Events from the year 1869 in Germany.

## Incumbents

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* King of Bavaria – Ludwig II
* King of Prussia – William I
* King of Saxony – John
* King of Württemberg – Charles of Württemberg
* Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick I

## Events

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* 9 May – The German Alpine Club is founded
* 15 June – The Second German North Polar Expedition departs from Bremerhaven
* 20 August – Kunsthalle Hamburg opened.
* 5 September – The foundation stone is laid for Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria.[1][2]

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* First Deutsches Derby horse race takes place.[3]

## Births

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* 25 January – Max Hoffmann, German general (died 1927)
* 3 February – Johann Becker, German politician (died 1951)
* 8 March – Rudolf Wissell, politician (died 1962)
* 15 February – Hans Schrader, German archaeologist (died 1948)
* 11 May – Erhard Riecke, German dermatologist and venereologist (died 1939)
* 12 May – Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast (died 1946)
* 18 May – Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, German nobleman (died 1955)
* 29 May – Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, German diplomat (died 1928)
* 6 June – Siegfried Wagner, German composer and conductor (died 1930)
* 27 June – Hans Spemann, German embryologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 1941)
* 13 August – Paul Behncke, German admiral (died 1937)
* 31 August – Carl von Opel, German automotive pioneer (died 1927)
* 22 October – Oskar Hergt, German politician (died 1967)
* 4 November – Fritz Schumacher, German architect (died 1947)
* 4 December – Otto Landsberg, German politician (died 1957)

## Deaths

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* 19 January – Carl Reichenbach, German chemist, geologist, metallurgist, naturalist, industrialist and philosopher (born 1788)
* 8 February – Karl Gildemeister, German architect (born 1820)
* 10 March – Carl Theodor Welcker, German journalist and politician (born 1790)
* 11 March – Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, German nobleman (born 1798)
* 2 April – Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, German palaeontologist (born 1801)
* 15 July – Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Duncker, German publisher (born 1781)
* 22 July – Julius Braun, German historian (born 1825)
* 12 November – Johann Friedrich Overbeck, German painter (born 1789), died in Italy
* 22 November – Carl Ferdinand Langhans, German architect (born 1782)
* 24 November – Anton Westermann, German philologist (born 1806)

## References

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1. ^ "Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung | Neuschwanstein | Building history". www.neuschwanstein.de. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
2. ^ Howse, Jennifer (2015-08-01). Neuschwanstein Castle: The Castle that Inspired Walt Disney. Weigl Publishers. p. 6\. ISBN 978-1-4896-3399-6.
3. ^ Randall, John; Morris, Tony (1985). Horse Racing: The Records. Guinness. p. 10\. ISBN 978-0-85112-446-9.

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