1875 in Germany

List of events

* 1874
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* 1876
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* 1878
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* 1850s
* 1860s
* 1870s
* 1880s
* 1890s

See also:| Other events of 1875
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Events in the year 1875 in Germany.

## Incumbents

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### National level

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* Emperor – William I
* Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck

### State level

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#### Kingdoms

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

#### Grand Duchies

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 22–27 May – The Gotha Program is adopted by the Social Democratic Party of Germany.[1]
* 27 May – German company Soennecken is founded
* 28 June – German company Lürssen is founded
* 16 August – The Hermannsdenkmal was inaugurated in Detmold.

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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1. ^ Hanover Historical Texts Project (ed.). "The Gotha and Erfurt Programs: Excerpts from the Original Electronic Text at the web site of the Hanover Historical Texts Project". Hanover College. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
2. ^ Staehr C (September 1999). "[Dr. Paul Börner, founder of the Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift]". Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift (in German). 124 (38): 1119–20. doi:10.1055/s-0029-1233185. PMID 10576968.

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*   * Andorra
*   *   *   * Austria-Hungary
*   * Baden
*   *   *   * Belgium
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Denmark
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