1880 in Germany

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Events from the year 1880 in Germany.

## Incumbents

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### National level

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* Kaiser – 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 IV
* 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 – Gonthier Frederick Charles II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen to 17 July, then Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
* Principality of Lippe – 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 – Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

## Events

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* 3 April – German company Munich Re is founded.
* 14 August – Construction of the Cologne Cathedral is finally completed after over 600 years.

### Undated

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* German company Bilfinger is founded.

## Births

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* 8 February – Franz Marc, German painter (died 1916)[1]
* 21 February – Waldemar Bonsels, German writer (died 1952)
* 10 April – Hans Purrmann, German painter (died 1966)
* 6 May – Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer (died 1938)
* 14 May – Wilhelm List, German field marshal (died 1971)
* 15 May – F. K. Otto Dibelius, German bishop of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg (died 1967)
* 29 May – Oswald Spengler, German historian (died 1936)
* 25 June – Erich Emminger, German politician (died 1951)
* 29 June – Ludwig Beck, German general (died 1944)
* 1 July – Herbert Koch, German archaeologist (died 1962)
* 3 July – Carl Schuricht, German conductor (died 1967)
* 11 July
* Dorothea Köring, German tennis player (died 1945)
* Friedrich Lahrs, German architect (died 1964)
* 12 July – Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, Prussian nobleman (died 1925)
* 5 August – Hermann Lüdemann, German politician (died 1959)
* 30 August – Konrad von Preysing, German prelate of Roman-Catholic Church (died 1950)
* 14 September – Karl Kimmich, German banker (died 1945)
* 28 September – Otto Sackur, German physical chemist (died 1914)
* 14 October – Bruno Heinemann, German officer (died 1918)
* 1 November – Alfred Wegener, German polar researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist (died 1930)
* 11 November – Alexander Behm, German physicist (died 1952)[2]
* 20 November – Walter Brack, German swimmer (died 1919)
* 3 December – Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (died 1945)

## Deaths

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* 4 January – Anselm Feuerbach, German painter (born 1829)
* 4 January – Karl Friedrich Lessing, German painter (born 1808)
* 12 January – Ida, Countess von Hahn-Hahn, German author and novelist (born 1805)
* 12 February – Karl von Holtei, German poet and actor (born 1798)
* 15 February – Ernst August Hagen, German writer and novelist (born 1797)
* 17 February – Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy, German chemist (born 1841)
* 29 March – Heinrich Bernhard Oppenheim, German publicist and philosopher (born 1819)
* 6 May – Friedrich Bayer, German entrepreneur (born 1825)
* 22 May – Heinrich von Gagern, German politician (born 1799)[3]
* 13 June – Heinrich Strack, German architect (born 1805)
* 18 August \- Baron Karl Ludwig von der Pfordten, German attorney and politician (born 1811)
* 30 August – Hermann Anschütz, German painter (born 1802)
* 13 December – Martin Gropius, German architect (born 1824)

## References

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1. ^ "Franz Marc". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
2. ^ "11. November 1880 - Echolot-Erfinder Alexander Behm wird geboren" (in German). Westdeutscher Rundfunk. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
3. ^ "Heinrich, baron von Gagern". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

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Sovereign states|

*   * Andorra
*   *   *   * Austria-Hungary
*   * Baden
*   *   *   * Belgium
*   *   * Bulgaria
*   *   *   *   *   *   * Denmark
*   *   *   *   *   * France
*   * Germany
*   * Greece
*   *   *   *   *   * Italy
*   *   *   * Liechtenstein
*   * Luxembourg
*   *   *   *   *   * Monaco
*   * Montenegro
*   *   * Netherlands
*   * Norway
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*   * Russia
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*   *   *   *   *   *   * Spain
* Sweden
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*   * Cyprus
*   * Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
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