1872 in Germany

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* 1871
* 1870
* 1869
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* 1873
* 1874
* 1875
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* 1850s
* 1860s
* 1870s
* 1880s
* 1890s

See also:| Other events of 1872
History of Germany • Timeline • Years

Events from the year 1872 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 – John
* 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
* 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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* 4 July – Jesuits Law is promulgated
* 12 November – Dresdner Bank is founded

### Science

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* Richard Dedekind publishes Stetigkeit und irrationale Zahlen, a theory of irrational numbers.
* Felix Klein produces the Erlangen program on geometries.
* Ludwig Boltzmann states the Boltzmann equation for the temporal development of distribution functions in phase space, and publishes his H-theorem.
* Polyvinyl chloride is accidentally synthesised by German chemist Eugen Baumann.

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* Radeberger Brewery is opened

## Births

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* 11 January – Paul Graener, German composer and conductor (died 1944)
* 28 January – Otto Braun, German politician (died 1955)
* 8 February – Theodor Lessing, German philosopher (died 1933)
* 24 March – Walther Reinhardt, Army officer (died 1930)
* 1 April – Conrad Gröber, German bishop of Roman-Catholic Church (died 1948)
* 9 April – Theodor Koch-Grunberg, German ethnologue and explorer (died 1924)
* 19 April – Alice Salomon, German social reformer (died 1948)[1]
* 22 April – Princess Margaret of Prussia, Prussian princess (died 1954)
* 2 May – Karl Nessler, German inventor of the permanent wave (died 1951)
* 14 June – Heinrich Vogeler, German painter (died 1942)
* 22 July – Karl Helfferich, German politician (died 1924)
* 13 August – Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1942)
* 5 September – Carl Friedrich von Siemens, German entrepreneur (died 1941)
* 3 October – Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe, German scientist and inventor (died 1931)
* 9 November – Richard Otto, German physician (died 1952)
* 11 November – Frederick Stock, German composer (died 1942)

## Deaths

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* 1 April – Hugo von Mohl, German botanist (born 1805)
* 13 May – Moritz Hartmann, German poet and author (born 1821)
* 24 May – Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (born 1794)
* 21 August – David Kalisch, German playwright and humorist (born 1820)
* 13 September – Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher and anthropologist (born 1804)
* 14 October – Prince Albert of Prussia, German nobleman and Prussian general (born 1809)

## References

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1. ^ Schlör, Joachim (2005). Das Ich der Stadt: Debatten über Judentum und Urbanität, 1822-1938 (in German). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 359\. ISBN 978-3-52556-990-0.

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Years in Germany (1871–present)

19th century|

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1872 in Europe

Sovereign states|

*   * Andorra
*   *   *   * Austria-Hungary
*   * Baden
*   *   *   * Belgium
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Denmark
*   *   *   *   *   * France
*   * Germany
*   * Greece
*   *   *   *   *   * Italy
*   *   *   * Liechtenstein
*   * Luxembourg
*   *   *   *   *   * Monaco
*   * Montenegro
*   *   * Netherlands
*   * Norway
* Ottoman Empire
*   *   * Portugal
* Prussia
*   * Russia
* San Marino
*   *   *   *   *   *   * Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
*   *   * United Kingdom
* United Principalities
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Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

*   *   *   * Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey
* Malta

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