1880 in Germany

← 1879 1878 1877 1880 in Germany → 1881 1882 1883
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
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Events in the year 1880 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

• Kaiser — William I
• Chancellor — Otto von Bismarck

State level

Kingdoms

• King of Bavaria — Ludwig II of Bavaria
• King of Prussia — Kaiser William I
• King of Saxony — Albert of Saxony
• King of Württemberg — Charles I of Württemberg

Grand Duchies

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Construction of Cologne Cathedral is finally finished after over 600 years.

Births

• 8 February — Franz Marc, German painter (died 1916)
• 21 February - Waldemar Bonsels, German writer (died 1952)
• 6 May — Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer (died 1938)
• 29 June - Ludwig Beck, German general (died 1944)
• 11 July - Dorothea Köring, German tennis player (died 1945)
• 11 November — Alexander Behm, German physicist (died 1952)
• 20 November - Walter Brack, German swimmer (died 1919)

Deaths

• 4 January - Anselm Feuerbach, German painter (born 1829)
• 4 January - Karl Friedrich Lessing, German painter (born 1808)
• 6 May — Friedrich Bayer, German entrepreneur (born 1825)
• 30 August - Hermann Anschütz, German painter (born 1802)