1875 in Germany

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Events in the year 1875 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 of Württemberg

Grand Duchies

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

Date unknown

• 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
• Hotel Kaiserhof in Berlin opened.

Births

• February 4 – Ludwig Prandtl, German engineer (died 1953)
• February 6 – Otto Gessler, German politician (died 1955)
• February 18 – Wilhelm Külz, German politician (died 1948)
• February 26 – Erich Koch-Weser, German lawyer and politician (died 1944)
• March 22 – Hans Grimm, German writer (died 1959)
• June 1 – Carl Severing, German politician (died 1952)
• June 6 – Thomas Mann, German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist (died 1955)
• June 22 – Johannes Baader, German architect, writer and artist (died 1955)
• July 3 – Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (died 1951)
• September 3 – Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer (died 1951)
• September 20 – Matthias Erzberger, German politician (died 1921)
• September 23 – Hedwig Wangel, German actress (died 1961)
• October 11 – August Marahrens, German Protestant bishop who served as Landesbischof of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover (died 1950)
• October 12 – Emil Rudolf Weiß, German painter and poet (died 1942)
• October 31 – Heinrich Thyssen, German entrepreneur and art collector (died 1947)
• November 4 – Arthur Crispien, German politician (died 1946)
• November 20 – Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg, German diplomat (died 1944)
• December 9 - Carl Wentzel, German farmer (died 1944)
• December 12 – Gerd von Rundstedt, German Field Marshal (died 1953)
• December 14 – Paul Löbe, German politician (died 1967)

Deaths

• 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)
• 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)