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HOW IT WORKS
1880 in Germany
Summary
Events from the year
1880 in
Germany
.
←
1879
1878
1877
1880
in
Germany
→
1881
1882
1883
Decades:
1860s
1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
See also:
Other events of 1880
History of Germany
•
Timeline
•
Years
Incumbents
edit
National level
edit
Kaiser
–
William I
Chancellor
–
Otto von Bismarck
State level
edit
Kingdoms
edit
King of Bavaria
–
Ludwig II
King of Prussia
– William I
King of Saxony
–
Albert
King of Württemberg
–
Charles
Grand Duchies
edit
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
edit
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
edit
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
edit
3 April
– German company
Munich Re
is founded.
14 August
– Construction of the
Cologne Cathedral
is finally completed after over 600 years.
Undated
edit
German company
Bilfinger
is founded.
Births
edit
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
edit
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
edit
^
"Franz Marc".
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Retrieved
27 February
2024
.
^
"11. November 1880 - Echolot-Erfinder Alexander Behm wird geboren" (in German).
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
. 11 November 2020
. Retrieved
27 February
2024
.
^
"Heinrich, baron von Gagern".
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Retrieved
27 February
2024
.