1880 in Germany

Events from the year 1880 in Germany.

Incumbents

=National level=

Kaiser – William I
Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck

=State level=

==Kingdoms==

==Grand Duchies==

==Principalities==

==Duchies==

Events

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

=Undated=

German company Bilfinger is founded.

Births

8 February – Franz Marc, German painter (died 1916){{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Franz-Marc|title=Franz Marc|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=27 February 2024}}
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){{cite news|url=https://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag-alexander-behm-geburtstag-100.html|title=11. November 1880 - Echolot-Erfinder Alexander Behm wird geboren|publisher=Westdeutscher Rundfunk|date=11 November 2020|access-date=27 February 2024|language=de}}
20 November – Walter Brack, German swimmer (died 1919)
3 December – Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (died 1945)

Deaths

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){{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wilhelm-Heinrich-August-Freiherr-von-Gagern|title=Heinrich, baron von Gagern|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=27 February 2024}}
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

Category:Years of the 19th century in Germany