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← 1879 1878 1877 1880 in Germany → 1881 1882 1883
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Events from the year 1880 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

• Kaiser – William I
• Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck

State level

Kingdoms

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

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

• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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

1. "Franz Marc". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
2. "11. November 1880 - Echolot-Erfinder Alexander Behm wird geboren" (in German). Westdeutscher Rundfunk. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
3. "Heinrich, baron von Gagern". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

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