Events from the year 1880 in Germany.
Incumbents National level Emperor – 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)
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