1855 in Germany

Events from the year 1855 in Germany.

Incumbents

 * King of Bavaria – Maximilian II
 * King of Hanover – George V
 * King of Prussia – Frederick William IV
 * King of Saxony – John of Saxony

Events

 * The cocaine alkaloid is first isolated by German chemist Friedrich Gaedcke

Births

 * February 17 – Otto Liman von Sanders, German general (d. 1929)
 * February 24 – Johannes von Eben, German general (d. 1924 )
 * May 9 – Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch classical composer (d. 1932)
 * June 28 – Theodor Reuss, German occultist (d. 1923)
 * July 26 – Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (d. 1936)
 * August 25 – Hugo von Pohl, German admiral (d. 1916)
 * August 27 – Hugo von Kathen, German general (d. 1932)
 * September 9 – Houston Stewart Chamberlain, British-born German writer (d. 1927)
 * October 10 – Eduard von Capelle, German admiral (d. 1931)

Deaths

 * February 23 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)