1875 in Germany

Events in the year 1875 in Germany.

National level

 * Kaiser – William I
 * Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck

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 III
 * 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 – Günther Friedrich Karl II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
 * Principality of Lippe – Leopold III, Prince of Lippe to 8 December, then 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 – Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 * Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Events

 * 22–27 May – The Gotha Program is adopted by the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
 * 27 May – German company Soennecken is founded
 * 28 June – German company Lürssen is founded
 * 16 August – The Hermannsdenkmal was inaugurated in Detmold.

Undated

 * German company Bauer Media Group is founded
 * German company Schiesser is founded
 * Congregations Law
 * The weekly medical journal, Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, is established in Germany by Paul Börner.
 * Hotel Kaiserhof opens in Berlin.

Births

 * 4 February – Ludwig Prandtl, German engineer (died 1953)
 * 6 February – Otto Gessler, German politician (died 1955)
 * 18 February – Wilhelm Külz, German politician (died 1948)
 * 26 February – Erich Koch-Weser, German lawyer and politician (died 1944)
 * 22 March – Hans Grimm, German writer (died 1959)
 * 17 May – Ernst Friedberger, German immunologist and hygienist (died 1932)
 * 1 June – Carl Severing, German politician (died 1952)
 * 6 June – Thomas Mann, German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist (died 1955)
 * 22 June – Johannes Baader, German architect, writer and artist (died 1955)
 * 3 July – Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (died 1951)
 * 3 September – Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer (died 1951)
 * 20 September – Matthias Erzberger, German politician (died 1921)
 * 23 September – Hedwig Wangel, German actress (died 1961)
 * 11 October – August Marahrens, German Protestant bishop who served as Landesbischof of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover (died 1950)
 * 12 October – Emil Rudolf Weiß, German painter and poet (died 1942)
 * 31 October – Heinrich Thyssen, German entrepreneur and art collector (died 1947)
 * 4 November – Arthur Crispien, German politician (died 1946)
 * 20 November – Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg, German diplomat (died 1944)
 * 9 December – Carl Wentzel, German farmer (died 1944)
 * 12 December – Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (died 1953)
 * 14 December – Paul Löbe, German politician (died 1967)

Deaths

 * 4 January – Michael Deinlein, German bishop (born 1800)
 * 6 January – Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, German nobleman (born 1802)
 * 20 May – Carl Heinrich Theodor Knorr, German businessman and founder of the company Knorr (born 1800)
 * 4 June – Eduard Mörike, German poet (born 1804)
 * 18 June – Wilhelm Paul Corssen, German philologist (born 1820)
 * 20 June – Wilhelm Bauer, German engineer (born 1822)
 * 15 October – Theodor Hosemann, German painter and illustrator (born 1807)
 * 4 November – Robert von Mohl, German Jurist (born 1799)
 * 8 December – Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, German nobleman (born 1821)