1876 in Germany

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Events in the year 1876 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 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 – Gonthier Frederick Charles II, 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

• The Augusteum art museum is founded in Oldenburg ^[1]

Births

• 5 January – Konrad Adenauer, German politician, former Chancellor of Germany (died 1967)
• 23 January – Otto Diels, German chemist (died 1954)
• 1 March – Arthur Ruppin, Jewish Palestinian Zionist leader (died 1943)
• 14 March – Otto Röhm, German pharmacist (died 1939)
• 18 May – Hermann Müller, German politician (died 1931) ^[2]
• 5 June – Isaac Heinemann, Israeli rabbinical scholar and a professor of literature (died 1957)
• 2 July – Wilhelm Cuno, German politician (died 1933)
• 11 October – Karl Leopold von Möller, German politician, journalist and novelist (died 1943)
• 4 November – Marie Kreft, German politician (died 1963) ^[3]
• 7 November – Adolf von Brauchitsch, German general (died 1935)
• 25 December – Adolf Windaus, German chemist (died 1959)

Deaths

Main article: deaths in 1876

Further information: Category:1876 deaths

References

1. "Das Augusteum". Stadt Oldenburg (in German). Germany. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
2. Vogt, Martin (1997). "Müller (-Franken), Hermann". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 18. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 410–414. (full text online).
3. Schröder, Wilhelm Heinz. "Marie Kreft". Parliamentarian Portal (BIOPARL) (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-15.