1881 in Germany

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Events in the year 1881 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

• Kaiser — William I
• Chancellor — Otto von Bismarck

State level

Kingdoms

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

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 — 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

• 27 October - German federal election, 1881

Births

• 4 January - Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (died 1919)
• 17 January - Karl Scharnagl, German politician (died 1963)
• 16 February - Hans Vogel, German politician (died 1945)
• 23 March — Hermann Staudinger, German chemist (died 1965)
• 3 April - Hans Kniep, German botanis (died 1930)
• 2 May - Ernst Legal, German actor (died 1955)
• 18 May - Erwin Madelung, German mathematician (died 1972)
• 31 May - Heinrich Burger, German figure skater (died 1942)
• 9 June - Felix von Luckner, German author, sailor and nobleman (died 1966)
• 29 June - Gottlob Walz, German diver (died 1943)
• 27 July — Hans Fischer, German chemist and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945)
• 28 July — Günther Quandt, German industrialist (died 1954)
• 2 December — Heinrich Barkhausen, German physicist (died 1956)
• 4 December - Erwin von Witzleben, German officer (died 1944)
• 15 December - Eugen Bolz, German politician (died 1945)
• 31 December — Max Pechstein, German painter (died 1955)

Deaths

• 7 April - Johann Hinrich Wichern, German religious leader (born 1808)
• 15 May - Franz von Dingelstedt (born 1814)
• 23 June — Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist (born 1804)