1876 in Germany
Events in the year 1876 in Germany.Incumbents
National 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 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
- 13–17 August – Opening of Bayreuth Festival
- 26 September – German company Henkel is founded.
Science
- Robert Koch demonstrates that Bacillus anthracis is the source of anthrax, the first bacterium conclusively shown to cause disease.
- Koller's sickle in avian gastrulation is first described by August Rauber.
- Meiosis is discovered and described for the first time in sea urchin eggs by the German biologist Oscar Hertwig.
Births
Deaths
- March 14 - Wilhelm Volkhart, German painter
- March 18 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet, translator and liberal agitator
- April 17 - Reinhold Wilhelm Buchholz, German zoologist
- June 27 – Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, German naturalist, zoologist, comparative anatomist, geologist, and microscopist
- July 18 – Karl Joseph Simrock, German poet and writer
- August 30 - Rudolf von Raumer, German philogist and linguist
- September 25 - Ernst von Bandel, German architect and sculptor
- October 3 – Adolf Stahr, German author and writer
- December 14 - Mary Frances Schervier, Germane founder of two religious congregations of Religious Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis
