1869 in Germany

Events from the year 1869 in Germany.

• King of Bavaria – Ludwig II
• King of Prussia – William I
• King of Saxony – John
• King of Württemberg – Charles of Württemberg
• Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick I

• 9 May – The German Alpine Club is founded
• 15 June – The Second German North Polar Expedition departs from Bremerhaven
• 20 August – Kunsthalle Hamburg opened.
• 5 September – The foundation stone is laid for Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria.^[1][2]

• 25 January – Max Hoffmann, German general (died 1927)
• 3 February – Johann Becker, German politician (died 1951)
• 8 March – Rudolf Wissell, politician (died 1962)
• 15 February – Hans Schrader, German archaeologist (died 1948)
• 11 May – Erhard Riecke, German dermatologist and venereologist (died 1939)
• 12 May – Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast (died 1946)
• 18 May – Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, German nobleman (died 1955)
• 29 May – Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, German diplomat (died 1928)
• 6 June – Siegfried Wagner, German composer and conductor (died 1930)
• 27 June – Hans Spemann, German embryologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 1941)
• 13 August – Paul Behncke, German admiral (died 1937)
• 31 August – Carl von Opel, German automotive pioneer (died 1927)
• 22 October – Oskar Hergt, German politician (died 1967)
• 4 November – Fritz Schumacher, German architect (died 1947)
• 4 December – Otto Landsberg, German politician (died 1957)

• 19 de enero – Carl Reichenbach , químico, geólogo, metalúrgico, naturalista, industrial y filósofo alemán (nacido en 1788 ).
• 8 de febrero : Karl Gildemeister , arquitecto alemán (n. 1820 ).
• 10 de marzo – Carl Theodor Welcker , periodista y político alemán (nacido en 1790 )
• 11 de marzo – Christian August II, duque de Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg , noble alemán (nacido en 1798 )
• 2 de abril – Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer , paleontólogo alemán (nacido en 1801 )
• 15 de julio : Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Duncker , editor alemán (n. 1781 ).
• 22 de julio – Julius Braun , historiador alemán (nacido en 1825 )
• 12 de noviembre – Johann Friedrich Overbeck , pintor alemán (nacido en 1789 ), falleció en Italia.
• 22 de noviembre – Carl Ferdinand Langhans , arquitecto alemán (nacido en 1782 )
• 24 de noviembre : Anton Westermann , filólogo alemán (n. 1806 ).