• Source: 1872 in Germany

      • Events from the year 1872 in Germany.


      Incumbents




      = National level

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      Emperor – William I
      Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck


      = State level

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      Kingdoms


      King of Bavaria – Ludwig II
      King of Prussia – William I
      King of Saxony – John
      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
      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


      4 July – Jesuits Law is promulgated
      12 November – Dresdner Bank is founded


      = Science

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      Richard Dedekind publishes Stetigkeit und irrationale Zahlen, a theory of irrational numbers.
      Felix Klein produces the Erlangen program on geometries.
      Ludwig Boltzmann states the Boltzmann equation for the temporal development of distribution functions in phase space, and publishes his H-theorem.
      Polyvinyl chloride is accidentally synthesised by German chemist Eugen Baumann.


      = Undated

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      Radeberger Brewery is opened


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