These are events from the year 1866 in Germany.
Incumbents
- King of Bavaria – Ludwig II of Bavaria
- King of Prussia – William I
- King of Saxony – John
Events
- Alfred Nobel – invents dynamite in Germany.
Births
January–March
- 10 January – Ludwig Aschoff, German physician and pathologist (d. 1942)
- 28 January – Georg Friederici (d. 1947)
- February – Karl Albert Buehr, painter (d. 1952)
- 6 March – Hans Christiansen, artist (d. 1947)
- 7 March – Hans Fruhstorfer, German lepidopterist (d. 1922)
- 13 March – Friedrich Boedicker, Vizeadmiral (vice admiral) (d. 1944)
- 15 March – Matthew Charlton, Australian politician (d. 1948)
April–June
- 11 April – Karl Bürger, German classical scholar (d. 1936)
- 22 April – Hans von Seeckt, German general (d. 1936)
- 23 May– Gustav Aschaffenburg, German psychiatrist (d. 1944)
- 8 June – Hermann Fenner-Behmer (d. 1913)
- 26 June – Josef Swickard, German actor (d. 1940 )
July–September
- 8 July – Benedict Friedlaender (d. 1908)
- 5 August – Carl Harries, German chemist (d. 1923)
- 16 September – Joe Vila, American sportswriter (d. 1934)
- 24 September –Max Bernhauer, German entomologist (d. 1946 )
October–December
- 27 October – Elsa Bernstein, Austrian-German writer and dramatist of Jewish descent. (d. 1949)
- 3 November – Paul Lincke, German composer (d. 1946)
- 20 November– Friedrich von Berg, German politician and chairman of the Secret Civil Cabinet of Kaiser Wilhelm II (d. 1939)
- 21 November – Hermann Boettcher, actor (d. 1935)
- 24 November – Rudolf Biebrach, German actor and film director (d. 1938)
- 12 December – Alfred Werner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
Deaths
January–June
- 31 January – Friedrich Rückert, German poet, translator and professor of Oriental languages (b. 1788)
- 6 March – Theodor Brüggemann, Prussian government official and politician (b. 1796)
July–December
- 20 July – Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician (b. 1826)
- 30 August or 10 September – Hermann Goldschmidt, German-French astronomer and painter (b. 1802)
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