January
16 – birth of Princess Luise, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig I (1779)
20 – death of Prince Heinrich of Battenberg, son of Prince Alexander of Hesse (1896)
26 – death of Princess Margaret, wife of Prince Ludwig, son of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1997)
27 – death of Grand Duchess Wilhelmine, wife of Grand Duke Ludwig II (1836)
30 – death of Prince Gustav, son of Grand Duke Ludwig I (1806)
February
02 – marriage of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig and Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1905)
02 – marriage of Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus to Princess Cecilie of Greece (1931)
06 – marriage of Prince Alexander of Battenberg and Johanna Loisinger (1889)
15 – birth of Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt, wife of Grand Duke Ludwig I (1761)
15 – birth of Princess Marie of Battenberg, daughter of Prince Alexander (1852)
19 – marriage of Grand Duke Ludwig I and Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1777)
March
05 – abdication of Grand Duke Ludwig II (1848)
11 – birth of Princess Elisabeth, daughter of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1895)
13 – death of Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1892)
13 – birth of Margaret Geddes, wife of Prince Ludwig, son of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1913)
16 – death of Prince Friedrich, son of Grand Duke Ludwig I (1867)
20 – death of Prince Karl, son of Grand Duke Ludwig II (1877)
April
05 – birth of Prince Alexander of Battenberg, son of Prince Alexander of Hesse (1857)
05 – birth of Princess Victoria, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1863)
06 – death of Grand Duke Ludwig I (1830)
14 – birth of Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, wife of Prince Heinrich of Battenberg (1857)
14 – birth of Prince Alexander, son of Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus (1933)
17 – death of Prince Georg, son of Grand Duke Ludwig I (1856)
18 – death of Princess Luise of Anhalt-Köthen, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig I (1811)
19 – marriage of Princess Marie of Battenberg and Gustav, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg (1871)
19 – marriage of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1894)
22 – death of Princess Anna, wife of Prince Franz Joseph of Battenberg (1971)
23 – birth of Prince Karl, son of Grand Duke Ludwig II (1809)
25 – birth of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, wife of Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1843)
28 – marriage of Princess Marie, dtr of Grand Duke Ludwig II to Tsar Alexander II of Russia (1841)
30 – death of Prince Emil, son of Grand Duke Ludwig I (1856)
30 – marriage of Princess Victoria, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV, and Prince Ludwig of Battenberg (1884)
May
14 – birth of Prince Friedrich, son of Grand Duke Ludwig I (1788)
18 – marriage of Prince Franz Joseph of Battenberg and Princess Anna of Montenegro (1897)
20 – birth of Princess Elisabeth, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig II (1821)
24 – birth of Prince Ludwig of Battenberg, son of Prince Alexander (1854)
24 – birth of Princess Marie, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1874)
24 – marriage of Princess Irene, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV, and Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1888)
25 – death of Grand Duchess Mathilde Karoline, wife of Grand Duke Ludwig III (1862)
27 – death of Princess Elisabeth, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig II (1826)
29 – death of Prince Friedrich, son of Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1873)
30 – death of Prince Ludwig, son of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1968)
June
03 – death of Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig II (1880)
06 – birth of Princess Alix, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1872)
09 – birth of Grand Duke Ludwig III (1806)
13 – death of Grand Duke Ludwig III (1877)
14 – birth of Grand Duke Ludwig I (1753)
14 – death of Princess Johanna, daughter of Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus (1939)
15 – marriage of Princess Elisabeth, dtr of Ludwig IV, and Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (1884)
16 – death of Grand Duke Ludwig II (1848)
19 – marriage of Grand Duke Ludwig II and Wilhelmine of Baden (1804)
20 – death of Marie, Princess of Erbach-Schönberg, daughter of Prince Alexander (1923)
22 – birth of Princess Cecilie of Greece, wife of Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus (1911)
July
01 – marriage of Grand Duke Ludwig IV and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1862)
11 – birth of Princess Irene, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1866)
15 – birth of Prince Alexander, son of Grand Duke Ludwig II (1823)
17 – death of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1918)
18 – death of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1918)
23 – marriage of Prince Heinrich of Battenberg and Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1885)
31 – death of Prince Franz Joseph of Battenberg, son of Prince Alexander of Hesse (1924)
August
08 – birth of Princess Marie, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig II (1824)
14 – Establishment of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (1806)
18 – birth of Princess Anna of Montenegro, wife of Prince Franz Joseph of Battenberg (1874)
30 – birth of Mathilde Karoline of Bavaria, wife of Grand Duke Ludwig III (1813)
31 – birth of Prince Georg, son of Grand Duke Ludwig I (1780)
September
03 – birth of Prince Emil, son of Grand Duke Ludwig I (1790)
11 – death of Ludwig, Marquess of Milford Haven, son of Prince Alexander (1921)
12 – birth of Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1837)
17 – birth of Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, 2nd wife of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1871)
19 – death of Julia, Princess of Battenberg, wife of Prince Alexander (1895)
20 – birth of Princess Johanna, daughter of Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus (1936)
21 – birth of Wilhelmine of Baden, wife of Grand Duke Ludwig II (1788)
24 – birth of Prince Franz Joseph of Battenberg, son of Prince Alexander of Hesse (1861)
24 – death of Victoria, Marchioness of Milford Haven, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1950)
October
05 – birth of Prince Heinrich of Battenberg, son of Prince Alexander of Hesse (1858)
07 – birth of Prince Friedrich, son of Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1870)
09 – death of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1937)
23 – death of Prince Alexander of Battenberg, son of Prince Alexander of Hesse (1893)
24 – death of Grand Duchess Luise, wife of Grand Duke Ludwig I (1829)
25 – birth of Prince Ludwig, son of Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus (1931)
26 – death of Princess Beatrice, wife of Prince Heinrich of Battenberg (1944)
28 – marriage of Prince Alexander, son of Ludwig II, and Countess Julia Hauke (1851)
November
01 – birth of Princess Elisabeth ‘Ella’, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1864)
08 – birth of Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus, son of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1906)
11 – death of Princess Irene of Prussia, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1953)
16 – death of Princess Marie, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1878)
16 – death of Princess Elisabeth, daughter of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1903)
16 – death of Grand Duchess Eleonore, wife of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1937)
16 – death of Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus, son of Ernst Ludwig (1937)
16 – death of Hereditary Grand Duchess Cecilie, wife of Georg Donatus (1937)
16 – death of Prince Ludwig, son of Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus (1937)
16 – death of Prince Alexander, son of Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus (1937)
17 – marriage of Prince Ludwig, son of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, and Margaret Geddes (1937)
20 – birth of Prince Ludwig, son of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1908)
24 – birth of Countess Julia Hauke, wife of Prince Alexander, son of Ludwig II (1825)
25 – birth of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1868)
25 – birth of Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1st wife of Ernst Ludwig (1876)
26 – marriage of Princess Alix, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (1894)
December
14 – death of Grand Duchess Alice, wife of Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1878)
15 – death of Prince Alexander, son of Grand Duke Ludwig II (1888)
18 – birth of Prince Gustav, son of Grand Duke Ludwig I (1791)
21 – divorce of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig and Grand Duchess Victoria Melita (1901)
26 – birth of Grand Duke Ludwig II (1777)
26 – marriage of Grand Duke Ludwig III and Mathilde Karoline of Bavaria (1833)