© Jahrbücher für Philologie und Paedagogik

There is various evidence of the use of the designation "Max-Friedrichs-Akademie zu Münster". [read more] [de]

© LWL-DLBW

1895

The Royal Academy receives a state portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II to decorate its assembly hall. [read more]

© Stadtmuseum Münster

Wilhelm II permits the erection of a monument to his grandfather in Münster, which became the focus of numerous university events in the following decades. [read more] [de]

© Uni MS

The German Kaisertum as the goal of history? Fritz Roeber's "Allegory of History and Philology" is hung in the auditorium. [read more] [de]

© Universitätsarchiv Münster

1902

Richard Lehmann, former rector of the Academy, negotiates in Berlin about the full professors and the name of the university. [read more] [de]

Kaisertage Muenster 1907, Parade on the Prinzipalmarkt
© Uni MS | ULB, Sammlungen Ansichten

1907

The annual autumn manoeuvre in 1907 takes Wilhelm II to Münster. The university receives its new name, but an imperial visit to the university does not take place. [read more] [de]

© Universitätsarchiv Münster

In 1908, women are allowed to study at Prussian universities and the first women also enrol at the WWU. [read more] [de]

© ULB Münster

1908

Under the heading "Colonial Studies", interdisciplinary courses are offered in the University of Münster's course catalogue.. [read more] [de]

Rector chain of the University of Münster
© Uni MS | Lianna Hecht

1910

The repeatedly expressed request for the award of a medal of Wilhelm II for the Rector's Chain is finally rejected in 1910. [read more [de]]

© Uni MS | Universitätsarchiv

1918

During the November riots at the end of World War I, the university stands loyal to the monarchy. [read more] [de]

© Universitätsarchiv Münster

1930

The university celebrates the 150th anniversary of the founding of the university by Fürstenberg without paying tribute to Wilhelm II as its namesake. [read more] [de]

© CC 0

1946

Georg Schreiber proposes the renaming of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society. It continues to exist under the name Max Planck Society. [read more} [de]

© Public Domain | Fotograf*in unbekannt

1951

Louis Ferdinand Prinz von Preussen becomes head of the House of Hohenzollern. [read more] [de]

© Public Domain

1997

The 1997 Senate Commission is also dealing with the question whether the University of Münster is actually named after Wilhelm II. [read more] [de]