Historical place archive

Munster in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Munster in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records3 event labels4 people1648–1869

Historical events in Munster

1648

24 October 1648
Treaty of Westphalia
Christoph Bernhard Galen · Thirty Years War

Munster hosts major negotiations that form part of the peace settlement.

24 October 1648
Treaty of Westphalia
Munster Council · Thirty Years War

Munster hosts negotiations involving France, the Empire, Spain and the Dutch Republic.

1803

1803
Governor
Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher · Government of Germany

Appointed Governor of Munster

1869

1869
Cathode Ray Shadows
Johann Wilhelm Hittorf · Physics

Observes sharp shadows in discharge tubes, showing that cathode rays travel in straight lines from the cathode.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Germany and Munster. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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