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| 1863 | Birth Germany Marx, Wihelm |  |
| 15th Jan Cologne Born in Cologne, son of a teacher |
| 1870 | Election Germany Windhorst, Ludwig | |
| The Catholic based Centre Party wins 53 seats |
| The Catholic based Centre Party wins 57 seats |
| 1871 | Centre Party Germany Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Defends Catholic interests against Bismarck's Kulturkampf |
| 1874 | Catholic Centre Party Germany Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Bismarck's attempts to restrict the power of the Catholic Church, represented in politics by the Catholic Centre Party, were not successful, in the 1874 elections, these forces double their representation in the parliament |
| 1875 | Party Leader Germany Erzberger, Mathias | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Centre Party |
| 1878 | Catholic Centre Party Germany Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| The struggle against socialism unites Bismarck with the Catholic Centre Party, bringing an end to the Kulturkampf, which had led to far greater Catholic unrest than existed beforehand and had strengthened rather than weakened Catholicism |
| 1899 | Election Germany Marx, Wihelm | |
| Elected Member of Parliament, Prussia |
| 1905 | Scandal Germany Erzberger, Matthias | |
| Publishes a report exposing incompetence & brutality in the German colonies |
| 1910 | Reichstag Germany Marx, Wihelm | |
| Appointed Member of the Reichstag |
| 1921 | CCP Papen Germany Papen, Franz von | |
| Appointed Member of the Catholic Centre Party |
| 1921 | Chairman Centre Group Marx Germany Marx, Wihelm | |
| Appointed Chairman of the Centre Group in the Reichstag |
| 1922 | Party Leader Germany Marx, Wihelm | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Centre Party |
| Appointed National Chairman of the Reichstag |
| 1923 | Chairman CCP Germany Fehrenbach, Konstantin | |
| Appointed Chairman of the Catholic Centre Party |
| 1929 | Party Leader Germany Bruening, Heinrich | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Catholic Centre Party |
| 1932 | Election Germany Papen, Franz von | |
| 31st July Supports Hindenburg during the Presidential elections rather than his own party |
| 31st July The general elections yield major gains for the KPD and the Nazis, who win 37.2% of the vote, supplanting the Social Democrats as the largest party in the Reichstag |
| 1933 | Centre Party Germany Hitler, Adolf | |
| 5th July The Centre Party announces its dissolution |
| 5th July The Centre Party announces its dissolution |
