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| 1870 | Reform |  |
| Draws up legislation for the inspection of Prussian schools |
| 1872 | Kulturkampf | |
| Minister Falk orders all classes of religion to be held in German by the spring of the following year |
| The wave of protests on the side of Polish Catholics and the clergy is pacified when the Catholic Seminaries of Posen and Gniezno are closed down, and the state takes up the supervision of education |
| May After the Falk Laws (May Laws) had been passed, the Prussian authorities start to close down most of schools teaching the Polish language |
| May The estate of the Church was confiscated, monastic orders dissolved, and the paragraphs of the Prussian constitution assuring the freedom of the Catholics is removed |
| May Under the May Laws administered by Adalbert Falk, the state begins to monitor the education of clergy closely, creates a secular court for cases involving the clergy, and requires notification of all clergy employment |
| 1878 | Kulturkampf | |
| Falk is dismissed & most anti-Catholic laws dismantled |
| Pope Pius dies & is replaced by the more conciliatory Leo X |
