| 1905 | Demonstrations in favour of a second Czech university take place in
Brno |
| 1908 | Count Václav Kounic donates his Brno mansion to needy Czech
university students |
| 1919 | Masaryk University is established in Brno by Act No. 50/1919 |
| 1919 | Formal inauguration of studies at Masaryk University in Brno |
| 1924 | President T. G. Masaryk visits the university for the first
time |
| 1925 | First Masaryk University honorary doctorate is awarded to composer
Leoš Janáček |
| 1928 | Foundation stone of the Faculty of Law building laid, the first at
the Academic Square |
| 1935 | President T. G. Masaryk presents the rector’s chain to Rector Jan
Krejčí by at his residence in Lány |
| 1938 | University insignia are presented to MU representatives led by
Rector Arne Novák |
| 1939 | Nazis close down all Czech universities |
| 1942 | Mass execution of MU teachers in Mauthausen |
| 1945 | The university reopens |
| 1946 | Faculty of Education established |
| 1950 | Faculty of Law dissolved |
| 1952 | Pharmaceutical Faculty opened (dissolved in 1960) |
| 1960 | Masaryk University renamed to Jan Evangelista Purkyně
University |
| 1969 | Faculty of Law re-established |
| 1990 | Masaryk University regains its original name |
| 1990 | Faculty of Economics and Administration established |
| 1994 | Faculty of Informatics established |
| 1994 | Ceremonial opening of MU Rector’s Office at the Kounic Palace |
| 1997 | Faculty of Social Studies established |
| 2002 | Faculty of Sports Studies established |
| 2004 | Construction of the University Campus at Bohunice is launched |
| 2005 | First part of the University Campus – ILBIT – opens |
| 2009 |  Celebration of Anniversary of Masaryk University |
