1793

• 7 March 1793
  Establishment of a teacher training college by Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig (pictured) according to plans by the Superintendent General Esdras Heinrich Mutzenbecher.
  
  Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig of Oldenburg (1755 - 1829)

1807

• 24 July 1807
  Inauguration of the first seminary building in Wallstraße in Oldenburg, 1846 takeover of the seminary building in Peterstraße.

1846

• 26 February 1846
  Inauguration of the new seminary building in Peterstraße, which is used for teacher training until 1966.
  
  The teacher training building erected in 1846

1920

• 26 March 1920
  The teacher training college becomes a higher education institution and is replaced in 1926 by teacher training courses, which include a two-year course with initial academic requirements.

1932

• 10 December 1932
  The NSDAP-led state government orders the closure of the teacher training courses and, together with the state of Prussia, establishes a university for teacher training, which ceases teaching again after the start of the war.

1945

• 1 October 1945
  The newly founded Pedagogical Academy in Oldenburg is the first teacher training institution allowed to open its doors in the four occupation zones after the war.

1948

• 1 January 1948
  The Pedagogical Academy is renamed the College of Education (PH).

1959

• 23 February 1959
  Request from the Oldenburg City Council to the state to establish a second state university in Oldenburg.

1966

• 24 November 1966
  The new building complex on AmmerländerHeerstraße is handed over to the university.
  
  The new PH complex on Ammerländer Heerstraße

1969

• 1 April 1969
  The teacher training colleges in Lower Saxony are granted the status of academic universities and two years later the right to award doctorates.