Timeline of Nagoya
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nagoya, Japan.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1614 – Nagoya Castle and its Honmaru Palace built.[1][2]
- 1684 – Poet Bashō visits Nagoya.[3]
- 1714 – Fugetsudo Magosuke publisher in business.[4]
- 1776 – Eirakuya Toshiro publisher in business.[4][5]
- 1790s – Booksellers' guild established.[4]
- 1814 – Hokusai Manga published by Eirakuya Toshiro.[4]
- 1868 – Aomatsuba Incident occurs.
- 1871 – Nagoya Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.[6]
- 1872 – Aichi Prefecture formed.
- 1881 – Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry founded.[7]
- 1886 – Tokaido Line begins operating; Nagoya Station opens.[8]
- 1887 – Population: 149,756.[9]
- 1889 – Municipal government established.[10]
- 1890 – Population: 170,433.[11]
- 1891 – October 28: Nobi earthquake occurs.
20th century
- 1903 – Population: 284,829.[12]
- 1910 – Matsuzakaya (shop) in business.
- 1912 – Aiyu Photography Club formed.[13]
- 1915
- Kintetsu Nagoya Line begins operating.
- Nagoya Mainichi (newspaper) in publication.
- 1916 – Catholic Nanzan University founded.[14]
- 1918 – Rice riot occurs.[15]
- 1920 – Population: 619,529.[11]
- 1922
- Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya established.
- Nagoya Court of Appeals building constructed.
- 1929 – November: Suiheisha conference held in Nagoya.[16]
- 1930 – Population: 926,141.[11]
- 1935 – Tokugawa Art Museum opens.
- 1936 – Nagoya Baseball Club and Nagoya Golden Dolphins baseball team formed.[17]
- 1937
- 1938 – Kintetsu Nagoya Station opens.
- 1940 – Population: 1,328,084.[11]
- 1941
- Tokai Bank, Ltd. established.[19]
- Meitetsu Nagoya Station and Mizuho Athletic Stadium open.
- 1942
- April 18: Bombing of Nagoya in World War II begins.
- Chunichi Shimbun (newspaper) in publication.[7]
- 1944 – Mizuho city ward established.
- 1945 – Population: 597,941.[20]
- 1948
- Chunichi Dragons baseball team active.[21]
- Pachinko parlor and Nagoya Baseball Stadium open.
- 1949
- Nagoya Stock Exchange established.[7]
- Nagoya Racecourse opens.
- Marushin Bussan pachinko manufacturer in business.
- 1950 – Population: 1,030,635.[11]
- 1953 – Nikkatsu Theatre opens.[22]
- 1955 – Nagoya Festival begins.[10]
- 1956 – Nagoya designated a government ordinance city.[23]
- 1957 – Subway begins operating.[10]
- 1958 – Grand Sumo tournament begins at the Nagoya Kanayama gymnasium.[24][25]
- 1959
- September: Ise-wan Typhoon occurs.[10]
- Nagoya Castle reconstructed.[26]
- Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.[27]
- 1962 – Nagoya Television Broadcasting begins.
- 1964
- Tōkaidō Shinkansen (hi-speed train) begins operating.[28]
- Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium built.
- 1970 – Population: 2,036,053.
- 1975 – "16 Wards system" established.[10]
- 1985 – Takeyoshi Nishio becomes mayor.
- 1987 – Nippon Rainbow Hall (arena) opens.
- 1988 – Nagoya City Art Museum opens.
- 1989
- Nagoya City Archives established.
- Subway Sakura-dōri Line begins operating.
- Takaoka Station opens.
- World Design Expo held in city.[10]
- 1990 – Population: 2,154,793.
- 1993 – Nagoya City Minato Soccer Stadium opens.
- 1994 – Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology established.
- 1997
- Nagoya Dome (stadium) opens.
- International RoboCup robotics contest held in city.[29]
- Takehisa Matsubara becomes mayor.
- 1999 – Nagoya Station built.
21st century
- 2000
- JR Central Towers built.
- Population: 2,171,378.[7]
- 2005 – Expo 2005 held near city.[10]
- 2009 – Takashi Kawamura becomes mayor.[30]
- 2010
- Nagoya Marubeni Building constructed.
- Population: 2,263,894.[31]
- 2011
- March: 13 2011 Nagoya city council election held.
- Use of Manaca fare card on public transit begins.
See also
- Nagoya history
- Timeline of Nagoya (in Japanese)
- List of mayors of Nagoya
References
- ↑ Kenneth Henshall (2014). Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7872-3.
- ↑ Karen M. Gerhart (1997). "Honchō Gashi and Painting Programs: Case Studies of Nijō Castle's Ninomaru Palace and Nagoya Castle's Honmaru Palace". Ars Orientalis. 27. JSTOR 4629516.
- ↑ Haruo Shirane, ed. (2008). Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600–1900. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-51614-3.
- 1 2 3 4 Peter Kornicki (2001). The Book in Japan: A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2337-5.
- ↑ Forrer 1985.
- ↑ James L. Huffman (1997). Creating a Public: People and Press in Meiji Japan. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1882-1.
- 1 2 3 4 "Japan". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
- ↑ "History of Nagoya (timeline)". City of Nagoya. Retrieved July 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ W.N. Whitney, ed. (1889). "List of towns having population of over 10,000". Concise Dictionary of the Principal Roads, Chief Towns and Villages of Japan. Tokyo: Z.P. Maruya and Co..
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Historical Profile". City of Nagoya. Retrieved July 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - 1 2 3 4 5 Ayanori Okasaki (1957). "Growth of Urban Population in Japan". Genus. 13. JSTOR 29787368.
- ↑ Japan Year Book. Tokyo. 1905.
- ↑ "Chronology". History of Japanese Photography. USA: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. 2003. ISBN 978-0-300-09925-6.
- ↑ "Timeline of Religion and Nationalism in Meiji and Imperial Japan". About Japan: A Teacher's Resource. New York: Japan Society. Retrieved July 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ Michael Lewis (1990). Rioters and Citizens: Mass Protest in Imperial Japan. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-06642-7.
- ↑ Ian Neary (1989). Political Protest and Social Control in Pre-war Japan: The Origins of Buraku Liberation. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-2985-1.
- ↑ Allen Guttmann; Lee Austin Thompson (2001). Japanese Sports: A History. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2464-8.
- ↑ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Japan (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
- ↑ Norio Tamaki (1995). "Genealogy of leading Japanese banks, 1859–1959". Japanese Banking: A History, 1859–1959. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-02233-0.
- ↑ "Population". City of Nagoya. Retrieved July 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ Richard Worth (2013). Baseball Team Names: a Worldwide Dictionary, 1869–2011. USA: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-9124-7.
- ↑ "Movie Theaters in Nagoya". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ Philip Shapira; et al., eds. (1994). Planning for Cities and Regions in Japan. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-0-85323-248-3.
- ↑ J.A. Sargeant (1959). Sumo: the Sport and the Tradition. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0422-8.
- ↑ なごやカレンダー1月 [Nagoya Calendar] (in Japanese), Nagoya City Library, retrieved July 2015 Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ William D. Hoover (2011). Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7539-5.
- ↑ "Sister Cities of Los Angeles". USA: City of Los Angeles. Retrieved December 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ Christopher P. Hood (2006). "Chronology". Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-36089-5.
- ↑ "Timeline: Building Smarter Machines", New York Times, June 24, 2010
- ↑ "Japanese Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved July 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2013. United Nations Statistics Division.
This article incorporates information from the Japanese Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- "Nagoya", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- "Nagoya", Handbook for Travellers in Japan (9th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1913
- T. Philip Terry (1914), "Nagoya", Terry's Japanese Empire, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, LCCN 14005129
- Robert P. Porter (1915), "Ports and Other Cities: (Nagoya)", Japan, the New World-Power (2nd ed.), London: Oxford University Press
- John Douglas Eyre (1982). Nagoya: the changing geography of a Japanese regional metropolis. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Matthi Forrer (1985). Eirakuya Tōshirō, publisher at Nagoya: a contribution to the history of publishing in 19th century Japan. Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben. ISBN 9070265184.
- Kuniko Fujita and Richard Child Hill, ed. (1993). "Nagoya". Japanese Cities. USA: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-4399-0092-5.
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