Timeline of Fukuoka
The following is a timeline of the history of Fukuoka City, Japan.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1601 - Fukuoka Castle construction begins.[1]
- 1877 - Tsukushi Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.[2]
- 1880 - Fukuoka Nichinichi Shimbun (newspaper) in publication.[1]
- 1881 - Genyōsha political group founded.[3]
- 1885 - Fukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan (school) active.
- 1887 - Population: 50,442.[4]
- 1889 - Hakata becomes part of Fukuoka city.[1]
- 1899 - Foreign commerce begins.[5]
20th century
- 1909 - Population: 82,106.[6]
- 1910 - Kyushu Imperial University established.[5]
- 1917 - Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka High School established.
- 1928 - Heiwadai Stadium opens.
- 1929 - Ōhori Park opens.
- 1940 - Population: 306,763.[5]
- 1941 - Mitsubishi Trust branch opens.[7]
- 1943 - Military Mushiroda Airfield built.
- 1945
- City bombed during World War II.[5]
- US military occupation of Itazuke Air Base begins.
- 1947
- Fukuoka Marathon begins.
- Population: 328,548.[5]
- 1949 - Fukuoka Stock Exchange established.
- 1953 - Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden founded.[8]
- 1956 - Fukuoka Daiichi High School established.
- 1957 - Grand Sumo tournament begins.[9]
- 1960 - Population: 749,800.[6]
- 1963 - Fukuoka Institute of Technology active.
- 1972
- Fukuoka designated a government ordinance city.[10]
- US military occupation of Itazuke Air Base ends.
- Hirokawa Bosai Dam is completed[11]
- 1975 - March: Sanyō Shinkansen (hi-speed train) begins operating.[12][13]
- 1979 - Fukuoka Art Museum established.
- 1981
- Kūkō Line (Fukuoka City Subway) begins operating.
- Fukuoka Kokusai Center opens.
- 1982
- Subway Hakozaki Line begins operating.
- Fukuoka City Archaeology Center established.
- 1983 - Subway Gion Station opens.
- 1989
- Fukuoka Tower built.
- Fukuoka Hawks baseball team active.[14]
- 1990
- Fukuoka City Museum established.
- Population: 1,221,600.[6]
- 1993 - Fukuoka Dome (stadium) opens.
- 1995 - Hakatanomori Football Stadium opens.
- 1996 - Canal City Hakata (shopping mall) in business.
- 1999
21st century
- 2000 - Population: 1,341,489.[15]
- 2001 - Sky Dream Fukuoka (ferris wheel) erected.
- 2003 - Fukuoka International Congress Center opens.
- 2005
- February: Subway Nanakuma Line begins operating.
- March 20: 2005 Fukuoka earthquake occurs.
- 2010
- 2011 - Hakata Station rebuilt.[18]
See also
- Fukuoka history
- Timeline of Fukuoka (in Japanese)
- List of mayors of Fukuoka
References
- 1 2 3 Louis Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Translated by Käthe Roth. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ James L. Huffman (1997). Creating a Public: People and Press in Meiji Japan. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1882-1.
- ↑ Andrew Cobbing, ed. (2013). Hakata: The Cultural Worlds of Northern Kyushu. Koninklijke Brill. ISBN 90-04-24308-9.
- ↑ 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 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 649, OL 6112221M
- 1 2 3 Kuniko Fujita; Richard Child Hill, eds. (1993). Japanese Cities. USA: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-4399-0092-5.
- ↑ International Encyclopedia of the Stock Market. Fitzroy Dearborn. 1999. ISBN 978-1-884964-35-0.
- ↑ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Japan (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
- ↑ J.A. Sargeant (1959). Sumo: the Sport and the Tradition. Charles E. Tuttle Co. ISBN 978-1-4629-0422-8.
- ↑ Philip Shapira; et al., eds. (1994). Planning for Cities and Regions in Japan. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-0-85323-248-3.
- ↑ https://structurae.net/structures/hirokawa-bosai-dam
- ↑ William D. Hoover (2011). Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7539-5.
- ↑ Christopher P. Hood (2006). "Chronology". Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-36089-5.
- ↑ Richard Worth (2013). Baseball Team Names: a Worldwide Dictionary, 1869-2011. USA: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-9124-7.
- ↑ "Japan". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
- ↑ "Japanese Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2013. United Nations Statistics Division.
- ↑ http://www.japanvisitor.com/japan-city-guides/japan-stations/hakata-station
This article incorporates information from the Japanese Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- "Fukuoka", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- Richard Tames (2008). "Historical Gazetteer: Fukuoka". A Traveller's History of Japan (4th ed.). USA: Interlink Books. ISBN 978-1-56656-404-5.
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