Timeline of Nagoya

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nagoya, Japan.

Prior to 20th century

• 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
  • Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937) held.
  • Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens founded.^[18]
• 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

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23. Philip Shapira; et al., eds. (1994). Planning for Cities and Regions in Japan. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-0-85323-248-3.
24. J.A. Sargeant (1959). Sumo: the Sport and the Tradition. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0422-8.
25. なごやカレンダー１月 [Nagoya Calendar] (in Japanese), Nagoya City Library, retrieved July 2015 Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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31. "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.

External links

• Maps of Nagoya, circa 1945
• Items related to Nagoya, various dates (via Europeana).
• Items related to Nagoya, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).