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

• 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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2. 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.
3. Haruo Shirane, ed. (2008). Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600–1900. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-51614-3.
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18. Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Japan (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
19. 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.
20. "Population". City of Nagoya. Retrieved July 2015.
21. Richard Worth (2013). Baseball Team Names: a Worldwide Dictionary, 1869–2011. USA: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-9124-7.
22. "Movie Theaters in Nagoya". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 2015.
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
26. William D. Hoover (2011). Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7539-5.
27. "Sister Cities of Los Angeles". USA: City of Los Angeles. Retrieved December 2015.
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29. "Timeline: Building Smarter Machines", New York Times, June 24, 2010
30. "Japanese Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved July 2015.
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).