Timeline of Yokohama
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yokohama, Japan.
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Prior to 20th century
- 1859
- 1860 - Orrin Freeman's photography studio begins operating.[2]
- 1861 - Japan Herald English-language newspaper in publication.[3]
- 1862 - September 14: Namamugi Incident.[4]
- 1866 - 26 November: Fire.
- 1867 - Japan Gazette English-language newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1868
- 1869
- Tokyo-Yokohama telegraph begins operating.[7]
- Maruzen publisher in business.[4]
- 1871 - Yokohama Mainichi Shinbun (newspaper) begins publication.
- 1872
- 1873 - Suzuki Shin'ichi I's photography studio begins operating.[2]
- 1874 - Kuboyama Cemetery established.
- 1875 - Far East English-language newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1876 - Kanagawa Normal School founded.
- 1880 - Yokohama Specie Bank[10][11] and Yokohama Chamber of Commerce[12] established.
- 1882 - Yokohama School of Commerce established.[9]
- 1886 - Cholera outbreak.
- 1888 - January 31: Fire in Noge-cho.
- 1889 - Yokohama incorporated as a city; municipal election held.
- 1890
- 1894 - 20 June: Earthquake/fire.[14]
- 1897 - 9 September: Typhoon.[14]
- 1898 - Population: 193,762.[13]
20th century
- 1902 - 29 September: Typhoon.[14]
- 1906 - Golf course built.[15]
- 1909 - Population: 394,303.[16]
- 1917 - Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall built.
- 1918 - Population: 447,423.[13]
- 1920
- Yokohama Institute of Technology and Kanagawa Youth Normal School founded.
- Population: 579,310.[13]
- 1923
- 1924 - Yokohama International School founded.
- 1926 - Yokohama No. 2 Joint Government Office Building constructed.
- 1928
- 1930
- 1934 - Nissan Motor Co. factory begins operating.
- 1938 - Yokohama Customs building constructed.
- 1940 - Population: 968,091.[13]
- 1942 - Kanagawa Shimbun (newspaper) in publication.
- 1944 - Yokohama Municipal Medical College founded.[9]
- 1945
- 1949 - Yokohama City University[9] and Yokohama National University active.
- 1950 - Population: 951,189.[13]
- 1951
- 1952 - Nagahama Hall (concert hall) built.
- 1956 - Yokohama designated a government ordinance city.[19]
- 1957 - Sister city relationship established with San Diego, USA.[20]
- 1960 - Population: 1,375,710.
- 1961 - Yokohama Marine Tower erected.
- 1963
- 1970 - Population: 2,238,264.
- 1972
- 1978
- 1979 - Yokohama Municipal Children's Botanical Garden established.[21]
- 1980 - Yokohama Film Festival begins.
- 1981
- 1986 - Shinasobaya ramen eatery in business.[23]
- 1989 - Yokohama Bay Bridge and Cosmo Clock 21 (ferris wheel) open.
- 1990
- 1992 - Yokohama Bay Stars baseball team active.[24]
- 1993 - Yokohama Flügels football team active.
- 1994
- 1999 - Yokohama F. Marinos football team formed.
21st century
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Chronology". History of Japanese Photography. USA: Museum of Fine Arts Houston. 2003. ISBN 978-0-300-09925-6.
- 1 2 Joseph Rogala (2001). Collector's Guide to Books on Japan in English. Japan Library. ISBN 978-1-136-63923-4.
- 1 2 3 Kenneth Henshall (2014). Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7872-3.
- ↑ Brian Moeran (1996). "Chronology of Japanese Advertising and Media from 1862 to 1991". A Japanese Advertising Agency: An Anthropology of Media and Markets. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-1-136-79533-6.
- 1 2 "Timeline of Modern Japan (1868-1945)". About Japan: A Teacher’s Resource. New York: Japan Society.
- ↑ André Sorensen (2002). The Making of Urban Japan: Cities and Planning from Edo to the Twenty First Century. Japanese Studies Series. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-73657-7.
- 1 2 3 4 "About YCU: Chronological table". Yokohama City University. Retrieved July 2015.
- ↑ Glyn Davies; Roy Davies (2002). "Comparative Chronology of Money" – via University of Exeter.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 "Japan". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ayanori Okasaki (1957). "Growth of Urban Population in Japan". Genus 13. JSTOR 29787368.
- 1 2 3 Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Japan", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co. – via Hathi Trust
- ↑ Allen Guttmann; Lee Austin Thompson (2001). Japanese Sports: A History. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2464-8.
- ↑ Kuniko Fujita and Richard Child Hill, ed. (1993). Japanese Cities. USA: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-4399-0092-5.
- 1 2 Bruce Wetterau (1990), New York Public Library Book of Chronologies, New York: Prentice Hall, OL 1885709M
- ↑ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Japan (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
- ↑ Philip Shapira; et al., eds. (1994). Planning for Cities and Regions in Japan. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-0-85323-248-3.
- ↑ "Sister Cities". USA: City of San Diego. Retrieved December 2015.
- ↑ "Garden Search: Japan". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved July 2015.
- ↑ "Institutions in Japan: Browse by Region (Kanto)". Research Access in Japanese Museums, Libraries, and Archives Resources. North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources. Retrieved July 2015.
- ↑ "Timeline of Ramen Development", Lucky Peach, January 2015
- ↑ Richard Worth (2013). Baseball Team Names: A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869-2011. USA: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-9124-7.
- ↑ Eric C. Rath and Stephanie Assmann, ed. (2010). Japanese Foodways, Past and Present. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07752-4.
- ↑ "Japanese Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved July 2015.
- ↑ "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 and German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- Published in the 20th century
- "Yokohama". Guide Book for Tourists in Japan. Yokohama: Obun Printing Co. 1903.
- Matsutaro Nakada (ed.). City of Yokohama, Past and Present. Yokohama Publishing.
- "Yokohama", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- "Yokohama (Musashi)", Handbook for Travellers in Japan (9th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1913
- T. Philip Terry (1914), "Yokohama and its Environs", Terry's Japanese Empire, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, LCCN 14005129
- Robert P. Porter (1915), "Ports and Other Cities: (Yokohama)", Japan, the New World-Power (2nd ed.), London: Oxford University Press
- "Short History of the City of Yokohama", Summary of the Yokohama City Annual Statistics (9), Yokohama City Office, 1920 (includes timeline)
- Yūzō Katō; Yokohama Shiritsu Daigaku (1990). Yokohama, past and present: 100th anniversary of Yokohama's incorporation 130th anniversary of the Port of Yokohama. Yokohama City University.
- Published in the 21st century
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