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Timeline of Nagasaki

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

Prior to 20th century

  • 12th C. – Included in the fief of Nagasaki Kotaro.
  • 1571 – Port of Nagasaki established; opens to foreign ships.
  • 1597 – 26 Christians executed.
  • 1614 – Suwa Shrine built.
  • 1626 – Nagasaki Kunchi (shrine festival) begins.
  • 1634 – Megane Bridge built.
  • 1637 – Shimabara Rebellion occurs near Nagasaki.
  • 1638 – Sannō Shrine founded.
  • 1641 – "Dutch Confined to Dejima Island" in Nagasaki harbor.
  • 1855 – "Modern shipbuilding yard" established.
  • 1858 – Port opened to foreign trade.
  • 1861 – Nagasaki Shipping List and Advertiser begins publication.
  • 1865 – Catholic Ōura Church built.
  • 1876 – Saikai Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.
  • 1877 – Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Nagasaki founded.
  • 1887 – Population: 40,187.
  • 1888 – Sakamoto International Cemetery established.
  • 1889 – Value of imports £1,005,367.
  • 1893 – Mitsubishi Nagasaki Zosensho (shipyard) active.
  • 1894 – Value of imports £444,839.
  • 1898 – Kyushu Tosu-Nogasaki railway begins operating.

20th century

  • 1902 – (newspaper) begins publication.
  • 1903 – Population: 151,727.
  • 1905
  • Nagasaki Station opens.
  • founded.
  • Population: 163,324.
  • 1915 – Nagasaki Electric Tramway begins operating.
  • 1923 – established.
  • 1925 – Population: 189,071.
  • 1945
  • August 9: Atomic bombing of Nagasaki by US forces.
  • Population: 142,748.
  • 1949 – Nagasaki University established.
  • 1950 – Population: 241,805.
  • 1955 – Sister city relationship established with Saint Paul, United States.
  • 1957 – Glover house (museum) opens.
  • 1959 – Nagasaki Aquarium founded.
  • 1972 – Sister city relationship established with Santos, Brazil.
  • 1974 – Population: 445,655.
  • 1978 – Sister city relationships established with Middelburg, Netherlands, and Porto, Portugal.
  • 1979 – Hitoshi Motoshima becomes mayor.
  • 1980
  • Nagasaki Bio Park founded.
  • Sister city relationship established with Fuzhou, China.
  • Population: 502,799.
  • 1990 – January 18: , targeting mayor Motoshima.
  • 1995 – Iccho Itoh becomes mayor.
  • 1996 – Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum built.
  • 2000 – Population: 423,163.

21st century

See also

References

This article incorporates information from the Japanese Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century
Published in the 20th century
  • (first published in 1727)
Published in the 21st century
  • (first published in 1987)
  • Geoffrey C. Gunn, World Trade Systems of the East and West: Nagasaki and the Asian Bullion Trade Networks (Leiden: Brill, 2017)

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