The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Osaka, Japan.
Prior to 19th century
19th century
20th century
1900sâÂÂ1940s
- 1901 â Satirical begins publication.
- 1903 â held in Osaka.
- 1904 â Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library opens.
- 1905 â Maruki-go bakery in business.
- 1909 â TennÃ
Âji Park established.
- 1910 â Population: 1,239,373 city; 2,197,201 prefecture.
- 1915 â TennÃ
Âji Zoo founded.
- 1917 â City planning committee formed.
- 1918
- City Social Bureau established.
- built.
- 1919 â Miki Hall (concert venue) opens.
- 1920
- Shirokiya department store built.
- Population: 1,768,295.
- 1922 â Daimaru department store built.
- 1923
- Sharp in business.
- becomes mayor.
- 1924 â Osaka Photographic Science Society founded.
- 1925
- City wards established: Higashinari, Higashiyodogawa, Konohana, Minato, Naniwa, Nishinari, Nishiyodogawa, Sumiyoshi, and TennÃ
Âji.
- "Public radio broadcasting commences."
- Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. established.
- Population: 2,114,804.
- 1926 â Asahi Kaikan (concert hall) opens.
- 1927 â (bridge) built over Dojima River.
- 1928 â active.
- 1929
- Kosobe Conservatory (garden) established.
- Hankyu Department Store opens in Umeda Station.
- 1930 â Population: 2,453,573 city; 3,540,017 prefecture.
- 1931 â National Defense Women's Association founded in Osaka.
- 1932 â City wards established: Asahi and TaishÃ
Â.
- 1933
- Subway MidÃ
Âsuji Line begins operating.
- Sanwa Bank established.
- 1936
- Osaka Tigers baseball team formed.
- opens.
- 1940
- January 28: Train crash at Ajikawaguchi Station.
- Population: 3,252,340 city; 4,843,032 prefecture.
- 1942
- ' (newspaper) in publication.
- Subway Yotsubashi Line begins operating.
- 1943
- City wards established: Abeno, Fukushima, Higashisumiyoshi, Ikuno, JÃ
ÂtÃ
Â, and Miyakojima.
- Hitachi Zosen Corporation in business.
- 1945
- March 13: Bombing of Osaka during World War II begins.
- August 14: Bombing of Osaka ends.
- Population: 1,102,959.
- Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau established.
- 1947
- Kansai Symphony Orchestra founded.
- Population: 1,559,310.
- 1948 â Grand Sumo tournament begins.
- 1949 â Osaka City University and Osaka Securities Exchange active.
1950sâÂÂ1990s
- 1950 â Population: 1,956,136.
- 1955
- Cinerama Gekijo opens.
- Sankei Sports newspaper begins publication.
- Population: 2,547,321.
- 1956
- TsÃ
«tenkaku (tower) built.
- Osaka designated a government ordinance city.
- 1957 â Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.
- 1958 â Radio Osaka begins broadcasting.
- 1961
- September: Typhoon Muroto II occurs.
- Subway ChÃ
«Ã
 Line begins operating.
- 1964
- Tokyo-Osaka TÃ
ÂkaidÃ
 Shinkansen (hi-speed train) begins operating.
- Nagai Stadium opens.
- 1967 â Subway Tanimachi Line begins operating.
- 1968 â newspaper in publication.
- 1969 â Subway Sakaisuji Line and Sennichimae Line begin operating.
- 1970
- April: Gas explosion in Kita-ku.
- Expo '70 (world's fair) held in Osaka.
- 1972
- May 13: Sennichi Department Store Building fire.
- Osaka Expo '70 Stadium opens.
- 1974 â City wards established: Hirano, Suminoe, Tsurumi, and Yodogawa.
- 1975 â Population: 2,780,000.
- 1977 â National Museum of Art, Osaka opens.
- 1979 â Capsule Inn Osaka in business.
- 1980 â established.
- 1982
- Osaka International Ladies Marathon begins.
- Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka established.
- 1983 â Osaka-jÃ
 Hall (arena) opens.
- 1984 â National Bunraku Theatre opens.
- 1987 â Kincho Stadium opens.
- 1989
- City wards established: ChÃ
«Ã
 and Kita.
- Osaka Science Museum opens.
- 1990
- Subway Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line begins operating.
- Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan opens.
- Garden and Greenery Exposition held in city.
- 1993 â Umeda Sky Building constructed.
- 1995
- January 17: The 6.9 Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern HyÃ
Âgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of VII, leaving 5,502âÂÂ6,434 people dead, and 251,301âÂÂ310,000 displaced in the region.
- Takafumi Isomura becomes mayor.
- 1996 â Osaka Prefectural Central Library opens.
- 1997 â Tempozan Ferris Wheel and Kyocera Dome open.
- 1999 â Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum opens in nearby Ikeda.
21st century
See also
References
This article incorporates information from the Japanese Wikipedia.
Bibliography
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- (first published in 1987)
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