The following is a timeline of the history of Tokyo, Japan.
Prior to 19th century
19th century
20th century
1900s-1940s
- 1901 - Tokyo Photography Circle (club) formed.
- 1902 - Industrial Bank of Japan headquartered in city.
- 1903
- Electric tram begins operating.
- Electric Hall (cinema) opens.
- 1905 - September 5: Hibiya Incendiary Incident occurs.
- 1906 - Harajuku Station opens.
- 1907 - Tokyo Industrial Exhibition held.
- 1910 - Luna Park opens.
- 1911 - Imperial Theatre opens.
- 1914
- December: Central Station opens.
- Taisho Exposition held.
- 1916 - Tokyo Photographers Guild established.
- 1917 - active.
- 1918
- Rice riot occurs.
- Neon light installed in Ginza.
- 1920
- Meiji Shrine built.
- Population: 3,699,428.
- 1921 - November 4: Japanese prime minister Takashi Hara assassinated.
- 1923 - September 1: 1923 Great KantÃ
 earthquake occurs.
- 1925 - begins operating.
- 1926
- "Public apartment housing" built.
- NHK Symphony Orchestra and Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum established.
- 1927 - Tokyo Underground Railway begins operating between Asakusa and Ueno.
- 1928 - opens in Tokyo Bay.
- 1929 - Tokyo March song/film become popular.
- 1930 - Population: 4,986,913.
- 1931 - Haneda Airport begins operating.
- 1933 - Dai-Ichi Seimei Building constructed.
- 1934
- Yomiuri Giants baseball team formed.
- opens.
- 1936
- Konishiroku Honten in business.
- Japanese Folk Crafts Museum founded.
- 1937 - Korakuen Stadium opens.
- 1938 - Rikugi-en (park) opens.
- 1940 - Population: 6,778,804.
- 1941
- Port of Tokyo opens.
- Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo opens.
- 1942 - April: Bombing of Tokyo by US forces begins.
- 1943 - "Metropolitan administration system established."
- 1945
- 10 March: A major air attack kills 90,000 to 100,000 people and destroys a quarter of the city's buildings
- August: Bombing of Tokyo by US forces ends.
- established.
- Population: 3,488,284.
- 1946 - Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal begins.
- 1947
- SeiichirÃ
 Yasui elected governor.
- 23 Special wards of Tokyo created.
- 1948 - National Diet Library headquartered in Tokyo.
1950s-1990s
21st century
See also
References
This article incorporates information from the Japanese Wikipedia.
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