Timeline of Nagoya

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

Prior to 20th century

1612 – Nagoya Castle and its Honmaru Palace built.^[1]^[2]^[3]
1684 – Poet Bashō visits Nagoya.^[4]
1714
- Fugetsudo Magosuke publisher in business.^[5]
- Tōgan-ji a Buddhist temple was moved to Nagoya.^[3]
1776 – Eirakuya Toshiro publisher in business.^[5]^[6]
1790s – Booksellers' guild established.^[5]
1814 – Hokusai Manga published by Eirakuya Toshiro.^[5]
1838 - Birthplace of cloisonné enamelling in Japan. ^[3]
1868 – Aomatsuba Incident occurs.
1871 – Nagoya Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.^[7]
1872 – Aichi Prefecture formed.
1873 - A gold-plated dolphin from Nagoya Castle was displayed at the Vienna World's Fair.^[3]
1881 – Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry founded.^[8]
1886 – Tokaido Line begins operating; Nagoya Station opens.^[9]
1887 – Population: 149,756.^[10]
1889 – Municipal government established.^[11]
1890 – Population: 170,433.^[12]
1891 – October 28: The 8.0 M_s Mino–Owari earthquake affects the Gifu region. This oblique-slip event killed over 7,200, injured more than 17,000, and created fault scarps that still remain visible.

20th century

1903 – Population: 284,829.^[13]^[3]
1910 – Matsuzakaya (shop) in business.
1912 – Aiyu Photography Club formed.^[14]
1915
- Kintetsu Nagoya Line begins operating.^{[citation needed]}
- Nagoya Mainichi [ja] (newspaper) in publication.
1916 – Catholic Nanzan University founded.^[15]
1918 – Rice riot occurs.^[16]
1920 – Population: 619,529.^[12]
1922
- Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya established.
- Nagoya Court of Appeals building [ja] constructed.
1929 – November: Suiheisha conference held in Nagoya.^[17]
1930 – Population: 926,141.^[12]
1935 – Tokugawa Art Museum opens.
1936 – Nagoya Baseball Club and Nagoya Golden Dolphins baseball team formed.^[18]
1937
- Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937) held.
- Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens founded.^[19]
1938 – Kintetsu Nagoya Station opens.
1940 – Population: 1,328,084.^[12]
1941
- Tokai Bank, Ltd. [ja] established.^[20]
- Meitetsu Nagoya Station and Mizuho Athletic Stadium open.
1942
- April 18: Bombing of Nagoya in World War II begins.
- Chunichi Shimbun (newspaper) in publication.^[8]
1944 – Mizuho city ward established.^{[citation needed]}
1945 – Population: 597,941.^[21]
1948
- Chunichi Dragons baseball team active.^[22]
- Pachinko parlor and Nagoya Baseball Stadium open.
1949
- Nagoya Stock Exchange established.^[8]
- Nagoya Racecourse opens.
- Marushin Bussan pachinko manufacturer in business.
1950 – Population: 1,030,635.^[12]
1953 – Nikkatsu Theatre opens.^[23]
1955 – Nagoya Festival begins.^[11]
1956 – Nagoya designated a government ordinance city.^[24]
1957 – Subway begins operating.^[11]
1958 – Grand Sumo tournament begins at the Nagoya Kanayama gymnasium [ja].^[25]^[26]
1959
- September: Ise-wan Typhoon occurs.^[11]
- Nagoya Castle reconstructed.^[27]
- Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.^[28]
1962 – Nagoya Television Broadcasting begins.
1964
- Tōkaidō Shinkansen (hi-speed train) begins operating.^[29]
- Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium built.
1975
- "16 Wards system" established.^[11]
- Population: 2,080,000.^[30]
1985 – Takeyoshi Nishio [ja] 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 [ja] held in city.^[11]
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.^[31]
- Takehisa Matsubara becomes mayor.
1999 – Nagoya Station built.
2000
- JR Central Towers built.
- Population: 2,171,378.^[8]

21st century

2005 – Expo 2005 held near city.^[11]
2009 – Takashi Kawamura becomes mayor.^[32]
2010
- Nagoya Marubeni Building [ja] constructed.
- Population: 2,263,894.^[33]
2011
- March: 13 2011 Nagoya city council election [ja] held.
- Use of Manaca fare card on public transit begins.
2026
- 19 September-4 October: 20th Asian Games held.
- 6th Asian Para Games held.

References

^ Kenneth Henshall (2014). Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7872-3.
^ 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: 67–97. JSTOR 4629516.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Britannica 1910.
^ Haruo Shirane, ed. (2008). Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600–1900. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-51614-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Peter Kornicki (2001). The Book in Japan: A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2337-5.
^ Forrer 1985.
^ James L. Huffman (1997). Creating a Public: People and Press in Meiji Japan. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1882-1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Japan". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
^ "History of Nagoya (timeline)". City of Nagoya. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
^ W.N. Whitney, ed. (1889). "List of towns having population of over 10,000". Concise Dictionary of the Principal Roads, Chief Towns and Villages of Japan. Tokyo: Z.P. Maruya and Co. [ja]. hdl:2027/hvd.hnngzq.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Historical Profile". City of Nagoya. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ayanori Okasaki (1957). "Growth of Urban Population in Japan". Genus. 13 (1/4): 132–152. JSTOR 29787368.
^ Japan Year Book. Tokyo. 1905. hdl:2027/nyp.33433082441555.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "Chronology". History of Japanese Photography. USA: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. 2003. ISBN 978-0-300-09925-6.
^ "Timeline of Religion and Nationalism in Meiji and Imperial Japan". About Japan: A Teacher's Resource. New York: Japan Society. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
^ Michael Lewis (1990). Rioters and Citizens: Mass Protest in Imperial Japan. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-06642-7.
^ Ian Neary (1989). Political Protest and Social Control in Pre-war Japan: The Origins of Buraku Liberation. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-2985-1.
^ Allen Guttmann; Lee Austin Thompson (2001). Japanese Sports: A History. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2464-8.
^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Japan (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
^ 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.
^ "Population". City of Nagoya. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
^ Richard Worth (2013). Baseball Team Names: a Worldwide Dictionary, 1869–2011. USA: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-9124-7.
^ "Movie Theaters in Nagoya". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
^ Philip Shapira; et al., eds. (1994). Planning for Cities and Regions in Japan. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-0-85323-248-3.
^ J.A. Sargeant (1959). Sumo: the Sport and the Tradition. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0422-8. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
^ なごやカレンダー１月 [Nagoya Calendar] (in Japanese), Nagoya City Library, retrieved July 30, 2015
^ William D. Hoover (2011). Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7539-5.
^ "Sister Cities of Los Angeles". USA: City of Los Angeles. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
^ Christopher P. Hood (2006). "Chronology". Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-36089-5.
^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "Timeline: Building Smarter Machines", New York Times, June 24, 2010
^ "Japanese Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved July 30, 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.

Bibliography

"Nagoya" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 151.
"Nagoya", Handbook for Travellers in Japan (9th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1913, hdl:2027/nnc1.50290956
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).

[Henshall2014-1] Kenneth Henshall (2014). Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7872-3.

[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: 67–97. JSTOR 4629516.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-3] Britannica 1910.

[Shirane2008-4] Haruo Shirane, ed. (2008). Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600–1900. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-51614-3.

[Kornicki2001-5] Peter Kornicki (2001). The Book in Japan: A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2337-5.

[FOOTNOTEForrer1985-6] Forrer 1985.

[Huffman1997-7] James L. Huffman (1997). Creating a Public: People and Press in Meiji Japan. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1882-1.

[europa2004-8] "Japan". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.

[CityTimeline-9] "History of Nagoya (timeline)". City of Nagoya. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

[Whitney1889-10] W.N. Whitney, ed. (1889). "List of towns having population of over 10,000". Concise Dictionary of the Principal Roads, Chief Towns and Villages of Japan. Tokyo: Z.P. Maruya and Co. [ja]. hdl:2027/hvd.hnngzq.

[CityHistory-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Historical Profile". City of Nagoya. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

[okasaki1957-12] Ayanori Okasaki (1957). "Growth of Urban Population in Japan". Genus. 13 (1/4): 132–152. JSTOR 29787368.

[yearbook1905-13] Japan Year Book. Tokyo. 1905. hdl:2027/nyp.33433082441555.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[houston2003-14] "Chronology". History of Japanese Photography. USA: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. 2003. ISBN 978-0-300-09925-6.

[japansociety-religion-15] "Timeline of Religion and Nationalism in Meiji and Imperial Japan". About Japan: A Teacher's Resource. New York: Japan Society. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

[LewisLewis1990-16] Michael Lewis (1990). Rioters and Citizens: Mass Protest in Imperial Japan. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-06642-7.

[Neary1989-17] Ian Neary (1989). Political Protest and Social Control in Pre-war Japan: The Origins of Buraku Liberation. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-2985-1.

[Guttmann2001-18] Allen Guttmann; Lee Austin Thompson (2001). Japanese Sports: A History. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2464-8.

[Kisling2000-19] Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Japan (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.

[Tamaki1995-20] 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.

[CityPopulation-21] "Population". City of Nagoya. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

[Worth2013-22] Richard Worth (2013). Baseball Team Names: a Worldwide Dictionary, 1869–2011. USA: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-9124-7.

[cinema-23] "Movie Theaters in Nagoya". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

[Shapira1994-24] Philip Shapira; et al., eds. (1994). Planning for Cities and Regions in Japan. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-0-85323-248-3.

[Sargeant2013-25] J.A. Sargeant (1959). Sumo: the Sport and the Tradition. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0422-8. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

[calendar-26] なごやカレンダー１月 [Nagoya Calendar] (in Japanese), Nagoya City Library, retrieved July 30, 2015

[hoover2011-27] William D. Hoover (2011). Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7539-5.

[28] "Sister Cities of Los Angeles". USA: City of Los Angeles. Retrieved December 1, 2015.

[Hood2006-29] Christopher P. Hood (2006). "Chronology". Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-36089-5.

[30] United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[nyt2010-AI-31] "Timeline: Building Smarter Machines", New York Times, June 24, 2010

[32] "Japanese Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

[33] "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2013. United Nations Statistics Division.

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