Timeline of Nagoya

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

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Prior to 20th century

History of Japan

Periods

Paleolithic	before 14,000 BC
Jōmon	14,000 – 300 BCE
Yayoi	300 BCE – 250 CE
Kofun	250–538
Asuka	538–710
Nara	710–794
Heian	794–1185

Kamakura	1185–1333
Kenmu Restoration	1333–1336
Muromachi (Ashikaga) Nanboku-chō Sengoku	1336–1573
Azuchi–Momoyama Nanban trade	1568–1603
Edo (Tokugawa) Sakoku Bakumatsu	1603–1868
Meiji Restoration	1868–1912
Taishō World War I	1912–1926
Shōwa Financial crisis Militarism Pacific War Occupation Post-occupation	1926–1989
Heisei Lost Decade	1989–present

Topics

1614 – Nagoya Castle and its Honmaru Palace built.^[1]^[2]
1684 – Poet Bashō visits Nagoya.^[3]
1714 – Fugetsudo Magosuke publisher in business.^[4]
1776 – Eirakuya Toshiro publisher in business.^[4]^[5]
1790s – Booksellers' guild established.^[4]
1814 – Hokusai Manga published by Eirakuya Toshiro.^[4]
1868 – Aomatsuba Incident occurs.
1871 – Nagoya Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.^[6]
1872 – Aichi Prefecture formed.
1881 – Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry founded.^[7]
1886 – Tokaido Line begins operating; Nagoya Station opens.^[8]
1887 – Population: 149,756.^[9]
1889 – Municipal government established.^[10]
1890 – Population: 170,433.^[11]
1891 – October 28: Nobi earthquake occurs.

20th century

1903 – Population: 284,829.^[12]
1910 – Matsuzakaya (shop) in business.
1912 – Aiyu Photography Club formed.^[13]
1915
- Kintetsu Nagoya Line begins operating.
- Nagoya Mainichi (newspaper) in publication.
1916 – Catholic Nanzan University founded.^[14]
1918 – Rice riot occurs.^[15]
1920 – Population: 619,529.^[11]
1922
- Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya established.
- Nagoya Court of Appeals building constructed.
1929 – November: Suiheisha conference held in Nagoya.^[16]
1930 – Population: 926,141.^[11]
1935 – Tokugawa Art Museum opens.
1936 – Nagoya Baseball Club and Nagoya Golden Dolphins baseball team formed.^[17]
1937
- Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937) held.
- Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens founded.^[18]
1938 – Kintetsu Nagoya Station opens.
1940 – Population: 1,328,084.^[11]
1941
- Tokai Bank, Ltd. established.^[19]
- Meitetsu Nagoya Station and Mizuho Athletic Stadium open.
1942
- April 18: Bombing of Nagoya in World War II begins.
- Chunichi Shimbun (newspaper) in publication.^[7]
1944 – Mizuho city ward established.
1945 – Population: 597,941.^[20]
1948
- Chunichi Dragons baseball team active.^[21]
- Pachinko parlor and Nagoya Baseball Stadium open.
1949
- Nagoya Stock Exchange established.^[7]
- Nagoya Racecourse opens.
- Marushin Bussan pachinko manufacturer in business.
1950 – Population: 1,030,635.^[11]
1953 – Nikkatsu Theatre opens.^[22]
1955 – Nagoya Festival begins.^[10]
1956 – Nagoya designated a government ordinance city.^[23]
1957 – Subway begins operating.^[10]
1958 – Grand Sumo tournament begins at the Nagoya Kanayama gymnasium.^[24]^[25]
1959
- September: Ise-wan Typhoon occurs.^[10]
- Nagoya Castle reconstructed.^[26]
- Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.^[27]
1962 – Nagoya Television Broadcasting begins.
1964
- Tōkaidō Shinkansen (hi-speed train) begins operating.^[28]
- Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium built.
1970 – Population: 2,036,053.
1975 – "16 Wards system" established.^[10]
1985 – Takeyoshi Nishio 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 held in city.^[10]
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.^[29]
- Takehisa Matsubara becomes mayor.
1999 – Nagoya Station built.

21st century

2000
- JR Central Towers built.
- Population: 2,171,378.^[7]
2005 – Expo 2005 held near city.^[10]
2009 – Takashi Kawamura becomes mayor.^[30]
2010
- Nagoya Marubeni Building constructed.
- Population: 2,263,894.^[31]
2011
- March: 13 2011 Nagoya city council election held.
- Use of Manaca fare card on public transit begins.

References

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↑ 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. JSTOR 4629516.
↑ Haruo Shirane, ed. (2008). Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600–1900. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-51614-3.
1 2 3 4 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.
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↑ 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..
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1 2 3 4 5 Ayanori Okasaki (1957). "Growth of Urban Population in Japan". Genus. 13. JSTOR 29787368.
↑ Japan Year Book. Tokyo. 1905.
↑ "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 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ 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.
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↑ 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 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ 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.
↑ なごやカレンダー１月 [Nagoya Calendar] (in Japanese), Nagoya City Library, retrieved July 2015 Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ 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 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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↑ "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 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
"Nagoya", Handbook for Travellers in Japan (9th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1913
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.
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Aichi Prefecture

Nagoya (capital)

Wards of Nagoya	Atsuta Chikusa Higashi Kita Meitō Midori Minami Minato Mizuho Moriyama Naka Nakagawa Nakamura Nishi Shōwa Tempaku

Core cities	Okazaki Toyohashi Toyota

Special cities	Ichinomiya Kasugai

Cities	Aisai Ama Anjō Chiryū Chita Gamagōri Handa Hekinan Inazawa Inuyama Iwakura Kariya Kitanagoya Kiyosu Komaki Kōnan Miyoshi Nagakute Nishio Nisshin Ōbu Owariasahi Seto Shinshiro Tahara Takahama Tokoname Tōkai Toyoake Toyokawa Tsushima Yatomi

Aichi District	Tōgō

Ama District	Kanie Ōharu Tobishima

Chita District	Agui Higashiura Mihama Minamichita Taketoyo

Kitashitara District	Shitara Tōei Toyone

Nishikasugai District	Toyoyama

Niwa District	Fusō Ōguchi

Nukata District	Kōta

List of mergers in Aichi Prefecture

Years in Japan (1868–present)

Meiji period (1868–1912)

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Taishō period (1912–1926)

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Shōwa period (1926–1989)

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Heisei period (1989–present)

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