The following is a timeline of the history of Fukuoka City, Japan.
Prior to 20th century
edit- 1601 - Fukuoka Castle construction begins.[1]
- 1868 - The temple of Yeiyas was destroyed by fire.[2]
- 1877 - Tsukushi Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.[3]
- 1880 - Fukuoka Nichinichi Shimbun (newspaper) in publication.[1]
- 1881 - Genyōsha political group founded.[4]
- 1885 - Fukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan (school) active.
- 1887 - Population: 50,442.[5]
- 1889 - Hakata becomes part of Fukuoka city.[1]
- 1899 - Foreign commerce begins.[6]
20th century
edit- 1901 - Population: about 72,000.[2]
- 1909 - Population: 82,106.[7]
- 1910 - Kyushu Imperial University established.[6]
- 1917 - Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka High School established.
- 1928 - Heiwadai Stadium opens.
- 1929 - Ōhori Park opens.
- 1940 - Population: 306,763.[6]
- 1941 - Mitsubishi Trust branch opens.[8]
- 1942 - Kanmon Tunnel opened; first direct railway link between Honshu and Kyushu
- 1943 - Military Mushiroda Airfield built.
- 1945
- City firebombed on 19 June during World War II.[6]
- US military occupation of Itazuke Air Base begins.
- Population: 252,282.[9]
- 1947
- Fukuoka Marathon begins.
- Population: 328,548.[6]
- 1949 - Fukuoka Stock Exchange established.
- 1950 - Population: 392,649.[9]
- 1953 - Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden founded.[10]
- 1956 - Fukuoka Daiichi High School established.
- 1957 - Grand Sumo tournament begins.[11]
- 1960 - Population: 749,800.[7]
- 1963 - Fukuoka Institute of Technology active.
- 1972
- Fukuoka designated a government ordinance city.[12]
- US military occupation of Itazuke Air Base ends.[citation needed]
- Hirokawa Bosai Dam is completed[13]
- 1975
- March: Sanyō Shinkansen (hi-speed train) begins operating.[14][15]
- Population: 1,000,000.[16]
- 1979 - Fukuoka Art Museum established.[17]
- 1981
- Kūkō Line (Fukuoka City Subway) begins operating.
- Fukuoka Kokusai Center opens.
- 1982
- Subway Hakozaki Line begins operating.
- Fukuoka City Archaeology Center established.
- 1983 - Subway Gion Station opens.
- 1989
- Fukuoka Tower built.
- Fukuoka Hawks baseball team active.[18]
- 1990
- Fukuoka City Museum established.
- Population: 1,221,600.[7]
- 1993 - Fukuoka Dome (stadium) opens.
- 1995 - Hakatanomori Football Stadium opens.
- 1996 - Canal City Hakata (shopping mall) in business.
- 1999
- Fukuoka Asian Art Museum opens.[citation needed]
- Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale exhibit begins.[19]
- 2000 - Population: 1,341,489.[20]
21st century
edit- 2001 - Sky Dream Fukuoka (ferris wheel) erected.
- 2003 - Fukuoka International Congress Center opens.
- 2005
- February: Subway Nanakuma Line begins operating.
- March 20: 2005 Fukuoka earthquake occurs.
- 2010
- Soichiro Takashima elected mayor.[21]
- Population: 1,463,743.[22]
- 2011 - Hakata Station rebuilt.[23]
See also
edit- Fukuoka history
- Timeline of Fukuoka (in Japanese)
- List of mayors of Fukuoka
References
edit- ^ a b c Louis Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Translated by Käthe Roth. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ^ a b Britannica 1910.
- ^ James L. Huffman (1997). Creating a Public: People and Press in Meiji Japan. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1882-1.
- ^ Andrew Cobbing, ed. (2013). Hakata: The Cultural Worlds of Northern Kyushu. Koninklijke Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-24308-8.
- ^ 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. Dictionary of the principal roads, chief towns etc. Of Japan. Tokyo: Z.P. Maruya and Co. . hdl:2027/hvd.hnngzq.
- ^ a b c d e Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 649, OL 6112221M
- ^ a b c Kuniko Fujita; Richard Child Hill, eds. (1993). Japanese Cities. USA: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-4399-0092-5.
- ^ International Encyclopedia of the Stock Market. Fitzroy Dearborn. 1999. ISBN 978-1-884964-35-0.
- ^ a b "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
- ^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Japan (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
- ^ J.A. Sargeant (1959). Sumo: the Sport and the Tradition. Charles E. Tuttle Co. ISBN 978-1-4629-0422-8.
- ^ Philip Shapira; et al., eds. (1994). Planning for Cities and Regions in Japan. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-0-85323-248-3.
- ^ "Hirokawa Bosai Dam (Fukuoka, 1972)".
- ^ William D. Hoover (2011). Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7539-5.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ Richard Worth (2013). Baseball Team Names: a Worldwide Dictionary, 1869-2011. USA: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-9124-7.
- ^ "About Triennale | The 5th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale". Fukuokatriennale.ajibi.jp. November 30, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
- ^ "Japan". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Japanese Stations | Japan Experience". Japanvisitor.com. June 21, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
This article incorporates information from the Japanese Wikipedia.
Bibliography
edit- Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 291. .
- Richard Tames (2008). "Historical Gazetteer: Fukuoka". A Traveller's History of Japan (4th ed.). USA: Interlink Books. ISBN 978-1-56656-404-5.
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