The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nagasaki, Japan.
Prior to 20th century
12th C. – Included in the fief of Nagasaki Kotaro. 1571 – Port of Nagasaki established; opens to foreign ships. 1597 – 26 Christians executed. 1614 – Suwa Shrine built. 1626 – Nagasaki Kunchi (shrine festival) begins. 1634 – Megane Bridge built. 1637 – Shimabara Rebellion occurs near Nagasaki. 1638 – Sannō Shrine founded. 1641 – "Dutch Confined to Dejima Island" in Nagasaki harbor. 1855 – "Modern shipbuilding yard" established. 1858 – Port opened to foreign trade. 1861 – Nagasaki Shipping List and Advertiser begins publication. 1865 – Catholic Ōura Church built. 1876 – Saikai Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication. 1877 – Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Nagasaki founded. 1887 – Population: 40,187. 1888 – Sakamoto International Cemetery established. 1889 – Value of imports £1,005,367. 1893 – Mitsubishi Nagasaki Zosensho (shipyard) active. 1894 – Value of imports £444,839. 1898 – Kyushu Tosu-Nogasaki railway begins operating.
20th century
1902 – (newspaper) begins publication. 1903 – Population: 151,727. 1905 Nagasaki Station opens. founded. Population: 163,324. 1915 – Nagasaki Electric Tramway begins operating. 1923 – established. 1925 – Population: 189,071. 1945 August 9: Atomic bombing of Nagasaki by US forces. Population: 142,748. 1949 – Nagasaki University established. 1950 – Population: 241,805. 1955 – Sister city relationship established with Saint Paul, United States. 1957 – Glover house (museum) opens. 1959 – Nagasaki Aquarium founded. 1972 – Sister city relationship established with Santos, Brazil. 1974 – Population: 445,655. 1978 – Sister city relationships established with Middelburg, Netherlands, and Porto, Portugal. 1979 – Hitoshi Motoshima becomes mayor. 1980 Nagasaki Bio Park founded. Sister city relationship established with Fuzhou, China. Population: 502,799. 1990 – January 18: , targeting mayor Motoshima. 1995 – Iccho Itoh becomes mayor. 1996 – Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum built. 2000 – Population: 423,163.
21st century
2001 – opens. 2002 – Use of Nagasaki Smart Card on public transit begins. 2005 Iōjima, Kōyagi, Nomozaki, Sanwa, Sotome, and Takashima become part of city. Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture and Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum open. Sister city relationship established with Vaux-sur-Aure, France. 2007 April 17: , fatally targeting mayor Itoh. April 22: Tomihisa Taue becomes mayor. 2010 – Population: 443,766.
See also Nagasaki history Timeline of Nagasaki (in Japanese)
References
This article incorporates information from the Japanese Wikipedia.
Bibliography
Published in the 19th century
Published in the 20th century (first published in 1727)
Published in the 21st century
(first published in 1987)
Geoffrey C. Gunn, World Trade Systems of the East and West: Nagasaki and the Asian Bullion Trade Networks (Leiden: Brill, 2017)
External links
Maps of Nagasaki, 1945 Items related to Nagasaki, various dates (via Europeana). Items related to Nagasaki, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America). Photos of Nagasaki by Felice Beato, 1860s