Timeline of Hiroshima
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1599 - Hiroshima Castle built.
- 1871 - City becomes seat of Hiroshima Prefecture.[1]
- 1874 - ja founded.[2]
- 1887
- 1889 - Hiroshima becomes a municipality.[1]
- 1892 - Chugoku Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.[4]
- 1894 - San'yō Railway begins operating.[1]
20th century
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- 1902 - ja founded.[2]
- 1909 - Population: 142,763.[5]
- 1912 - Hiroshima Electric Railway begins operating.
- 1918 - Rice riot occurs.[6]
- 1920 - Toyo Cork Kogyo Co. (later Mazda) in business.[7]
- 1929 - ja established.[2]
- 1945 - August 6: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima by US forces.[8]
- 1947
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony begins.[citation needed]
- Shinzo Hamai becomes mayor.
- 1949 - Hiroshima University[2] and Hiroshima Stock Exchange[4] established.
- 1950 - Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball team formed.[9]
- 1951 - Chugoku Electric Power Company headquartered in city.[4]
- 1954 - Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park established.
- 1955
- 1971 - Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park founded.[11]
- 1975 - Takeshi Araki becomes mayor.
- 1976 - Hiroshima Botanical Garden opens.[12]
- 1978 - Hiroshima Museum of Art established.
- 1980 - Hiroshima designated a government ordinance city.[13]
- 1985 - Hiroshima International Animation Festival begins.[14]
- 1991 - Takashi Hiraoka becomes mayor.
- 1992 - Hiroshima Big Arch (stadium) opens.
- 1994
- August: Astram Line (public transit) begins operating.
- October: 1994 Asian Games held in Hiroshima.
- 1999 - Tadatoshi Akiba becomes mayor.
21st century
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- 2000 - Population: 1,126,282.[4]
- 2010 - Population: 1,173,843.[15]
- 2011 - Kazumi Matsui elected mayor.[16]
- 2016 - May: US president visits city.
See also
References
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This article incorporates information from the Japanese Wikipedia.
Bibliography
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External links
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- Map of Hiroshima, 1945
- Items related to Hiroshima, various dates (via Europeana).
| Wards of Hiroshima (capital city) | |
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| Other cities | |
| Aki District | |
| Jinseki District | |
| Sera District | |
| Toyota District | |
| Yamagata District | |
