Timeline of Hiroshima

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

• 587 - The chief temple dates from this time.^[1]
• 1599 - Hiroshima Castle built.
• 1871 - City becomes seat of Hiroshima Prefecture.^[2]
• 1874 - Hakushima School [ja] founded.^[3]
• 1887
  • Hiroshima Girls' High School [ja] founded.^[3]
  • Population: 84,094.^[4]
• 1889 - Hiroshima becomes a municipality.^[2]
• 1892 - Chugoku Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.^[5]
• 1894 - San'yō Railway begins operating.^[2]

20th century

• 1902 - Hiroshima Higher Normal School [ja] founded.^[3]
• 1903 - Population: 113,545.^[1]
• 1909 - Population: 142,763.^[6]
• 1912 - Hiroshima Electric Railway begins operating.
• 1918 - Rice riot occurs.^[7]
• 1920 - Toyo Cork Kogyo Co. (later Mazda) in business.^[8]
• 1929 - Hiroshima University of Literature and Science [ja] established.^[3]
• 1945
  • August 6: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima by US forces.^[9]
  • Population: 137,197.^[10]
• 1947
  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony begins.^{[citation needed]}
  • Shinzo Hamai becomes mayor.
• 1949 - Hiroshima University^[3] and Hiroshima Stock Exchange^[5] established.
• 1950
  • Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball team formed.^[11]
  • Population: 285,712.^[10]
• 1951 - Chugoku Electric Power Company headquartered in city.^[5]
• 1954 - Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park established.
• 1955
  • Tosaka, Japan [ja] becomes part of city.^[12]
  • August: "First World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs meets in Hiroshima."^[8]
• 1958 - Hiroshima reconstruction festival celebrated by the municipality to mark the city's recovery.
• 1971 - Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park founded.^[13]
• 1974 - Population: 761,240.^[14]
• 1975 - Takeshi Araki becomes mayor.
• 1976 - Hiroshima Botanical Garden opens.^[15]
• 1978 - Hiroshima Museum of Art established.
• 1980 - Hiroshima designated a government ordinance city.^[16]
• 1985 - Hiroshima International Animation Festival begins.^[17]
• 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.
• 2000 - Population: 1,126,282.^[5]

21st century

• 2010 - Population: 1,173,843.^[18]
• 2011 - Kazumi Matsui elected mayor.^[19]
• 2016 - May: US president visits city.

See also

• Hiroshima history
• Timeline of Hiroshima (in Japanese)
• List of mayors of Hiroshima

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. Schellinger 1996.
3. "University History". Hiroshima University. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
4. 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.
5. "Japan". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
6. Kuniko Fujita and Richard Child Hill, ed. (1993). Japanese Cities. USA: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-4399-0092-5.
7. Michael Lewis (1990). Rioters and Citizens: Mass Protest in Imperial Japan. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-06642-7.
8. William D. Hoover (2011). Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7539-5.
9. BBC News. "Japan Profile: Timeline". Retrieved July 30, 2015.
10. "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
11. Richard Worth (2013). Baseball Team Names: A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869-2011. USA: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-9124-7.
12. 市史等の販売 [City history bookstore] (in Japanese), City of Hiroshima, retrieved July 30, 2015
13. Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Japan (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
14. 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)
15. "Garden Search: Japan". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
16. Philip Shapira; et al., eds. (1994). Planning for Cities and Regions in Japan. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-0-85323-248-3.
17. Jasper Sharp (2011). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7541-8.
18. "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2013. United Nations Statistics Division.
19. "Japanese Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

This article incorporates information from the Japanese Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• "Hiroshima" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 524.
• "Hiroshima", Handbook for Travellers in Japan (9th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1913, hdl:2027/nnc1.50290956
• Schellinger and Salkin, ed. (1996). "Hiroshima". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania. UK: Routledge. p. 349+. ISBN 9781884964046.

External links

• "History of Hiroshima". City of Hiroshima.
• Hiroshima University Library. "Digital Hiroshima Library". Special Collections (in Japanese).
• Map of Hiroshima, 1945
• Items related to Hiroshima, various dates (via Europeana).