Timeline of Nagasaki

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nagasaki, 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

• 12th C. – Included in the fief of Nagasaki Kotaro.^[1]
• 1571 – Port of Nagasaki established; opens to foreign ships.^[2]
• 1597 – 26 Christians executed.^[3]
• 1614 – Suwa Shrine built.
• 1626 – Nagasaki Kunchi (shrine festival) begins.^[4]
• 1634 – Megane Bridge built.
• 1637 – Shimabara Rebellion occurs near Nagasaki.^[5]
• 1638 – Sannō Shrine founded.^{[citation needed]}
• 1641 – "Dutch Confined to Dejima Island" in Nagasaki harbor.^[6]
• 1855 – "Modern shipbuilding yard" established.^[7]
• 1858 – Port opened to foreign trade.^[8]
• 1861 – Nagasaki Shipping List and Advertiser begins publication.^[9]
• 1865 – Catholic Ōura Church built.^[7]
• 1876 – Saikai Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.^[9]
• 1877 – Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Nagasaki founded.
• 1887 – Population: 40,187.^[10]
• 1888 – Sakamoto International Cemetery established.
• 1889 – Value of imports £1,005,367.^[1]
• 1893 – Mitsubishi Nagasaki Zosensho (shipyard) active.^[7]
• 1894 – Value of imports £444,839.^[1]
• 1898 – Kyushu Tosu-Nogasaki railway begins operating.

20th century

• 1902 – Tōyō Hinode Shimbun [ja] (newspaper) begins publication.^{[citation needed]}
• 1903 – Population: 151,727.^[11]
• 1905
  • Nagasaki Station opens.
  • Nagasaki Higher Commercial School [ja] founded.^[12]
  • Population: 163,324.^[1]
• 1915 – Nagasaki Electric Tramway begins operating.
• 1923 – Nagasaki Medical College [ja] established.^[12]
• 1925 – Population: 189,071.^[13]
• 1945
  • August 9: Atomic bombing of Nagasaki by US forces.^[14]
  • Population: 142,748.^[15]
• 1949 – Nagasaki University established.
• 1950 – Population: 241,805.^[15]
• 1955 – Sister city relationship established with Saint Paul, United States.^[16]
• 1957 – Glover house (museum) opens.
• 1959 – Nagasaki Aquarium founded.^[17]
• 1972 – Sister city relationship established with Santos, Brazil.^[16]
• 1974 – Population: 445,655.^[18]
• 1978 – Sister city relationships established with Middelburg, Netherlands, and Porto, Portugal.^[16]
• 1979 – Hitoshi Motoshima becomes mayor.
• 1980
  • Nagasaki Bio Park founded.^[17]
  • Sister city relationship established with Fuzhou, China.^[16]
  • Population: 502,799.
• 1990 – January 18: 1990 Nagasaki shooting incident [ja], targeting mayor Motoshima.
• 1995 – Iccho Itoh becomes mayor.
• 1996 – Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum built.
• 2000 – Population: 423,163.^[19]

21st century

• 2001 – Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium [ja] 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.^[16]
• 2007
  • April 17: 2007 Nagasaki shooting incident [ja], fatally targeting mayor Itoh.
  • April 22: Tomihisa Taue becomes mayor.
• 2010 – Population: 443,766.^[20]

See also

• Nagasaki history
• Timeline of Nagasaki (in Japanese)
• List of mayors of Nagasaki [ja]