title: Timeline of Nagoya
text: # Timeline of Nagoya
  
  The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nagoya, Japan.
  
  ## Prior to 20th century
  
  Part of a series on the :
  
  History of Japan :
  
  ListPaleolithicbefore 14,000 BCJōmon14,000 – 1000 BCYayoi
  
  1000 BC – 300 ADKofun
  
  300 AD – 538 ADAsuka
  
  538 – 710Nara
  
  710 – 794HeianFormer Nine Years' WarLater Three-Year WarGenpei War 794–1185KamakuraJōkyū WarMongol invasionsGenkō WarKenmu Restoration 1185–1333MuromachiNanboku-chō periodSengoku period 1336–1573Azuchi–Momoyama
  
  Nanban tradeImjin War 1573–1603Edo (Tokugawa)
  
  Invasion of RyukyuSiege of OsakaSakokuPerry ExpeditionConvention of KanagawaBakumatsuMeiji RestorationBoshin War 1603–1868Meiji
  
  Invasion of Taiwan (1874)Satsuma RebellionFirst Sino-Japanese WarTreaty of ShimonosekiTriple InterventionInvasion of Taiwan (1895)Boxer RebellionTreaty of PortsmouthJapan–Korea Treaty 1868–1912Taishō
  
  World War IIntervention in SiberiaGreat Kantō earthquake 1912–1926Shōwa
  
  MilitarismFinancial crisisNanking incidentMukden IncidentInvasion of ManchuriaMay 15 IncidentAnti-Comintern PactSecond Sino-Japanese WarAttack on Pearl HarborAtomic bombingsSoviet–Japanese WarSurrender of JapanPostwar JapanOccupation of JapanAnpo protestsEconomic miracleAsset price bubble1926–1989Heisei
  
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  * 1612 – Nagoya Castle and its Honmaru Palace built.
  * 1684 – Poet Bashō visits Nagoya.
  * 1714
     * Fugetsudo Magosuke publisher in business.
     * Tōgan-ji a Buddhist temple was moved to Nagoya.
  * 1776 – Eirakuya Toshiro publisher in business.
  * 1790s – Booksellers' guild established.
  * 1814 – Hokusai Manga published by Eirakuya Toshiro.
  * 1838 - Birthplace of cloisonné enamelling in Japan.
  * 1868 – Aomatsuba Incident occurs.
  * 1871 – Nagoya Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.
  * 1872 – Aichi Prefecture formed.
  * 1873 - A gold-plated dolphin from Nagoya Castle was displayed at the Vienna World's Fair.
  * 1881 – Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry founded.
  * 1886 – Tokaido Line begins operating; Nagoya Station opens.
  * 1887 – Population: 149,756.
  * 1889 – Municipal government established.
  * 1890 – Population: 170,433.
  * 1891 – October 28: The 8.0 $M_s$ Mino–Owari earthquake affects the Gifu region. This oblique-slip event killed over 7,200, injured more than 17,000, and created fault scarps that still remain visible.
  
  ## 20th century
  
  * 1903 – Population: 284,829.
  * 1910 – Matsuzakaya (shop) in business.
  * 1912 – Aiyu Photography Club formed.
  * 1915
     * Kintetsu Nagoya Line begins operating.
     * Nagoya Mainichi [ja] (newspaper) in publication.
  * 1916 – Catholic Nanzan University founded.
  * 1918 – Rice riot occurs.
  * 1920 – Population: 619,529.
  * 1922
     * Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya established.
     * Nagoya Court of Appeals building [ja] constructed.
  * 1929 – November: Suiheisha [ja] conference held in Nagoya.
  * 1930 – Population: 926,141.
  * 1935 – Tokugawa Art Museum opens.
  * 1936 – Nagoya Baseball Club and Nagoya Golden Dolphins baseball team formed.
  * 1937
     * Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937) held.
     * Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens founded.
  * 1938 – Kintetsu Nagoya Station opens.
  * 1940 – Population: 1,328,084.
  * 1941
     * Tokai Bank, Ltd. [ja] established.
     * Meitetsu Nagoya Station and Mizuho Athletic Stadium open.
  * 1942
     * April 18: Bombing of Nagoya in World War II begins.
     * Chunichi Shimbun (newspaper) in publication.
  * 1944 – Mizuho city ward established.
  * 1945 – Population: 597,941.
  * 1948
     * Chunichi Dragons baseball team active.
     * Pachinko parlor and Nagoya Baseball Stadium open.
  * 1949
     * Nagoya Stock Exchange established.
     * Nagoya Racecourse opens.
     * Marushin Bussan pachinko manufacturer in business.
  * 1950 – Population: 1,030,635.
  * 1953 – Nikkatsu Theatre opens.
  * 1955 – Nagoya Festival begins.
  * 1956 – Nagoya designated a government ordinance city.
  * 1957 – Subway begins operating.
  * 1958 – Grand Sumo tournament begins at the Nagoya Kanayama gymnasium [ja].
  * 1959
     * September: Ise-wan Typhoon occurs.
     * Nagoya Castle reconstructed.
     * Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.
  * 1962 – Nagoya Television Broadcasting begins.
  * 1964
     * Tōkaidō Shinkansen (hi-speed train) begins operating.
     * Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium built.
  * 1975
     * "16 Wards system" established.
     * Population: 2,080,000.
  * 1985 – Takeyoshi Nishio [ja] becomes mayor.
  * 1987 – Nippon Rainbow Hall (arena) opens.
  * 1988 – Nagoya City Art Museum opens.
  * 1989
     * Nagoya City Archives established.
     * Subway Sakura-dōri Line begins operating.
     * Takaoka Station opens.
     * World Design Expo [ja] held in city.
  * 1990 – Population: 2,154,793.
  * 1993 – Nagoya City Minato Soccer Stadium opens.
  * 1994 – Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology established.
  * 1997
     * Nagoya Dome (stadium) opens.
     * International RoboCup robotics contest held in city.
     * Takehisa Matsubara becomes mayor.
  * 1999 – Nagoya Station built.
  * 2000
     * JR Central Towers built.
     * Population: 2,171,378.
  
  ## 21st century
  
  * 2005 – Expo 2005 held near city.
  * 2009 – Takashi Kawamura becomes mayor.
  * 2010
     * Nagoya Marubeni Building [ja] constructed.
     * Population: 2,263,894.
  * 2011
     * March: 13 2011 Nagoya city council election [ja] held.
     * Use of Manaca fare card on public transit begins.
  * 2026
     * 19 September-4 October: 20th Asian Games held.
     * 6th Asian Para Games held.
  