title: Timeline of Fukuoka
text: # Timeline of Fukuoka
  
  The following is a timeline of the history of Fukuoka City, Japan.
  
  ## Prior to 20th century
  
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  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
  
  Lost DecadesGreat Hanshin earthquakeCool JapanTōhoku earthquake 1989–2019ReiwaCoronavirus pandemic 2019–present :
  
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  * 1601 - Fukuoka Castle construction begins.
  * 1868 - The temple of Yeiyas was destroyed by fire.
  * 1877 - Tsukushi Shimbun [ja] (newspaper) begins publication.
  * 1880 - Fukuoka Nichinichi Shimbun (newspaper) in publication.
  * 1881 - Genyōsha political group founded.
  * 1885 - Fukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan (school) active.
  * 1887 - Population: 50,442.
  * 1889 - Hakata becomes part of Fukuoka city.
  * 1899 - Foreign commerce begins.
  
  ## 20th century
  
  * 1901 - Population: about 72,000.
  * 1909 - Population: 82,106.
  * 1910 - Kyushu Imperial University established.
  * 1917 - Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka High School established.
  * 1928 - Heiwadai Stadium opens.
  * 1929 - Ōhori Park opens.
  * 1940 - Population: 306,763.
  * 1941 - Mitsubishi Trust branch opens.
  * 1942 - Kanmon Tunnel opened; first direct railway link between Honshu and Kyushu
  * 1943 - Military Mushiroda Airfield built.
  * 1945
     * City firebombed on 19 June during World War II.
     * US military occupation of Itazuke Air Base begins.
     * Population: 252,282.
  * 1947
     * Fukuoka Marathon begins.
     * Population: 328,548.
  * 1949 - Fukuoka Stock Exchange established.
  * 1950 - Population: 392,649.
  * 1953 - Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden founded.
  * 1956 - Fukuoka Daiichi High School established.
  * 1957 - Grand Sumo tournament begins.
  * 1960 - Population: 749,800.
  * 1963 - Fukuoka Institute of Technology active.
  * 1972
     * Fukuoka designated a government ordinance city.
     * US military occupation of Itazuke Air Base ends.
     * Hirokawa Bosai Dam is completed
  * 1975
     * March: Sanyō Shinkansen (hi-speed train) begins operating.
     * Population: 1,000,000.
  * 1979 - Fukuoka Art Museum established.
  * 1981
     * Kūkō Line (Fukuoka City Subway) begins operating.
     * Fukuoka Kokusai Center [ja] opens.
  * 1982
     * Subway Hakozaki Line begins operating.
     * Fukuoka City Archaeology Center [ja] established.
  * 1983 - Subway Gion Station opens.
  * 1989
     * Fukuoka Tower built.
     * Fukuoka Hawks baseball team active.
  * 1990
     * Fukuoka City Museum established.
     * Population: 1,221,600.
  * 1993 - Fukuoka Dome (stadium) opens.
  * 1995 - Hakatanomori Football Stadium opens.
  * 1996 - Canal City Hakata (shopping mall) in business.
  * 1999
     * Fukuoka Asian Art Museum [ja] opens.
     * Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale exhibit begins.
  * 2000 - Population: 1,341,489.
  
  ## 21st century
  
  * 2001 - Sky Dream Fukuoka (ferris wheel) erected.
  * 2003 - Fukuoka International Congress Center opens.
  * 2005
     * February: Subway Nanakuma Line begins operating.
     * March 20: 2005 Fukuoka earthquake occurs.
  * 2010
     * Soichiro Takashima [ja] elected mayor.
     * Population: 1,463,743.
  * 2011 - Hakata Station rebuilt.
  