Timeline of Hiroshima

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

Prior to 20th century[]

1599 - Hiroshima Castle built.
1871 - City becomes seat of Hiroshima Prefecture.^[1]
1874 - [ja] founded.^[2]
1887
- [ja] founded.^[2]
- Population: 84,094.^[3]
1889 - Hiroshima becomes a municipality.^[1]
1892 - Chugoku Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.^[4]
1894 - San'yō Railway begins operating.^[1]

20th century[]

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]
- Population: 137,197.^[9]
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.^[10]
- Population: 285,712.^[9]
1951 - Chugoku Electric Power Company headquartered in city.^[4]
1954 - Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park established.
1955
- [ja] becomes part of city.^[11]
- August: "First World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs meets in Hiroshima."^[7]
1971 - Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park founded.^[12]
1974 - Population: 761,240.^[13]
1975 - Takeshi Araki becomes mayor.
1976 - Hiroshima Botanical Garden opens.^[14]
1978 - Hiroshima Museum of Art established.
1980 - Hiroshima designated a government ordinance city.^[15]
1985 - Hiroshima International Animation Festival begins.^[16]
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.^[4]

21st century[]

2010 - Population: 1,173,843.^[17]
2011 - Kazumi Matsui elected mayor.^[18]
2016 - May: US president visits city.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Schellinger 1996.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "University History". Hiroshima University. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
^ 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: [ja].
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Japan". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
^ Kuniko Fujita and Richard Child Hill, ed. (1993). Japanese Cities. USA: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-4399-0092-5.
^ Michael Lewis (1990). Rioters and Citizens: Mass Protest in Imperial Japan. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-06642-7.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b William D. Hoover (2011). Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7539-5.
^ BBC News. "Japan Profile: Timeline". Retrieved July 30, 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
^ Richard Worth (2013). Baseball Team Names: A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869-2011. USA: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-9124-7.
^ 市史等の販売 [City history bookstore] (in Japanese), City of Hiroshima, retrieved July 30, 2015
^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Japan (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
^ 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.
^ "Garden Search: Japan". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
^ Philip Shapira; et al., eds. (1994). Planning for Cities and Regions in Japan. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-0-85323-248-3.
^ Jasper Sharp (2011). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7541-8.
^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2013. United Nations Statistics Division.
^ "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 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
"Hiroshima", Handbook for Travellers in Japan (9th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1913
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).

[FOOTNOTESchellinger1996-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Schellinger 1996.

[HiroshimaU-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "University History". Hiroshima University. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

[Whitney1889-3] 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: [ja].

[europa2004-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Japan". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.

[fujita1993-5] Kuniko Fujita and Richard Child Hill, ed. (1993). Japanese Cities. USA: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-4399-0092-5.

[LewisLewis1990-6] Michael Lewis (1990). Rioters and Citizens: Mass Protest in Imperial Japan. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-06642-7.

[hoover2011-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b William D. Hoover (2011). Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7539-5.

[bbcTimeline-8] BBC News. "Japan Profile: Timeline". Retrieved July 30, 2015.

[UN1955-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.

[Worth2013-10] Richard Worth (2013). Baseball Team Names: A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869-2011. USA: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-9124-7.

[11] 市史等の販売 [City history bookstore] (in Japanese), City of Hiroshima, retrieved July 30, 2015

[Kisling2000-12] Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Japan (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.

[13] 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.

[botanic-14] "Garden Search: Japan". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

[Shapira1994-15] Philip Shapira; et al., eds. (1994). Planning for Cities and Regions in Japan. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-0-85323-248-3.

[Sharp2011-16] Jasper Sharp (2011). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7541-8.

[17] "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2013. United Nations Statistics Division.

[18] "Japanese Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

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Contents

Prior to 20th century[]

20th century[]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

Bibliography[]

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