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Japan

477 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Japan, 1543 CE to 2022 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

16th century

5 entries, 1543 CE to 1599 CE

17th century

8 entries, 1628 CE to 1685 CE

  • 1628July 11 - Tokugawa Mitsukuni, daimyō (died 1701)Japansource
  • 1638April 15 - the Shimabara Rebellion is put down.Japansource
  • 1638January 1 - Emperor Go-Sai (died 1685)Japansource
  • 1653date unknown - Chikamatsu Monzaemon, playwright (died 1725)Japansource
  • 1660January 25 - The first bridge to span the Sumida River in Tokyo, the Ryōgoku Bridge, is built to give people a means of escape from fires. (Traditional Japanese Date: Thirteenth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1659)Japansource
  • 1675October 21 - Emperor Higashiyama (died 1710)Japansource
  • 1683January 25 - Yaoya Oshichi sets fire to her home in the hopes of being able to meet a young priest with whom she fell in love while seeking shelter from a previous fire. The fire destroyed a large section of Edo (present day Tokyo). Oshichi was later caught and punished for her crime by being burned at the stake. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-eighth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1682)Japansource
  • 1685March 22 - Emperor Go-Sai (born 1638)Japansource

18th century

12 entries, 1700 CE to 1740 CE

  • 1700January 26 – The Mw 8.7–9.2 Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese tsunami records.Japansource
  • 1701January 14 - Tokugawa Mitsukuni, daimyō (born 1628)Japansource
  • 1702January 14 - Emperor Nakamikado (died 1737)Japansource
  • 1703January 30 - The famed Forty-seven Samurai avenge their leader, Asano Naganori out of loyalty by attacking and killing Kira Kozuke no Suke Yoshinaka, despite being ordered not to. (Traditional Japanese Date: Fourteenth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1702)Japansource
  • 1703December 31 - The 1703 Genroku earthquake occurred on 2:00 local time, killing 2,300.Japansource
  • 1710Creation of the Outline Map of All Countries of the Universe (Nansenbushu Bankoku Shoka No Zu). This is the first Japanese printed map to depict the geographical world.Japansource
  • 1710January 16 - Emperor Higashiyama (born 1675)Japansource
  • 1712January 28 - Tokugawa Ieshige (died 1761), shōgunJapansource
  • 1721January 3 - The Love Suicides at Amijima (Shinjūten no Amijima) is performed for the first time at the Takemoto Theater. (Traditional Japanese Date: Sixth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1720)Japansource
  • 1725January 6 - Chikamatsu Monzaemon, playwright (born 1653)Japansource
  • 1737May 10 - Emperor Nakamikado (born 1702)Japansource
  • 1740September 23 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi (died 1813)Japansource

19th century

103 entries, 1813 CE to 1899 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

  • 1813December 24 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi (born 1740)Japansource
  • 1837July – Morrison incident: A US ship is fired on by cannon when entering Tokyo Bay while attempting to repatriate castaway Japanese citizens.Japansource
  • 1852November 3- Mutsuhito, 122nd Emperor of Japan, child of Emperor Kōmei and Nakayama Yoshiko (died 1912)Japansource
  • 1858January 25 - Mikimoto Kōkichi (died 1954), businessmanJapansource
  • 1863February 23 - Katsusaburō Yamagiwa, pathologistJapansource
  • 1867February 9 – Natsume Sōseki, novelist and writer (died 1916)Japansource
  • 1868January 18 – Suzuki Kantarō, admiral, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (died 1948)Japansource
  • 1869February – The Imperial faction took delivery (February 1869) of the French-built ironclad Kotetsu, the first ironclad warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy.Japansource
  • 1869November 15 – Gōtarō Mikami, military doctor (died 1964)Japansource
  • 1872The Ryukyu Domain is created when the emperor changes the title of Shō Tai, the Ryukyu Kingdom's monarch (Ryūkyū-koku-ō), to that of a domain head (Ryūkyū-han-ō). The former Ryukyu Kingdom thus becomes a han.Japansource
  • 1872March 28 - Nambu Nobuyuki, 9th and final daimyō of Hachinohe Domain (born 1814)Japansource
  • 1876October 24–25 - Shinpūren RebellionJapansource
  • 1877January 29-September 24 - Satsuma RebellionJapansource
  • 1884December 30 - Hideki Tojo (died 1948), leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association and the 40th Prime Minister of JapanJapansource
  • 1886June 10 – Sessue Hayakawa, actor (died 1973)Japansource
  • 1890July 1 – 1890 Japanese general election; Empire of Japan’s first general election for members of the House of Representatives of the Diet of Japan. It was the first example of a popularly elected national assembly in AsiaJapansource
  • 1890November 3 – Yamakawa Kikue, activist, writer, socialist, and feminist (died 1980)Japansource
  • 1892March 30 - Sanzo Nosaka, one of the founders of the Japanese Communist Party (died 1993)Japansource
  • 1893December 5 – Matsudaira Katamori, samurai (born 1836)Japansource
  • 1895March 23–26 - Pescadores Campaign (1895)Japansource
  • 1895November 5 - Prince Kitashirakawa YoshihisaJapansource
  • 1896June 15 – Sanriku earthquake: One of the most destructive seismic events in Japanese history. The 8.5 magnitude earthquake occurred at 19:32 (local time), approximately 166 km off the coast of Iwate Prefecture, Honshu. It resulted in two tsunamis which destroyed about 9,000 homes and caused at least 22,000 deaths. The waves reached a record height of 38.2 m; more than a meter lower than those created after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake which triggered the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.Japansource
  • 1897June 18 – establishment of Kyoto University under the name Kyoto Imperial University.Japansource
  • 1898December 27 – Inejiro Asanuma, politician, leader of the Japan Socialist Party (died 1960)Japansource
  • 1899Unknown date – Morinaga Confectionery was founded, as predecessor name was Morinaga Western Confectionery.Japansource

20th century

347 entries, 1900 CE to 1997 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

  • 1900May 10 – Prince Yoshihito, the future Emperor Taishō, marries Sadako Kujō.Japansource
  • 1903December 12 – Yasujirō Ozu, film director and screenwriter (died 1963)Japansource
  • 1906July 23 – Kodama Gentarō, general and politician (born 1852)Japansource
  • 1909October 26 – Itō Hirobumi, statesman (born 1841)Japansource
  • 1912Ebara Corporation was founded.Japansource
  • 1915Ongoing – Japan during World War IJapansource
  • 1918Resona Holdings, as predecessor name was Osaka Nomura Bank (大阪野村銀行).Japansource
  • 1920May 31 - The Rome–Tokyo Raid, a cross-Eurasian flight from Rome to Tokyo organized by Harukichi Shimoi and Gabrielle D'Annunzio ends with Arturo Ferrarin arriving in Tokyo.Japansource
  • 1922May 1 – Kinjōtei Bakery, as predecessor of Fuji Bakery was founded in Nagoya.Japansource
  • 1924November date unknown – Mogamiya, as predecessor of Bourbon Confectionery founded in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture.Japansource
  • 1926November 18 – Inventor and industrialist Sakichi Toyoda founds the Toyota Industries, the company from which Toyota Motor Corporation would develop.Japansource
  • 1930November 14 – Prime Minister Osachi Hamaguchi is shot inside Tokyo Station by Tomeo Sagoya in a failed assassination attempt. The wounds kept Hamaguchi hospitalized for several months.Japansource
  • 1932Winter – The Japanese Communist Party make a concerted effort to reestablish its central organization during a time of police repressionJapansource
  • 1936February 29 – Prime Minister Keisuke Okada, a target in the February 26 incident, emerges from hiding.Japansource
  • 1938July 5 – A heavy torrential rain with debris flow hit around Mount Rokko area, Hyogo Prefecture, official death number toll was 715 persons, according to Japanese government confirmed report.Japansource
  • 1943September 10 – 1943 Tottori earthquakeJapansource
  • 1948December 7: Ashida arrested in connection with the Showa Electric scandalJapansource
  • 1951July 15 – According to National Police Agency of Japan official confirmed report, an extra bus plunge into Tenryu River, Urakawa Town, (now Tenryu-ku, Hamamatsu), Shizuoka Prefecture, official death toll is 28 persons.Japansource
  • 1955April 16–17 - Abe coal mine debris collapse, due to heavy torrential rain hit in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, resulting in the death of 73 people, according to a confirmed JFDMA report.Japansource
  • 1961October 26 – An accident occurred in which a suburban train was involved in a landslide caused by torrential rain and buried in Oita to Beppu line in Oita Prefecture, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan, official confirmed report, 31 people lost their lives and 36 people were injured.Japansource
  • 1964July 14: According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a Katsushima Warehouse caught fire and explode in Shinagawa, Tokyo, total 19 person were human fatalities and 117 persons were wounded.Japansource
  • 1968May 16: 1968 Tokachi earthquakeJapansource
  • 1975July 20 – opening of Expo '75 in Okinawa.Japansource
  • 1982January 6 - According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a fishing boat, Akebono Maru No.28 sank with high waves caused by stormy weather in Bering Sea, 32 crew were perished.Japansource
  • 1988September 14: Daiei purchases the Nankai Hawks baseball team: they become the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks.Japansource

21st century

2 entries, 2000 CE to 2022 CE

  • 2000January 26: The Southern All-Stars release "Tsunami," the best-selling CD single in Japanese history.Japansource
  • 2022July 12 – Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was cremated at Kirigaya Funeral Hall in Tokyo.Japansource