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Japan

479 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 (d. 1701)Japansource
  • 1638April 15 - the Shimabara Rebellion is put down.Japansource
  • 1638January 1 - Emperor Go-Sai (d. 1685)Japansource
  • 1653date unknown - Chikamatsu Monzaemon, playwright (d. 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 (d. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1628)Japansource
  • 1702January 14 - Emperor Nakamikado (d. 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 (b. 1675)Japansource
  • 1712January 28 - Tokugawa Ieshige (d. 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 (b. 1653)Japansource
  • 1737May 10 - Emperor Nakamikado (b. 1702)Japansource
  • 1740September 23 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi (d. 1813)Japansource

19th century

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

  • 1813December 24 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi (b. 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 (d. 1912)Japansource
  • 1858January 25 - Mikimoto Kōkichi (d. 1954), businessmanJapansource
  • 1863February 23 - Katsusaburō Yamagiwa, pathologistJapansource
  • 1867February 9 – Natsume Sōseki, novelist and writer (d. 1916)Japansource
  • 1868January 18 – Suzuki Kantarō, admiral, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)Japansource
  • 1869September 20 – Ezo was given its present name, Hokkaido (北海道 Hokkaidō, literally "Northern Sea Region").Japansource
  • 1869June 20 – Hijikata Toshizō, Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi, and military leader (b. 1835)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
  • 1884Oura Okei (b. 1828), businesswomanJapansource
  • 1887January 22 - Tōkyō Denkō begins selling electric lights.Japansource
  • 1890February unknown date – Kubota founded in Nishi-ku, Osaka.Japansource
  • 1890June 2 – Matsudaira Yoshinaga, daimyō (b. 1828)Japansource
  • 1892March 30 - Sanzo Nosaka, one of the founders of the Japanese Communist Party (d. 1993)Japansource
  • 1893December 5 – Matsudaira Katamori, samurai (b. 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 (d. 1960)Japansource
  • 1899Unknown date – Morinaga Confectionery was founded, as predecessor name was Morinaga Western Confectionery.Japansource

20th century

348 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 (d. 1963)Japansource
  • 1906July 23 – Kodama Gentarō, general and politician (b. 1852)Japansource
  • 1909October 26 – Itō Hirobumi, statesman (b. 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 29 – Tokyo Broadcasting Station, as public associated corporate, was founded, later, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK).Japansource
  • 1926May 24 – A volcano eruption hit in Mount Tokachi, Hokkaido, according to Japanese government official document figure showed, 144 persons were fatalities, 21 persons missing, about 200 persons were hurt.Japansource
  • 1930November 18 – the Buddhist religious movement Soka Gakkai is formed by educator Tsunesaburō Makiguchi.Japansource
  • 1932December 16 – Shirokiya Department Store fireJapansource
  • 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
  • 1975Dersu Uzala, directed by Akira KurosawaJapansource
  • 1982March 21 – According to Japanese government official report, twelve climbers were human fatalities, due suffer heavy fog and avalanche hit on Mount Yatsu, Nagano Prefecture.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