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Edo

former name of Tokyo, capital of Tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1868)

10 dated entries naming Edo, drawn from 9 separate years between 939 CE and 1868 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Edo (Tokyo) in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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10th century

  • 939Taira no Masakado, a Japanese nobleman, leads one of the largest insurgent forces in the Heian period against the imperial court at Kyoto. Masakado has acquired enough power to govern the Kantō region (northwest of Edo) and calls himself the 'new emperor' (shinnō).source

17th century

  • 1603March 24 – Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shōgun from Emperor Go-Yozei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan. The 265-year-long Edo period begins.source
  • 1623December 4 – 50 Christians are executed in Edo, Japan, during the Great Martyrdom of Edo.source
  • 1657March 2 – The Great Fire of Meireki in Edo, Japan, destroys most of the city and damages Edo Castle, killing an estimated 100,000 people.source
  • 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)source

19th century

  • 1804Shimizu-gumi, predecessor of Shimizu Corporation, a major construction company in Japan, is founded in Kanda region, Edo (modern-day Tokyo).source
  • 1840Kajima, a construction company based in Japan, is founded in Edo (modern-day Tokyo).source
  • 1857Suzumoto Vaudeville Theater officially opens in Ueno region, Edo (modern-day Tokyo) in Japan.source
  • 1868September 3 – Emperor Meiji of Japan announces that the name of the city of Edo is to be changed to Tokyo.source
  • 1868September 3 (Keiō 4, 17th day of the 7th month) – Emperor Meiji announces that the name of the city of Edo was being changed to Tokyo, or "eastern capital".source

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