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Hirohito

emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989

17 dated entries naming Hirohito, drawn from 14 separate years between 1901 CE and 1990 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 Emperor Hirohito, Emperor Shōwa in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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20th century

  • 1901April 29 – Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (died 1989)source
  • 1916November 2 – Prince Hirohito is formally proclaimed Crown Prince and heir apparent.source
  • 1921November 25 – Crown Prince Hirohito is made regent in place of his ailing father.source
  • 1923December 27 – Toranomon Incident: In Tokyo, Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan survives an assassination attempt by communist student Daisuke Nanba.source
  • 1924January 26 – The future Emperor Shōwa marries Princess Kuninomiya Nagako.source
  • 1926December 25 – Emperor Taishō dies and is succeeded by his eldest son, Hirohito who becomes 124th Emperor. This event marks the end of the Taishō period and the beginning of the Shōwa period. Hirohito, Emperor Shōwa reigned as Emperor of Japan until his death in 1989.source
  • 1926December 26 – In the history of Japan, the Shōwa period begins from this day, due to the death of Emperor Taishō on the day before. His son Hirohito will reign as Emperor of Japan until 1989.source
  • 1928November 10 – The enthronement ceremony of Emperor of Japan Hirohito is held, two years after he actually took the imperial throne on December 26, 1926, following the death of Emperor Taishō.source
  • 1932January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hirohito of Japan. The Kuomintang's official newspaper runs an editorial expressing regret that the attempt failed, which is used by the Japanese as a pretext to attack Shanghai later in the month.source
  • 1945August 15 – Hirohito surrender broadcast (Gyokuon-hōsō): Emperor Hirohito's announcement of the unconditional surrender of Japan is broadcast on the radio a little after noon (12:00 Japan Standard Time is 03:00 GMT). This is probably the first time an Emperor of Japan has been heard by the common people. Delivered in formal classical Japanese, without directly referring to surrender and following official censorship of the country's weak position, the recorded speech is not immediately easily understood by ordinary people. The Allies call this day Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day). This ends the period of Japanese expansionism, and begins the period of the Occupation of Japan and sets the stage for Korean independence.source
  • 1946January 1: Emperor Shōwa renounces his divinity, known in Japanese as the Human Declarationsource
  • 1971September 27–October 11 – Japanese Emperor Hirohito travels abroad.source
  • 1986April 29 – The diamond jubilee of Hirohito is held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.source
  • 1989January 7 – Emperor Hirohito dies; his son Akihito ascends as the 125th Emperor of Japan, followed by the change in the era name from Shōwa to Heisei on the following day.source
  • 1989January 7 – Hirohito, 87, longest reigning Emperor of Japan (since 1926), cancer.source
  • 1989February 24 – The state funeral of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) in Tokyo is attended by leaders and representatives of 160 nations.source
  • 1990November 12 – Akihito is enthroned as the 125th emperor of Japan following the death of his father on January 7, 1989.source

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