Timeline of Yokohama
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yokohama, Japan.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1859
- July: Port of Yokohama opens.[1]
- Noge Bridge constructed.[1]
- 1860 - Orrin Freeman's photography studio begins operating.[2]
- 1861 - Japan Herald English-language newspaper in publication.[3]
- 1862 - September 14: Namamugi Incident.[4]
- 1866 - 26 November: Fire.[5]
- 1867 - Japan Gazette English-language newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1868
- Yoshida Bashi (bridge) built.[1]
- Yokohama Military Hospital and Yokohama Cricket Club founded.
- First barber's pole in Japan installed.[6]
- 1869
- 1871 - Yokohama Mainichi Shinbun (newspaper) begins publication.
- 1872
- May: built.
- Yokohama Central Hospital established.[9]
- 1873 - Suzuki Shin'ichi I's photography studio begins operating.[2]
- 1874 - Kuboyama Cemetery established.[1]
- 1875 - Far East English-language newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1876 - Kanagawa Normal School founded.
- 1880 - Yokohama Specie Bank[10][11] and Yokohama Chamber of Commerce[12] established.
- 1882 - Yokohama School of Commerce established.[9]
- 1886 - Cholera outbreak.[1]
- 1888 - January 31: Fire in Noge-cho .[1]
- 1889 - Yokohama incorporated as a city; municipal election held.[1]
- 1890
- Tokyo-Yokohama telephone begins operating.[7]
- Kanagawa Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.[12]
- Population: 127,987.[13]
- 1894 - 20 June: Earthquake/fire.[14]
- 1897 - 9 September: Typhoon.[14]
- 1898 - Population: 193,762.[13]
20th century
- 1902 - 29 September: Typhoon.[14]
- 1906 - Golf course built.[15]
- 1909 - Population: 394,303.[16]
- 1917 - Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall] built.
- 1918 - Population: 447,423.[13]
- 1920
- Yokohama Institute of Technology and Kanagawa Youth Normal School founded.
- Population: 579,310.[13]
- 1923
- September 1: 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.[17]
- Yokohama College of Economics founded.[citation needed]
- 1924 - Yokohama International School founded.
- 1926 - Yokohama No. 2 Joint Government Office Building constructed.
- 1928
- Yokohama City College of Commerce founded.
- Kanagawa Prefectural Office] built.
- 1930
- Yamashita Park opens.
- Population: 704,236.[13]
- 1934 - Nissan Motor Co.factory begins operating.
- 1938 - Yokohama Customs building] constructed.
- 1940 - Population: 968,091.[13]
- 1942
- Kanagawa Shimbun (newspaper) in publication.
- Bombed in the Doolittle Raid.
- 1944 - Yokohama Municipal Medical College founded.[9]
- 1945
- Bombing of Yokohama during World War II.
- Population: 624,994.[18]
- 1949 - Yokohama City University[9] and Yokohama National University active.
- 1950 - Population: 951,189.[13]
- 1951
- April 24: Sakuragichō train fire.
- Nogeyama Zoological Gardens founded.[19]
- 1952 - Nagahama Hall (concert hall) built.
- 1956 - Yokohama designated a government ordinance city.[20]
- 1957 - Sister city relationship established with San Diego, USA.[21]
- 1960 - Population: 1,375,710.
- 1961 - Yokohama Marine Tower erected.
- 1963
- November 9: Tsurumi rail accident.[17]
- Ichio Asukata becomes mayor.
- 1972
- Yokohama Municipal Subway begins operating.
- Nissan Motors F.C. , one of the predecessors of J1 League soccer club Yokohama F. Marinos, formed.
- 1975 - Population: 2,620,000.[22]
- 1978
- Yokohama Stadium opens.
- Michikazu Saigō becomes mayor.
- 1979 - Yokohama Municipal Children's Botanical Garden established.[23]
- 1980 - Yokohama Film Festival begins.
- 1981
- Yokohama Archives of History established.[24]
- Yokohama Jazz Festival begins.
- 1986 - Shinasobaya ramen eatery in business.[25]
- 1989 - Yokohama Bay Bridge and Cosmo Clock 21 (ferris wheel) open.
- 1990
- Hidenobu Takahide becomes mayor.
- Population: 3,220,331.
- 1992 - Yokohama Bay Stars baseball team active.[26]
- 1993 - Yokohama Flügels football team active.[citation needed]
- 1994
- Tsurumi Tsubasa Bridge built.
- Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum opens.[27]
- 1998 - International Stadium Yokohama opens.
- 1999 - Yokohama F. Marinos football team formed.
21st century
- 2002
- Hiroshi Nakada becomes mayor.
- 2002 FIFA World Cup final helds in International Stadium Yokohama.
- 2009 - Fumiko Hayashi elected mayor.[28]
- 2010 - Population: 3,688,773.[29]
- 2021
- 2020 Summer Olympics football final helds in International Stadium Yokohama.
- 2020 Summer Olympics baseball and softball final helds in Yokohama Stadium
See also
- Yokohama history
- Timeline of Yokohama (in Japanese)
- List of mayors of Yokohama
References
- ^ a b c d e f g City Office 1920.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-300-09925-6.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-136-63923-4.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8108-7872-3.
- ^ Overall 1870.
- ISBN 978-1-136-79533-6.
- ^ a b "Timeline of Modern Japan (1868-1945)". About Japan: A Teacher’s Resource. New York: Japan Society.
- ISBN 978-1-134-73657-7.
- ^ a b c d "About YCU: Chronological table". Yokohama City University. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ Glyn Davies; Roy Davies (2002). "Comparative Chronology of Money" – via University of Exeter.
- ISBN 978-0-521-02233-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
- ^ JSTOR 29787368.
- ^ – via Hathi Trust
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- Statistical Office of the United Nations.
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- ISBN 978-0-85323-248-3.
- ^ "Sister Cities". USA: City of San Diego. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ "Institutions in Japan: Browse by Region (Kanto)". Research Access in Japanese Museums, Libraries, and Archives Resources. North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
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This article incorporates information from the Japanese Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
The examples and perspective in this section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (July 2015) |
- Published in the 19th century
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- John R. Black (1883), Young Japan: Yokohama and Yedo, New York: Baker, Pratt & Co., OL 7199472M(describes 1858-1879 from expat perspective)
- Boston Public Library (1895). "Japan: Yokohama". List of Works on Corea, Japan, and China. USA.
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- Published in the 20th century
- "Yokohama". Guide Book for Tourists in Japan. Yokohama: Obun Printing Co. 1903.
- Matsutaro Nakada (ed.). City of Yokohama, Past and Present. Yokohama Publishing.
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 921. .
- "Yokohama (Musashi)", Handbook for Travellers in Japan (9th ed.), London:
- T. Philip Terry (1914), "Yokohama and its Environs", Terry's Japanese Empire, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, LCCN 14005129
- Robert P. Porter (1915), "Ports and Other Cities: (Yokohama)", Japan, the New World-Power (2nd ed.), London: Oxford University Press
- "Short History of the City of Yokohama", Summary of the Yokohama City Annual Statistics, Yokohama City Office, 1920, (includes timeline)
- Yūzō Katō; Yokohama Shiritsu Daigaku (1990). Yokohama, past and present: 100th anniversary of Yokohama's incorporation 130th anniversary of the Port of Yokohama. Yokohama City University.
- Published in the 21st century
- ISBN 978-1-78093-977-3. (first published in 1987)
- Cornelis Theodoor van Assendelft de Coningh (2012). Martha Chaiklin (ed.). A Pioneer in Yokohama: a Dutchman's Adventures in the New Treaty Port. Hackett Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60384-906-7.
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