• Source: Timeline of Fukuoka

The following is a timeline of the history of Fukuoka City, Japan.




Prior to 20th century



1601 - Fukuoka Castle construction begins.
1868 - The temple of Yeiyas was destroyed by fire.
1877 - Tsukushi Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.
1880 - Fukuoka Nichinichi Shimbun (newspaper) in publication.
1881 - Genyōsha political group founded.
1885 - Fukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan (school) active.
1887 - Population: 50,442.
1889 - Hakata becomes part of Fukuoka city.
1899 - Foreign commerce begins.




20th century


1901 - Population: about 72,000.
1909 - Population: 82,106.
1910 - Kyushu Imperial University established.
1917 - Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka High School established.
1928 - Heiwadai Stadium opens.
1929 - Ōhori Park opens.
1940 - Population: 306,763.
1941 - Mitsubishi Trust branch opens.
1942 - Kanmon Tunnel opened; first direct railway link between Honshu and Kyushu
1943 - Military Mushiroda Airfield built.
1945
City firebombed on 19 June during World War II.
US military occupation of Itazuke Air Base begins.
Population: 252,282.
1947
Fukuoka Marathon begins.
Population: 328,548.
1949 - Fukuoka Stock Exchange established.
1950 - Population: 392,649.
1953 - Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden founded.
1956 - Fukuoka Daiichi High School established.
1957 - Grand Sumo tournament begins.
1960 - Population: 749,800.
1963 - Fukuoka Institute of Technology active.
1972
Fukuoka designated a government ordinance city.
US military occupation of Itazuke Air Base ends.
Hirokawa Bosai Dam is completed
1975
March: Sanyō Shinkansen (hi-speed train) begins operating.
Population: 1,000,000.
1979 - Fukuoka Art Museum established.
1981
Kūkō Line (Fukuoka City Subway) begins operating.
Fukuoka Kokusai Center opens.
1982
Subway Hakozaki Line begins operating.
Fukuoka City Archaeology Center established.
1983 - Subway Gion Station opens.
1989
Fukuoka Tower built.
Fukuoka Hawks baseball team active.
1990
Fukuoka City Museum established.
Population: 1,221,600.
1993 - Fukuoka Dome (stadium) opens.
1995 - Hakatanomori Football Stadium opens.
1996 - Canal City Hakata (shopping mall) in business.
1999
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum opens.
Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale exhibit begins.
2000 - Population: 1,341,489.




21st century


2001 - Sky Dream Fukuoka (ferris wheel) erected.
2003 - Fukuoka International Congress Center opens.
2005
February: Subway Nanakuma Line begins operating.
March 20: 2005 Fukuoka earthquake occurs.
2010
Soichiro Takashima elected mayor.
Population: 1,463,743.
2011 - Hakata Station rebuilt.




See also


Fukuoka history
Timeline of Fukuoka (in Japanese)
List of mayors of Fukuoka




References



This article incorporates information from the Japanese Wikipedia.




Bibliography






External links



Items related to Fukuoka, various dates (via Europeana).
Items related to Fukuoka, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

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