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    • Source: Timeline of Osaka

      • The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Osaka, Japan.


      Prior to 19th century



      211 CE – Sumiyoshi taisha (shrine) founded.
      593 CE – Shitennō-ji (temples) founded.
      645 CE – Capital of Japan relocated to Naniwa-kyō; Kōtoku in power.
      672 – Tenmu in power.
      724 – Shōmu in power.
      794 – Japanese capital relocated from Naniwa to Heian-kyō.
      1496 – Ishiyama Hongan-ji construction begins (approximate date).
      1583 – Osaka Castle construction begins.
      1614 – November: Siege of Osaka begins.
      1615
      June: Siege of Osaka ends.
      Dōtonbori (canal) built.
      1684 – Takemoto-za puppet theatre opens.
      1720 – Sasa-se theatre fan club founded.
      1724 – Kaitokudō merchant academy established.

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      19th century



      1805 – Bunrakuza puppet theatre opens (approximate date).
      1837 – Economic/social unrest led by Ōshio Heihachirō.
      1838 – Tekijuku (school) opens.
      1868
      European commerce begins.
      City becomes part of Osaka Municipal Prefecture.
      1869 – Tokyo-Osaka steamship line begins operating.
      1871
      Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka postal service begins.
      Imperial Mint built.
      1874 – Kobe-Osaka railway begins operating; Ōsaka Station (with clocktower) opens.
      1875 – Meiji political Osaka Conference of 1875 held.
      1876 – Osaka Nippō (newspaper) begins publication.
      1878 – Osaka Stock Exchange and Osaka Chamber of Commerce [1] established.
      1879 – Asahi Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.
      1880 – Osaka Commercial Training Institute established.
      1881 – Osaka Iron Works established.
      1882
      Osaka Boseki Kaisha (spinning mill) in business.
      Population: 332,425.
      1884 – Osaka Shosen Kaisha (shipping firm) in business.
      1887 – Population: 426,846.
      1888 – Osaka Mainichi Shinbun (newspaper) begins publication.
      1890 – Nakanoshima Park opens.
      1892
      December 20: Fire.
      Population: 479,895.
      1895
      Sumitomo Bank established.
      Kyōbashi Station built.
      1897
      Parts of Higashinari-gun and Nishinari-gun annexed to Osaka city.
      Demonstration of Lumière "projected pictures" at the Nanchi Embujo theatre.
      Population: 758,285.
      1900 – Population: 881,344 city; 1,678,422 prefecture.


      20th century




      = 1900s–1940s

      =
      1901 – Satirical Kokkei Shinbun begins publication.
      1903 – National Industrial Exposition (Japan) held in Osaka.
      1904 – Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library opens.
      1905 – Maruki-go bakery in business.
      1909 – Tennōji Park established.
      1910 – Population: 1,239,373 city; 2,197,201 prefecture.
      1915 – Tennōji Zoo founded.
      1917 – City planning committee formed.
      1918
      City Social Bureau established.
      Osaka Central Public Hall built.
      1919 – Miki Hall (concert venue) opens.
      1920
      Shirokiya department store built.
      Population: 1,768,295.
      1922 – Daimaru department store built.
      1923
      Sharp in business.
      Seki Hajime becomes mayor.
      1924 – Osaka Photographic Science Society founded.
      1925
      City wards established: Higashinari, Higashiyodogawa, Konohana, Minato, Naniwa, Nishinari, Nishiyodogawa, Sumiyoshi, and Tennōji.
      "Public radio broadcasting commences."
      Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. established.
      Population: 2,114,804.
      1926 – Asahi Kaikan (concert hall) opens.
      1927 – Dojima Ohashi (bridge) built over Dojima River.
      1928 – Osaka University of Commerce active.
      1929
      Kosobe Conservatory (garden) established.
      Hankyu Department Store opens in Umeda Station.
      1930 – Population: 2,453,573 city; 3,540,017 prefecture.
      1931 – National Defense Women's Association founded in Osaka.
      1932 – City wards established: Asahi and Taishō.
      1933
      Subway Midōsuji Line begins operating.
      Sanwa Bank established.
      1936
      Osaka Tigers baseball team formed.
      Osaka Municipal Museum of Art opens.
      1940
      January 28: Train crash at Ajikawaguchi Station.
      Population: 3,252,340 city; 4,843,032 prefecture.
      1942
      Osaka Shimbun (newspaper) in publication.
      Subway Yotsubashi Line begins operating.
      1943
      City wards established: Abeno, Fukushima, Higashisumiyoshi, Ikuno, Jōtō, and Miyakojima.
      Hitachi Zosen Corporation in business.
      1945
      March 13: Bombing of Osaka during World War II begins.
      August 14: Bombing of Osaka ends.
      Population: 1,102,959.
      Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau established.
      1947
      Kansai Symphony Orchestra founded.
      Population: 1,559,310.
      1948 – Grand Sumo tournament begins.
      1949 – Osaka City University and Osaka Securities Exchange active.


      = 1950s–1990s

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      1950 – Population: 1,956,136.
      1955
      Cinerama Gekijo opens.
      Sankei Sports newspaper begins publication.
      Population: 2,547,321.
      1956
      Tsūtenkaku (tower) built.
      Osaka designated a government ordinance city.
      1957 – Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.
      1958 – Radio Osaka begins broadcasting.
      1961
      September: Typhoon Muroto II occurs.
      Subway Chūō Line begins operating.
      1964
      Tokyo-Osaka Tōkaidō Shinkansen (hi-speed train) begins operating.
      Nagai Stadium opens.
      1967 – Subway Tanimachi Line begins operating.
      1968 – Osaka Sports newspaper in publication.
      1969 – Subway Sakaisuji Line and Sennichimae Line begin operating.
      1970
      April: Gas explosion in Kita-ku.
      Expo '70 (world's fair) held in Osaka.
      1972
      May 13: Sennichi Department Store Building fire.
      Osaka Expo '70 Stadium opens.
      1974 – City wards established: Hirano, Suminoe, Tsurumi, and Yodogawa.
      1975 – Population: 2,780,000.
      1977 – National Museum of Art, Osaka opens.
      1979 – Capsule Inn Osaka in business.
      1980 – Osaka Symphony Orchestra established.
      1982
      Osaka International Ladies Marathon begins.
      Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka established.
      1983 – Osaka-jō Hall (arena) opens.
      1984 – National Bunraku Theatre opens.
      1987 – Kincho Stadium opens.
      1989
      City wards established: Chūō and Kita.
      Osaka Science Museum opens.
      1990
      Subway Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line begins operating.
      Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan opens.
      Garden and Greenery Exposition held in city.
      1993 – Umeda Sky Building constructed.
      1995
      January 17: The 6.9 Mw  Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of VII, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced in the region.
      Takafumi Isomura becomes mayor.
      1996 – Osaka Prefectural Central Library opens.
      1997 – Tempozan Ferris Wheel and Kyocera Dome open.
      1999 – Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum opens in nearby Ikeda.


      21st century


      2001 – June 8: Ikeda school massacre occurs in nearby Ikeda.
      2006 – Subway Imazatosuji Line begins operating.
      2007 – Kunio Hiramatsu becomes mayor.
      2009 – Kansai Music Conference begins.
      2010 – Population: 2,665,314.
      2011 – Tōru Hashimoto becomes mayor.
      2013 – Festival Hall opens.
      2014 – Population: 2,685,218.
      2021 – December 17: A fire occurs in Kita ward.


      See also


      Osaka history
      Osaka history (in Japanese; includes timeline)
      List of mayors of Osaka


      References



      This article incorporates information from the Japanese Wikipedia.


      Bibliography




      External links



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

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