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

Prior to 20th century

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Glossary History Timeline
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• 1601 - Fukuoka Castle construction begins.
• 1868 - The temple of Yeiyas was destroyed by fire.
• 1877 - Tsukushi Shimbun [ja] (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 [ja] opens.
• 1982
  • Subway Hakozaki Line begins operating.
  • Fukuoka City Archaeology Center [ja] 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 [ja] elected mayor.
  • Population: 1,463,743.
• 2011 - Hakata Station rebuilt.

See also

• Fukuoka history
• Timeline of Fukuoka (in Japanese)
• List of mayors of Fukuoka [ja]

References

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4. Andrew Cobbing, ed. (2013). Hakata: The Cultural Worlds of Northern Kyushu. Koninklijke Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-24308-8.
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19. "About Triennale | The 5th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale". Fukuokatriennale.ajibi.jp. November 30, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
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This article incorporates information from the Japanese Misplaced Pages.

Bibliography

• "Fukuoka" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 291.
• Richard Tames (2008). "Historical Gazetteer: Fukuoka". A Traveller's History of Japan (4th ed.). USA: Interlink Books. ISBN 978-1-56656-404-5.

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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