The following is a timeline of the

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

of the city of

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...

, Japan.

Prior to 20th century

* 1612 –

Nagoya Castle is a Japanese castle located in Nagoya, Japan. Nagoya Castle was constructed by the Owari Domain in 1612 during the Edo period on the site of an earlier castle of the Oda clan in the Sengoku period. Nagoya Castle was the heart of one of the ...

and its Honmaru Palace built. * 1684 – Poet Bashō visits Nagoya. * 1714 ** Fugetsudo Magosuke publisher in business. **

Tōgan-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Sōtō Zen sect located in Nagoya, central Japan. History Originally built in 1502 by Oda Nobuyuki in memory of his father, Oda Nobuhide, it was moved to its current location in 1714. The temple grounds have a turtl ...

a Buddhist temple was moved to Nagoya. * 1776 – Eirakuya Toshiro publisher in business. * 1790s – Booksellers' guild established. * 1814 – ''

Hokusai Manga The is a collection of sketches of various subjects by the Japanese artist Hokusai. Subjects of the sketches include landscapes, flora and fauna, everyday life and the supernatural. The word ''manga'' in the title does not refer to the contemp ...

'' published by

Eirakuya Toshiro Eirakuya Co. Ltd. (株式会社永楽屋かぶしきがいしゃえいらくや ''kabushiki-gaisha Eirakuya'') is a Japanese manufacturer and vendor of ''tenugui'' (hand towels) located in the Nakagyō-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan. It was founded ...

. * 1838 - Birthplace of cloisonné enamelling in Japan. * 1868 –

Aomatsuba Incident The took place from February 13 to 18, 1868 in Nagoya Castle, central Japan. The Aomatsuba Incident was the oppression of the Sabaku party (''sabaku ha'') that occurred in the Owari Domain from February 13 to 18, 1868. Immediately after return ...

occurs. * 1871 – ''

Nagoya Shimbun The is a Japanese daily "broadsheet" newspaper published in mostly Aichi Prefecture and neighboring regions by Based in Nagoya, one of Japanese three major metropolitan areas, it boasts the third circulation after the group newspaper Total Yom ...

'' (newspaper) begins publication. * 1872 –

Aichi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...

formed. * 1873 - A gold-plated dolphin from

was displayed at the Vienna World's Fair. * 1881 – Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry founded. * 1886 – Tokaido Line begins operating;

Nagoya Station is a major railway station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m2), and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Much of this space is located in ...

opens. * 1887 – Population: 149,756. * 1889 – Municipal government established. * 1890 – Population: 170,433. * 1891 – October 28: The 8.0 Mino–Owari earthquake affects the Gifu region. This

oblique-slip In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements. Large faults within Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectonic ...

event killed over 7,200, injured more than 17,000, and created fault scarps that still remain visible.

20th century

* 1903 – Population: 284,829. * 1910 – Matsuzakaya (shop) in business. * 1912 – Aiyu Photography Club formed. * 1915 **

Kintetsu ''Kintetsu'' is the abbreviation of , or Kintetsu Railway, a Japanese railway corporation. It may also refer to: Companies * Kintetsu Group Holdings, the holding corporation of the Kintetsu Railway ** Kintetsu Bus, a bus company and a subsidiary ...

Nagoya Line begins operating. ** ' (newspaper) in publication. * 1916 – Catholic Nanzan University founded. * 1918 – Rice riot occurs. * 1920 – Population: 619,529. * 1922 **

Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya is a municipal government agency responsible for public transport in Nagoya, Japan. The organization operates subways and buses. It was founded in 1922, as an operator of Nagoya City Tram bought from Nagoya Electric Railroad, the current Nagoya ...

established. ** constructed. * 1929 – November: conference held in Nagoya. * 1930 – Population: 926,141. * 1935 –

Tokugawa Art Museum The is a private art museum, located on the former '' Ōzone Shimoyashiki'' compound in Nagoya, central Japan. Its collection contains more than 12,000 items, including swords, armor, Noh costumes and masks, lacquer furniture, Chinese and Japanese ...

opens. * 1936 –

Nagoya Baseball Club The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) ...

and

Nagoya Golden Dolphins Nagoya Kinko (long name: Nagoya Kinnosachihiko)"Nagoya Kinko"
Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed Mar ...

baseball team formed. * 1937 ** Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937) held. ** Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens founded. * 1938 – Kintetsu Nagoya Station opens. * 1940 – Population: 1,328,084. * 1941 ** established. ** Meitetsu Nagoya Station and

Mizuho Athletic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nagoya, Japan. It was formerly known as Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletics Stadium ( ja, 名古屋市瑞穂公園陸上競技場, Nagoyashi Mizuho Kōen Rikujō Kyōgijō). Since April 2015 it has been called Paloma ...

open. * 1942 ** April 18:

Bombing of Nagoya in World War II The Bombing of Nagoya in World War II by the United States Army Air Forces took place as part of the air raids on Japan during the closing months of the war. History The first strategic bombing attack on Nagoya was on April 18, 1942, as part ...

begins. ** '' Chunichi Shimbun'' (newspaper) in publication. * 1944 –

Mizuho Mizuho () literally means "abundant rice" in Japanese and "harvest" in the figurative sense. It was also an ancient name of Japan. It might refer to: Places * Mizuho, Gifu, a city in Gifu * Mizuho, Tokyo, a town in Tokyo * Mizuho Plateau in Ant ...

city ward established. * 1945 – Population: 597,941. * 1948 ** Chunichi Dragons baseball team active. ** Pachinko parlor and Nagoya Baseball Stadium open. * 1949 ** Nagoya Stock Exchange established. ** Nagoya Racecourse opens. ** Marushin Bussan pachinko manufacturer in business. * 1950 – Population: 1,030,635. * 1953 – Nikkatsu Theatre opens. * 1955 – Nagoya Festival begins. * 1956 – Nagoya designated a government ordinance city. * 1957 – Subway begins operating. * 1958 – Grand Sumo tournament begins at the . * 1959 ** September:

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occurs. **

reconstructed. **

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relationship established with

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, USA. * 1962 – Nagoya Television Broadcasting begins. * 1964 **

Tōkaidō Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the Sanyo Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opened in 1964, ...

(hi-speed train) begins operating. ** Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium built. * 1975 ** "16 Wards system" established. ** Population: 2,080,000. * 1985 – becomes mayor. * 1987 – Nippon Rainbow Hall (arena) opens. * 1988 –

Nagoya City Art Museum The is located in the city of Nagoya in central Japan. The museum building itself was constructed by Kisho Kurokawa, one of the leading Japanese architects, from 1983 to 1987. Works by the surrealist Kansuke Yamamoto, Sean Scully, and Alexander ...

opens. * 1989 **

Nagoya City Archives Nagoya City Archives (名古屋市市政資料館) is a historic building located in the city of Nagoya, central Japan. It was constructed in 1922 during the Taishō era The was a period in the history of Japan dating from 30 July 1912 to 25 ...

established. ** Subway

Sakura-dōri Line The is a subway line, part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan. It runs from Taiko-dori Station in Nakamura Ward to in Midori Ward, all within Nagoya. The Sakura-dōri Line's color on maps is red. In 2004, the city start ...

begins operating. ** Takaoka Station opens. ** held in city. * 1990 – Population: 2,154,793. * 1993 – Nagoya City Minato Soccer Stadium opens. * 1994 – Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology established. * 1997 **

Nagoya Dome The Nagoya Dome (ナゴヤドーム), known as Vantelin Dome Nagoya (バンテリンドームナゴヤ) for sponsoring reasons, is a baseball field, constructed in 1997, located in the city of Nagoya, Japan. The dome has the capacity to seat up ...

(stadium) opens. ** International

RoboCup RoboCup is an annual international robotics competition founded in 1996 by a group of university professors (including Hiroaki Kitano, Manuela M. Veloso, and Minoru Asada). The aim of the competition is to promote robotics and AI research by offer ...

robotics contest held in city. **

Takehisa Matsubara is the 20th mayor of Nagoya City in , Japan. A native of , also in Aichi Prefecture, and graduate of (Aichi Gakugei Daigaku). He was first elected in April 1997. Biography Matsubara served as a primary and secondary school teacher in his early ...

becomes mayor. * 1999 –

built. * 2000 **

JR Central Towers The JR Central Towers are in Nakamura-ku in the city of Nagoya, central Japan. It is located right above Nagoya Station and serves as the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company. Built in 2000, it is the second-tallest building in Nag ...

built. ** Population: 2,171,378.

21st century

* 2005 – Expo 2005 held near city. * 2009 – Takashi Kawamura becomes mayor. * 2010 ** constructed. ** Population: 2,263,894. * 2011 ** March: 13 held. ** Use of

Manaca Manaca, written in lower-case letters, is a rechargeable contactless smart card used in Nagoya, Japan and the surrounding area since February 11, 2011, when it replaced the Tranpass magnetic fare card system. As of March 23, 2013, it became ...

fare card on public transit begins. * 2026 ** 19 September-4 October: 20th Asian Games held. ** 6th Asian Para Games held.

References

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Maps of Nagoya
circa 1945

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