Timeline of Fukuoka
# Timeline of Fukuoka

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

## Prior to 20th century

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ListPaleolithicbefore 14,000 BCJōmon14,000 – 1000 BCYayoi

1000 BC – 300 ADKofun

300 AD – 538 ADAsuka

538 – 710Nara

710 – 794HeianFormer Nine Years' WarLater Three-Year WarGenpei War 794–1185KamakuraJōkyū WarMongol invasionsGenkō WarKenmu Restoration 1185–1333MuromachiNanboku-chō periodSengoku period 1336–1573Azuchi–Momoyama

Nanban tradeImjin War 1573–1603Edo (Tokugawa)

Invasion of RyukyuSiege of OsakaSakokuPerry ExpeditionConvention of KanagawaBakumatsuMeiji RestorationBoshin War 1603–1868Meiji

Invasion of Taiwan (1874)Satsuma RebellionFirst Sino-Japanese WarTreaty of ShimonosekiTriple InterventionInvasion of Taiwan (1895)Boxer RebellionTreaty of PortsmouthJapan–Korea Treaty 1868–1912Taishō

World War IIntervention in SiberiaGreat Kantō earthquake 1912–1926Shōwa

MilitarismFinancial crisisNanking incidentMukden IncidentInvasion of ManchuriaMay 15 IncidentAnti-Comintern PactSecond Sino-Japanese WarAttack on Pearl HarborAtomic bombingsSoviet–Japanese WarSurrender of JapanPostwar JapanOccupation of JapanAnpo protestsEconomic miracleAsset price bubble1926–1989Heisei

Lost DecadesGreat Hanshin earthquakeCool JapanTōhoku earthquake 1989–2019ReiwaCoronavirus pandemic 2019–present :

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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 [ja] 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.
