Timeline of Hiroshima
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Prior to 20th century
- 587 - The chief temple dates from this time.[1]
- 1599 - Hiroshima Castle built.
- 1871 - City becomes seat of Hiroshima Prefecture.[2]
- 1874 - Hakushima School founded.[3]
- 1887
- 1889 - Hiroshima becomes a municipality.[2]
- 1892 - Chugoku Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.[5]
- 1894 - San'yō Railway begins operating.[2]
20th century
- 1902 - Hiroshima Higher Normal School founded.[3]
- 1903 - Population: 113,545.[1]
- 1909 - Population: 142,763.[6]
- 1912 - Hiroshima Electric Railway begins operating.
- 1918 - Rice riot occurs.[7]
- 1920 - Toyo Cork Kogyo Co. (later Mazda) in business.[8]
- 1929 - Hiroshima University of Literature and Science established.[3]
- 1945
- August 6: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima by US forces.[9]
- Population: 137,197.[10]
- 1947
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony begins.[citation needed]
- Shinzo Hamai becomes mayor.
- 1949 - Hiroshima University[3] and Hiroshima Stock Exchange[5] established.
- 1950
- Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball team formed.[11]
- Population: 285,712.[10]
- 1951 - Chugoku Electric Power Company headquartered in city.[5]
- 1954 - Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park established.
- 1955
- 1958 - Hiroshima reconstruction festival celebrated by the municipality to mark the city's recovery.
- 1971 - Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park founded.[13]
- 1974 - Population: 761,240.[14]
- 1975 - Takeshi Araki becomes mayor.
- 1976 - Hiroshima Botanical Garden opens.[15]
- 1978 - Hiroshima Museum of Art established.
- 1980 - Hiroshima designated a government ordinance city.[16]
- 1985 - Hiroshima International Animation Festival begins.[17]
- 1991 - Takashi Hiraoka becomes mayor.
- 1992 - Hiroshima Big Arch (stadium) opens.
- 1994
- August: Astram Line (public transit) begins operating.
- October: 1994 Asian Games held in Hiroshima.
- 1999 - Tadatoshi Akiba becomes mayor.
- 2000 - Population: 1,126,282.[5]
21st century
- 2010 - Population: 1,173,843.[18]
- 2011 - Kazumi Matsui elected mayor.[19]
- 2016 - May: US president visits city.
