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660BC
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2.11.660 BC
Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
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708
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8.29.708
Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708). |
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1180
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6.23.1180
First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
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1183
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8.14.1183
Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei). |
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1188
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3.21.1188
Accession to the throne of Japan by emperor Antoku.
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1192
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1253
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4.28.1253
Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds ''Nam Myoho Renge Kyo'' for the very first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism. |
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1281
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1293
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5.26.1293
An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, killing about 30,000. |
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1549
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1573
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1.25.1573
Battle of Mikatagahara, in Japan; Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu. |
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1597
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2.5.1597
A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.
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1600
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10.21.1600
Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara, which marks the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate that in effect rules Japan until the mid-nineteenth century.
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1609
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4.5.1609
''Daimyo'' (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa. |
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1615
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1700
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1.26.1700
The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake takes place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records. |
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1707
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10.28.1707
The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan |
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12.16.1707
Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.
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1783
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8.3.1783
Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing 35,000 people.
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1854
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3.31.1854
Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Japanese government, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade. |
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8.4.1854
The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships. |
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1857
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1858
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1863
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8.15.1863
The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863). |
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1867
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9.2.1867
Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō. The Empress consort is thereafter known as ''Lady Haruko''. Since her death in 1914, she is called by the posthumous name Empress Shōken. |
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1868
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4.11.1868
The Shogunate is abolished in Japan.
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5.14.1868
Japanese Boshin War: end of the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle, former Shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō. |
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1869
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5.4.1869
The Naval Battle of Hakodate takes place in Japan.
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8.15.1869
The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.
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1872
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3.11.1872
The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture.
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1873
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1874
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8.5.1874
Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom. |
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1875
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8.22.1875
The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands. |
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1885
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2.9.1885
The first Japanese government-approved immigrants arrive in Hawaii. |
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8.14.1885
Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
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