Kyushu Timeline of Events

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Kyushu

is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. Its alternate ancient names include , , and . The historical regional name is referred to Kyushu and its surrounding islands....

Timeline of Events

1609

4.5.1609

''Daimyo'' (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.

1707

10.28.1707

The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan

1914

12.15.1914

A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hojyo coal mine, Kyūshū, Japan, kills 687.

1957

7.28.1957

Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992.

1991

6.3.1991

Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.

1993

8.6.1993

Heavy rains and debris kill 72 in the Kagoshima and Aira areas of Kyūshū, Japan.