# Timeline of Nagasaki

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nagasaki, Japan.

## Prior to 20th century

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* 12th C. – Included in the fief of Nagasaki Kotaro.
* 1571 – Port of Nagasaki established; opens to foreign ships.
* 1597 – 26 Christians executed.
* 1614 – Suwa Shrine built.
* 1626 – Nagasaki Kunchi (shrine festival) begins.
* 1634 – Megane Bridge built.
* 1637 – Shimabara Rebellion occurs near Nagasaki.
* 1638 – Sannō Shrine founded.
* 1641 – "Dutch Confined to Dejima Island" in Nagasaki harbor.
* 1855 – "Modern shipbuilding yard" established.
* 1858 – Port opened to foreign trade.
* 1861 – Nagasaki Shipping List and Advertiser begins publication.
* 1865 – Catholic Ōura Church built.
* 1876 – Saikai Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.
* 1877 – Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Nagasaki founded.
* 1887 – Population: 40,187.
* 1888 – Sakamoto International Cemetery established.
* 1889 – Value of imports £1,005,367.
* 1893 – Mitsubishi Nagasaki Zosensho (shipyard) active.
* 1894 – Value of imports £444,839.
* 1898 – Kyushu Tosu-Nogasaki railway begins operating.

## 20th century

* 1902 – Tōyō Hinode Shimbun [ja] (newspaper) begins publication.
* 1903 – Population: 151,727.
* 1905
** Nagasaki Station opens.
** Nagasaki Higher Commercial School [ja] founded.
** Population: 163,324.
* 1915 – Nagasaki Electric Tramway begins operating.
* 1923 – Nagasaki Medical College [ja] established.
* 1925 – Population: 189,071.
* 1945
** August 9: Atomic bombing of Nagasaki by US forces.
** Population: 142,748.
* 1949 – Nagasaki University established.
* 1950 – Population: 241,805.
* 1955 – Sister city relationship established with Saint Paul, United States.
* 1957 – Glover house (museum) opens.
* 1959 – Nagasaki Aquarium founded.
* 1972 – Sister city relationship established with Santos, Brazil.
* 1974 – Population: 445,655.
* 1978 – Sister city relationships established with Middelburg, Netherlands, and Porto, Portugal.
* 1979 – Hitoshi Motoshima becomes mayor.
* 1980
** Nagasaki Bio Park founded.
** Sister city relationship established with Fuzhou, China.
** Population: 502,799.
* 1990 – January 18: 1990 Nagasaki shooting incident [ja], targeting mayor Motoshima.
* 1995 – Iccho Itoh becomes mayor.
* 1996 – Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum built.
* 2000 – Population: 423,163.

## 21st century

* 2001 – Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium [ja] opens.
* 2002 – Use of Nagasaki Smart Card on public transit begins.
* 2005
** Iōjima, Kōyagi, Nomozaki, Sanwa, Sotome, and Takashima become part of city.
** Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture and Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum open.
** Sister city relationship established with Vaux-sur-Aure, France.
* 2007
** April 17: 2007 Nagasaki shooting incident [ja], fatally targeting mayor Itoh.
** April 22: Tomihisa Taue becomes mayor.
* 2010 – Population: 443,766.