# Timeline of Hiroshima

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

## Prior to 20th century

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* 587 - The chief temple dates from this time.
* 1599 - Hiroshima Castle built.
* 1871 - City becomes seat of Hiroshima Prefecture.
* 1874 - Hakushima School [ja] founded.
* 1887
** Hiroshima Girls' High School [ja] founded.
** Population: 84,094.
* 1889 - Hiroshima becomes a municipality.
* 1892 - Chugoku Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication.
* 1894 - San'yō Railway begins operating.

## 20th century

* 1902 - Hiroshima Higher Normal School [ja] founded.
* 1903 - Population: 113,545.
* 1909 - Population: 142,763.
* 1912 - Hiroshima Electric Railway begins operating.
* 1918 - Rice riot occurs.
* 1920 - Toyo Cork Kogyo Co. (later Mazda) in business.
* 1929 - Hiroshima University of Literature and Science [ja] established.
* 1945
** August 6: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima by US forces.
** Population: 137,197.
* 1947
** Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony begins.
** Shinzo Hamai becomes mayor.
* 1949 - Hiroshima University and Hiroshima Stock Exchange established.
* 1950
** Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball team formed.
** Population: 285,712.
* 1951 - Chugoku Electric Power Company headquartered in city.
* 1954 - Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park established.
* 1955
** Tosaka, Japan [ja] becomes part of city.
** August: "First World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs meets in Hiroshima."
* 1958 - Hiroshima reconstruction festival celebrated by the municipality to mark the city's recovery.
* 1971 - Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park founded.
* 1974 - Population: 761,240.
* 1975 - Takeshi Araki becomes mayor.
* 1976 - Hiroshima Botanical Garden opens.
* 1978 - Hiroshima Museum of Art established.
* 1980 - Hiroshima designated a government ordinance city.
* 1985 - Hiroshima International Animation Festival begins.
* 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.

## 21st century

* 2010 - Population: 1,173,843.
* 2011 - Kazumi Matsui elected mayor.
* 2016 - May: US president visits city.