Timeline of Fukuoka
The following is a timeline of the history of Fukuoka City, Japan.
Prior to 20th century
- 1601 - Fukuoka Castle construction begins.
- 1868 - The temple of Yeiyas was destroyed by fire.
- 1877 - begins publication.
- 1880 - Fukuoka Nichinichi Shimbun in publication.
- 1881 - Genyōsha political group founded.
- 1885 - Fukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan active.
- 1887 - Population: 50,442.
- 1889 - Hakata becomes part of Fukuoka city.
- 1899 - Foreign commerce begins.
20th century
- 1901 - Population: about 72,000.
- 1909 - Population: 82,106.
- 1910 - Kyushu Imperial University established.
- 1917 - Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka High School established.
- 1928 - Heiwadai Stadium opens.
- 1929 - Ōhori Park opens.
- 1940 - Population: 306,763.
- 1941 - Mitsubishi Trust branch opens.
- 1942 - Kanmon Tunnel opened; first direct railway link between Honshu and Kyushu
- 1943 - Military Mushiroda Airfield built.
- 1945
- * City firebombed on 19 June during World War II.
- * US military occupation of Itazuke Air Base begins.
- * Population: 252,282.
- 1947
- * Fukuoka Marathon begins.
- * Population: 328,548.
- 1949 - Fukuoka Stock Exchange established.
- 1950 - Population: 392,649.
- 1953 - Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden founded.
- 1956 - Fukuoka Daiichi High School established.
- 1957 - Grand Sumo tournament begins.
- 1960 - Population: 749,800.
- 1963 - Fukuoka Institute of Technology active.
- 1972
- * Fukuoka designated a government ordinance city.
- * US military occupation of Itazuke Air Base ends.
- * Hirokawa Bosai Dam is completed
- 1975
- * March: Sanyō Shinkansen begins operating.
- * Population: 1,000,000.
- 1979 - Fukuoka Art Museum established.
- 1981
- * Kūkō Line (Fukuoka City Subway) begins operating.
- * opens.
- 1982
- * Subway Hakozaki Line begins operating.
- * established.
- 1983 - Subway Gion Station opens.
- 1989
- * Fukuoka Tower built.
- * Fukuoka Hawks baseball team active.
- 1990
- * Fukuoka City Museum established.
- * Population: 1,221,600.
- 1993 - Fukuoka Dome opens.
- 1995 - Hakatanomori Football Stadium opens.
- 1996 - Canal City Hakata in business.
- 1999
- * Fukuoka Asian Art Museum opens.
- * Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale exhibit begins.
- 2000 - Population: 1,341,489.
21st century
- 2001 - Sky Dream Fukuoka erected.
- 2003 - Fukuoka International Congress Center opens.
- 2005
- * February: Subway Nanakuma Line begins operating.
- * March 20: 2005 Fukuoka earthquake occurs.
- 2010
- * elected mayor.
- * Population: 1,463,743.
- 2011 - Hakata Station rebuilt.