Timeline of Kobe
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kobe, Japan.
Prior to 20th century
- 3rd century CE – Ikuta Shrine founded.
- 1868
- Port of Kobe opens.
- Hiogo and Osaka Herald English-language newspaper begins publication.[1]
- 1870 – Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club established.
- 1872 – Minatogawa Shrine established.[2]
- 1878 – Kobe Chamber of Commerce and Industry founded.[3]
- 1884 – Kobe Yushin Nippo (newspaper) begins publication.
- 1887 – Population: 103,969.[4]
- 1889 – Tōkaidō Main Line railway (Tokyo-Kobe) begins operating.[5]
- 1893 – Population: 153,382.[6]
- 1896 – Kinetoscope demonstrated at the Shinko Club.[7][8]
- 1898
20th century
- 1902
- 1903
- 1905 – Kobe Seikosho in business.[13][3]
- 1907 – City emblem designed.
- 1908 – Population: 378,197.[6]
- 1913 – Population: 442,167.[6]
- 1918 – Population: 592,726.[6]
- 1920 – Population: 664,471.[6]
- 1921 – Kobe Light Wave Society formed.[14]
- 1925 – Population: 644,212.[15]
- 1926 – Kobe Electric Railway established.
- 1930 – Ashiya Camera Club formed.[14]
- 1931 – Nishi city ward established.[citation needed]
- 1933
- Hyōgo city ward established.[citation needed]
- Port Festival begins.[16]
- 1935 – Population: 912,179
- 1936
- Railway Sannomiya Station in operation.
- Kobe Bank established.[17]
- 1938 – Flooding.[18]
- 1939 – Kawasaki Heavy Industries in business.[19]
- 1940 – Population: 967,234.[6]
- 1942 – April 18: Aerial bombing by US forces.
- 1945
- March 16–17: Bombing of Kobe in World War II.
- Population: 379,166.[20]
- 1946 – Tarumi city ward[citation needed] and Kobe Municipal College of Foreign Affairs[21] established.
- 1949 – Kobe University established.[9]
- 1950
- November: Korean-related 1950 Nagata incident occurs.
- Population: 765,435.[6]
- 1951 – Kobe Oji Zoo founded.[22]
- 1955 – Population: 979,920.[6]
- 1956 – Kobe designated a government ordinance city.[23]
- 1957 – Sister city relationship established with Seattle, USA.[24]
- 1963 – Kobe Port Tower built.
- 1967 – Kobe Carnival begins.[16]
- 1970 – Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art opens.
- 1971 – Kobe Matsuri (festival) begins.[16]
- 1972 – Sanyō Shinkansen (hi-speed train) begins operating;[5] Shin-Kobe Station opens.
- 1975
- Nuclear-armed vessels prohibited from Kobe Port.
- Nishiyama Memorial Hall built.
- Population: 1,360,000.[25]
- 1977 – Subway Seishin-Yamate Line begins operating.
- 1981 – The first fully Automated guideway transit driverless people mover train technology introduced on Port Island Line.
- 1981 – Kobe Convention Complex opens.
- 1982 – Kobe City Museum opens.
- 1988 – Subway Hokushin Line begins operating.
- 1989 – Kobe City Hall built.
- 1991 – Kobe Fashion Mart built.
- 1993 – Artificial Rokkō Island created.[18]
- 1995
- 17 January: The 6.9 Mw Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of VII, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced in the region.
- June: Post-earthquake city "Restoration Plan" published.[26]
- December: Kobe Luminarie festival begins.
- Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel in business.
- 1996
- October: Earthquake-damaged Hanshin Expressway rebuilt.[27]
- Animation Kobe event begins.
- 1997 – Eco Asia meets in Kobe.[19]
- 1998 – Akashi Kaikyō Bridge built.
- 2000 – Population: 1,493,595.[28]
21st century
- 2001 – Subway Kaigan Line begins operating; Harborland Station opens.
- 2002 – Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art building opens.
- 2006 – Kobe Airport opens.[19]
- 2007 – Kobe Planet Film Archive opens.[9]
- 2010 – Population: 1,544,200.[29]
- 2013
- Kizō Hisamoto becomes mayor.
- Umie Mosaic opens.
See also
- Kobe history
- Timeline of Kobe (in Japanese)
- List of mayors of Kobe
References
Bibliography
External links
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