Timeline of Nagasaki

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 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 - (newspaper) begins publication.
 * 1903 - Population: 151,727.
 * 1905
 * Nagasaki Station opens.
 * founded.
 * Population: 163,324.
 * 1915 - Nagasaki Electric Tramway begins operating.
 * 1923 - 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:, targeting mayor Motoshima.
 * 1995 - Iccho Itoh becomes mayor.
 * 1996 - Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum built.
 * 2000 - Population: 423,163.

21st century

 * 2001 - 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:, fatally targeting mayor Itoh.
 * April 22: Tomihisa Taue becomes mayor.
 * 2010 - Population: 443,766.