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1798

 * (18th day of 4th month, lunar calendar): Miki was born into the Maegawa family in Sanmaiden Village, Yamabe County, Yamato Province (present-day Nara Prefecture).

1810

 * Miki married Nakayama Zenbei of Shoyashiki Village.

1816

 * Miki attended a training course in "fivefold transmission" (gojū sōden) at the Zenpuku Temple of Jōdo Shin Buddhism.

1837

 * Miki’s son, Shūji, began to suffer from pains in his legs. Nakano Ichibei, a mountain ascetic (shugenja), performed prayer rituals (kitō) over the next twelve months.

1838

 * (23rd day of 10th month): An incantation (yosekaji) was performed for Shūji with Miki as the medium. During the incantation, Miki went into trance and had a revelation from Tenri-Ō-no-Mikoto.

1838

 * (26th day of 10th month): Miki was settled as the Shrine of Tsukihi (tsukihi no yashiro), marking the founding of the religious teaching. She remained in seclusion for the next three years.

1853

 * Zenbei passed away at the age of sixty-six.
 * The main house of the Nakayama residence is dismantled and sold.
 * Kokan, Miki’s youngest daughter, went to Naniwa (present-day Osaka) to spread the name of Tenri-Ō-no-Mikoto.

1854

 * Miki’s daughter’s childbirth marked the beginning of the “Grant of Safe Childbirth” (obiya yurushi).

1864

 * Iburi Izō of Ichinomoto Village came to see Miki for the first time.
 * The construction of the Place for the Service (tsutome basho) began.

1865

 * Miki went to Harigabessho Village to confront Sukezō, who claimed the religious authority in place of Miki.

1866

 * Miki began to compose the Mikagura-uta and teach the songs and hand movements for the Service (otsutome おつとめ).

1867

 * Shūji gained official permission to conduct religious activities from the Yoshida Administrative Office of Shinto (Yoshida jingi kanryō).

1869

 * Miki began writing the Ofudesaki, one of Tenrikyo's three scriptures.

1874

 * Miki began to bestow the truth of the Sazuke (sazuke no ri) for physical healing.

1875

 * The identification of the Jiba (jiba sadame) took place.

1876

 * Shūji obtained a license to run a steam bath and an inn as a way to allow worshippers to gather.

1880

 * Tenrin-Ō-Kōsha was formally inaugurated under the auspices of the Jifuku Temple.

1881

 * Shūji passed away at the age of sixty-one.

1882

 * The steam bath and the inn were closed down. Tenrin-Ō-Kōsha was officially dismissed by the Jifuku Temple.
 * Miki completed the writing of the Ofudesaki.

1885

 * The movement to establish the church (kyōkai setsuritsu undō) began to be conducted with Shinnosuke as the leader.

1887

 * (26th of 1st month by the lunar calendar): Miki “withdrew from physical life” (utsushimi wo kakushita) at the age of ninety.
 * Iburi Izō became the Honseki and began to deliver divine directions (recorded in the Osashizu) as well as bestow the Sazuke on behalf of Miki.

1888

 * Shintō Tenri Kyōkai was established in Tokyo under the direct supervision of the Shinto Main Bureau. The location was subsequently moved back to present-day Tenri.
 * The Mikagura-uta (The Songs for the Service) was officially published by Tenri Kyōkai.

1896

 * The tenth anniversary of the foundress was observed.
 * The Home Ministry issued its Directive No. 12 to enforce strict control on Tenri Kyōkai.

1899

 * The movement for sectarian independence (ippa dokuritsu undō) began.

1903

 * Tenrikyō kyōten (The Doctrine of Tenrikyō), also known as Meiji kyōten, was published.

1907

 * Iburi Izō passed away, marking the official end of the era of the divine directions.

1908

 * Tenri Seminary (Tenri kyōkō) and Tenri Junior High School were founded respectively.
 * Tenrikyō gained sectarian independence from the Shinto Main Bureau.
 * Nakayama Shinnosuke, the first Shinbashira, became the superintendent (kanchō 艦長) of Tenrikyō.

1910

 * Tenrikyo Women’s Association (Tenrikyō fujinkai 天理教婦人会) was founded.

1914

 * Nakayama Shinnosuke, the first Shinbashira, passed away at the age of forty-eight.

1915

 * Nakayama Shōzen became the superintendent of Tenrikyō at the age of nine. (Yamazawa Tamezō served as the acting superintendent until Shōzen came of age in 1925.)

1918

 * Tenrikyo Young Men’s Association (Tenrikyō seinenkai 天理教青年会) was founded.

1925

 * Tenri School of Foreign Languages (Tenri gaikokugo gakkō) was established along with what would later become Tenri Central Library (Tenri toshokan 天理図書館). Also, Tenrikyō Printing Office (Tenrikyō kyōchō insatsusho) and the Department of Doctrine and Historical Materials (Kyōgi oyobi shiryō shūseibu) were established.

1928

 * The Ofudesaki was officially published.

1938

 * Nakayama Shōzen announced the adjustment (kakushin) to comply with the state authority’s demand.

1945

 * (August 15) Nakayama Shōzen announced the restoration (fukugen) of the teaching.

1946

 * The Mikagura-uta was published and offered to local churches.

1948

 * The Ofudesaki, accompanied with commentaries, as well as the first volume of the Osashizu (The Divine Directions) were published and offered to local churches.

1949

 * Tenri School of Foreign Languages was reorganized as Tenri University.
 * Tenrikyō kyōten (The Doctrine of Tenrikyō) was officially published.

1953

 * Nakayama Shōzen announced the construction of Oyasato-yakata building complex.

1954

 * Tenri City was instated.

1966

 * Tenrikyo Children’s Association (Tenrikyō shōnenkai 天理教少年会) was established.

1967

 * Nakayama Shōzen, the second Shinbashira, passed away at the age of sixty-two. Nakayama Zenye became the third Shinbashira.

1970

 * Tenrikyō left the Sect Shinto Union (Kyōha Shintō rengōkai 教派神道).

1986

 * The centennial anniversary of the foundress, Nakayama Miki, was observed.

1998

 * Nakayama Zenji became the fourth Shinbashira.

1998

 * Tenrikyō held the “Tenrikyo-Christian Dialogue” between Tenri University and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

2002

 * Tenrikyō held the “Tenrikyo-Christian Dialogue II” between Tenri University and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Tenri.

2013

 * Nakayama Daisuke became the designate successor to the position of the Shinbashira.

2014

 * Nakayama Zenye, the third Shinbashira, passed away at the age of eighty-two.