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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- Hiroshima Girls’ High School founded.
- Population: 84,094.
20th century
- 1902 - Hiroshima Higher Normal School 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 established.
- 1945
- August 6: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima by US forces.
- Population: 137,197.
- 1947
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony begins.[citation needed]
- 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 becomes part of city.
- August: "First World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs meets in Hiroshima."
- 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.