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500 |
Japan adopts the Chinese alphabet |
552 |
Introduction of Buddhism into Japan |
645 |
Kotoku became the emperor of Japan |
749 |
Shomu's daughter Koken, becomes empress |
794 |
The Heian era - the Capital of Japan moved to Heian-kyo |
838 |
The Japanese emperor forbids contacts with China |
1100s |
The Taira and the Minamoto fought for control of Japan |
1180s |
The Minamoto clan obtained controlled of the country |
1192 |
Yoritomo was given the title Shogun and led the government which became known as a Shogunate |
1274 |
Kublai Khan and the Mongols try to invade Japan but are repelled by "kamikaze" |
1330 |
The Ashikaga clan seized power |
1467 |
Civil war erupts in Japan which is split among feudal lords (daimyo) |
1549 |
Saint Francis Xavier, a Portuguese missionary, arrived in Japan. The Portuguese were the most successful Europeans in initiating major trade agreements with the Japanese |
1603 |
Tokugawa leyasu was given the title of Shogun by the emperor. This title was held by the dynasty for 265 years |
1614 |
Ieyasu bans Christianity from Japan |
1630s |
The Japanese broke ties with all foreigners for the next two hundred years |
1707 |
Mount Fuji erupts |
1854 |
The Japanese agree to open two ports to the United States for trade |
1868 |
The Meiji Emperor announced the official return of the imperial power and was declared a divine ruler |
1873 |
1873: Japan grants religious freedom and adopts the Gregorian calendar |
1895 |
The Japanese conquer Taiwan |
1910 |
Japan conquers Korea |
1914 |
1914 - 1918 World War I- Japan declared war on Germany |
1931 |
Japanese conquer Manchuria |
1936 |
Japanese sign a anti-communist pact with Germany and Italy |
1940 |
Japan entered World War 2by occupying the northern part of French Indochina |
1941 |
7 December: Japanese attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii |
1944 |
18 July: The government headed by Prime Minister Tojo collapsed |
1945 |
August: The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
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