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Timeline of Ancient Japan

Important people, dates and events in Japan
Buddhism and Shintoism
Civil war and the feudal lords
Japanese conquer Manchuria
The World Wars - Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Timeline of Ancient Japan

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10,000 BC Upper Paleolithic known as the Jomon Era

300 BC

 

The Yayoi period heralding new technologies and skills, many obtained from China

0 AD:

 

Shintoism becomes the national religion ( Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar in 1873 )

250

 

250-260 Founding of the Great Shrine of Ise

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
1181: Great famine kills hundreds of thousands of people

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
2 September 1945 Japan officially surrendered and World War II ended.

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