Japan: Its History, Arts, and Literature/Volume 6/Table of Dates
TABLE OF DATES
| 660 B.C. . . . . . . . | Jimmu's accession—legendary. |
| 202 A.D. . . . . . . . | Jingo's invasion of Korea. |
| 294 . . . . . . . . . . . | Influx of Chinese colonists: introduction ideographs. |
| 399 . . . . . . . . . . . | Introduction of silkworms. |
| 552 . . . . . . . . . . . | Introduction of Buddhism. |
| 604 . . . . . . . . . . . | Calendar introduced. |
| 604 . . . . . . . . . . . | Shotoku's constitution. |
| 645—703 . . . . . . | Taikwa Reform. |
| 670 . . . . . . . . . . . | Beginning of Fujiwara dominance. |
| 709—784 . . . . . | Taikwa Nara epoch. |
| 712 . . . . . . . . . . | Oldest extant Japanese book published. |
| 770 . . . . . . . . . . . | Printing introduced. |
| 794—1186 . . . . . | Heian epoch. |
| 794 . . . . . . . . . . | Kyōtō becomes the capital. |
| 805 . . . . . . . . . . | Creation of the Taira family. |
| 814 . . . . . . . . . . | Creation of the Minamoto family. |
| 816 . . . . . . . . . . | Shingon sect founded. |
| 1156 . . . . . . . . . . | Victory of the Taira over the Minamoto. |
| 1174 . . . . . . . . . . | Pure Land sect founded. |
| 1185 . . . . . . . . . . | Minamoto clan destroys the Taira. |
| 1186—1600 . . . . | Military epoch. |
| 1192 . . . . . . . . . . | Establishment of the shogunate. |
| 1200—1333 . . . . | Hōjō control as vicegerents. |
| 1224 . . . . . . . . . . | Spirit sect founded. |
| 1253 . . . . . . . . . . | Nichiren sea founded. |
| 1274 . . . . . . . . . . | Repulse of first Mongol invasion. |
| 1281 . . . . . . . . . . | Repulse of great Mongol invasion. |
| 1332—1393 . . . . | Dual monarchy. |
| 1335—1573 . . . . | Ashikaga Shōguns. |
| 1542 . . . . . . . . . . | First arrival of the Portuguese. |
| 1549 . . . . . . . . . . | St. Francis Xavier introduces Christianity. |
| 1573—1582 . . . . | Control of Nobunaga. |
| 1582-1598 . . . . . | Control of Hideyoshi. |
| 1587 . . . . . . . . . . | First persecution of Christians. |
| 1590 . . . . . . . . . . | Yedo (Tōkyō) founded. |
|- |1592-1598 . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Invasion of Korea. |- |1600—1867 . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Tokugawa epoch. |- |1600 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Battle of Sekigahara establishes Tokugawa supremacy. |- |1603 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| First Tokugawa Shogun. |- |1614 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Christianity interdicted. |- |1624 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Period of isolation begins. |- |1637 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Shimabara revolt. |- |1690—1692 . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Kämpfer visits Japan. |- |1703 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Great earthquake at Yedo. |- |1707 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Last eruption of Mount Fuji. |- |1853, July 7 . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Perry arrives. |- |1854, March 31 . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| First treaty with the United States. |- |1855 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Great earthquake at Yedo. |- |1858 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Second treaty with the United States. |- |1858 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Yokohama opened to foreign intercourse. |- |1863 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| First newspaper. |- |1863 August 14 . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Bombardment of Kagoshima. |- |1864, Sept. 5 . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Attack on Shimonoseki. |- |1867, Nov. 19 . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Shōgun resigns. |- |1868 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Meiji epoch begins. |- |1868 Jan. 3 . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Resumption of Imperial control. |- |1868—1869 . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Imperial-Tokugawa war. |- |1869 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Tōkyō (Yedo) becomes the capital. |- |1871 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Abolition of feudalism. |- |1872, June 12 . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| First railway opened. |- |1874 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Gregorian calendar adopted. |- |1874 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Expedition to Formosa. |- |1877 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Satsuma rebellion. |- |1878 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| First local elective assemblies. |- |1879 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Loochoo Islands annexed. |- |1880 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Penal code established. |- |1884 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| First local elective assemblies. |- |1884 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Orders of nobility established. |- |1878 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Buddhism disestablished. |- |1889, Feb. 11 . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Constitution promulgated. |- |1890 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| First Diet. |- |1891 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Great earthquake at Gifu. |- |1894, July 31 . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| War declared with China. |- |1894, Sept. 16 . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Battle of Pyöng-yang. |- |1894, Sept. 17 . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Naval battle off Yalu River. |- |1895, April17 . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Treaty of peace. |- |1891 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Abolition of extraterritorial tribunals.. |- |1891 . . . . . . . . . . |style="padding-left:1em;"| Assists in suppressing the Boxer insurrection in China. |}