| Year | Month | Day | Event |
|---|
| 660 BC |
Feb |
11 |
Traditional Date When Jimmu Founded Japan |
| 708 |
Aug |
29 |
First Minting Of Copper Coins In Japan |
| 724 |
Mar |
03 |
Japanesse Empress Gensho Abdicates For Nephew |
| 794 |
Oct |
22 |
Japanese Emperor's Capital Relocated To Heiankyo |
| 794 |
Nov |
17 |
Emperor Kanmu Moves From Nara To Kyoto |
| 1180 |
Jun |
23 |
Japanese Genpei War Starts With Battle In Uji |
| 1180 |
Sep |
14 |
Battle Of Ishibashiyama In Japan |
| 1183 |
Nov |
17 |
The Battle Of Mizushima |
| 1293 |
May |
26 |
Kanagawa Japan Earthquake: Kills About 30,000 |
| 1549 |
Jul |
27 |
Francis Xavier's Ship Reaches Japan |
| 1565 |
Jun |
17 |
Hisahide Assassinates Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru |
| 1573 |
Jan |
25 |
Shingen Defeats Ieyasu In Mikatagahara Battle |
| 1582 |
Jul |
02 |
Hideyoshi Victorious At Yamazaki |
| 1586 |
Dec |
17 |
Go-Yōzei Becomes Emperor Of Japan |
| 1615 |
Jun |
04 |
Tokugawa Takes Osaka Castle |
| 1657 |
Mar |
02 |
100,000 Die In A Fire In Edo |
| 1707 |
Oct |
28 |
Hōei Earthquake Causes Mass Deaths Throughout Japan |
| 1864 |
Jul |
08 |
The Shinsengumi Sabotage On Japan |
| 1867 |
Nov |
09 |
Start Of Meiji Restoration By Japan Emperor |
| 1869 |
Jan |
27 |
Tokugawa Establishes Ezo Republic In Hokkaido |
| 1870 |
Feb |
27 |
Current Japanese Flag Adopted By Merchant Ships |
| 1873 |
Jan |
01 |
Japan Begins Using The Gregorian Calendar |
| 1874 |
Aug |
05 |
Japan Models Postal System After UK |
| 1885 |
Feb |
08 |
First Japanese Immigrants Arrive In Hawaii |
| 1885 |
Aug |
14 |
Japan's First Patent For Rust-proof Paint |
| 1885 |
Dec |
22 |
Samurai Hirobumi Becomes Japanese P.M |
| 1888 |
Jul |
15 |
500 Killed In Mount Bandai Eruption, Japan |
| 1890 |
Apr |
07 |
Completion Of The First Lake Biwa Canal |
| 1891 |
Oct |
28 |
Largest Earthquake In Japanese History Strikes |
| 1894 |
Aug |
01 |
Japan And China War Over Korea |
| 1895 |
Oct |
21 |
Japan Invaded Formosa |
| 1896 |
Jun |
15 |
Historic Tsunami Kills 22,00 People In Japan |
| 1898 |
Jan |
12 |
Ito Hirobumi Becomes Japan's Prime Minister |
| 1900 |
Jun |
17 |
Allied And Japanese Forces Capture Taku |
| 1911 |
Jan |
24 |
Shūsui Kōtoku Is Hanged |
| 1914 |
Aug |
23 |
Japan Declares War, Bombs China |
| 1914 |
Nov |
07 |
Japanese Capture Kiachow Bay, And Tsingato, Germany |
| 1915 |
Jan |
18 |
Japan Issues Demands To China |
| 1918 |
Jul |
12 |
Japanese Battleship Explosion Kills 621 |
| 1919 |
Mar |
01 |
March 1st Movement Begins In Korea |
| 1921 |
Nov |
04 |
Prime Minister Takashi Assassinated In Tokyo |
| 1928 |
May |
03 |
Japanese Atrocities In Jinan, China |
| 1932 |
Jan |
25 |
Chinese National Revolutionary Army Defends Harbin |
| 1932 |
Feb |
04 |
Harbin Falls To Japan |
| 1936 |
Feb |
26 |
Japanese Military Officers Stage A Coup |
| 1936 |
Feb |
29 |
February 26 Incident In Tokyo Ends |
| 1936 |
Jun |
28 |
Japanese Puppet State Of Mengjiang Is Formed |
| 1937 |
Apr |
09 |
First Japanese-built Aircraft Flies In Europe |
| 1941 |
Jul |
27 |
Japanese Troops Occupy French Indochina |
| 1941 |
Dec |
01 |
Emperor Hirohito, Japan, War Against USA |
| 1941 |
Dec |
09 |
American 19th Bombardment Group Attacks Japanese Ships |
| 1941 |
Dec |
11 |
Poland Declares War On Japan |
| 1941 |
Dec |
14 |
Japan Signs A Treaty With Thailand |
| 1941 |
Dec |
23 |
Japanese Army Occupies Wake Island |
| 1942 |
Jan |
02 |
In World War II Japan Captures Manila, Phillipines |
| 1942 |
Jan |
19 |
Japanese Invade Burma In WWII |
| 1942 |
Feb |
08 |
Japan Invades Singapore |
| 1942 |
Feb |
19 |
Japanese Planes Bomb Darwin, Australia |
| 1942 |
Mar |
03 |
Japanese Warplanes Raid Australia |
| 1942 |
Apr |
03 |
Japan Attacks US And Philippines Attack Bataan Peninsula |
| 1942 |
Jun |
08 |
WWII: Japanese Submarines Shell Sydney And Newcastle |
| 1943 |
Mar |
02 |
Americans And Australians Sink Japanese Ships |
| 1943 |
Oct |
04 |
US Captures Solomon Islands In World War II |
| 1943 |
Nov |
23 |
WWII: Tarawa And Makin Fall To US |
| 1944 |
Jan |
31 |
American Forces Land On Kwajalein Atoll |
| 1944 |
Feb |
14 |
Anti-Japanese Revolt On Java In World War II |
| 1944 |
Jun |
19 |
First Day Of Battle Of Philippine Sea, WWII |
| 1944 |
Jul |
18 |
WWII: Hideki Tojo Resigns As Prime Minister Of Japan |
| 1945 |
Feb |
19 |
Iwo Jima: 30,000 US Marines Land |
| 1945 |
Feb |
21 |
Japanese Planes Strike US Navy Ships |
| 1945 |
Mar |
09 |
Japanes Coup D'etat Removes French |
| 1945 |
Mar |
16 |
Japanese Persist After Battle Of Iwo Jima |
| 1945 |
Mar |
26 |
Iwo Jima Officially Secured By Americans |
| 1945 |
Jun |
22 |
The Battle Of Okinawa Comes To An End |
| 1945 |
Jul |
26 |
Potsdam Declaration Is Signed |
| 1945 |
Aug |
16 |
Kantarō Suzuki Was Almost Killed |
| 1945 |
Sep |
03 |
3 Day Celebration In China |
| 1947 |
Aug |
04 |
The Supreme Court Of Japan Is Established |
| 1947 |
Sep |
15 |
Typhoon His Kanto Japan, Killing 1,077 |
| 1952 |
Mar |
20 |
The U.S. Senate Ratifies Peace Treaty |
| 1953 |
Aug |
28 |
Nippon Broadcasts Japan's First Television Show |
| 1954 |
Nov |
03 |
First Godzilla Film Released |
| 1955 |
Aug |
07 |
Sony Sells First Transistor Radio In Japan |
| 1956 |
Dec |
18 |
Japan Joins The United Nations |
| 1957 |
Jul |
28 |
Rain And Mudslide Kill 992 In Japan |
| 1959 |
Sep |
27 |
Honshu Typhoon: Nearly 5,000 Dead |
| 1966 |
Feb |
04 |
All Nippon Flight 60 Crashes Into Tokyo Bay |
| 1968 |
Dec |
10 |
300 Million Yen Robbery In Tokyo |
| 1971 |
Jul |
15 |
The United Red Army Is Founded In Japan |
| 1971 |
Jul |
30 |
Two Airplanes Collide Over Japan |
| 1972 |
Jan |
24 |
Yokoi Has Hid In Guam Jungle Since WWII |
| 1972 |
Feb |
19 |
Asama-sanso Hostage Standoff Begins |
| 1972 |
May |
15 |
Okinawa Reverts To Japanese Control From U.S |
| 1974 |
Mar |
18 |
OPEC Oil Embargo Ends |
| 1978 |
Aug |
12 |
Japan And China Sign Peace Treaty |
| 1989 |
Jan |
08 |
Beginning Of Japanese Heisei Period |
| 1989 |
Aug |
25 |
Mayumi Moriyama Becomes Japan's First Female Secretary |
| 1990 |
Nov |
12 |
Akihito Becomes Emperor Of Japan |
| 1991 |
Jun |
03 |
Masscre Erupts In Kyushu, Japan |
| 1994 |
Jun |
28 |
Seven Dead In Aum Shinrikyo Gas Attack |
| 1997 |
Apr |
22 |
Peru: Japanese Embassy Hostage Crisis Ends |
| 1998 |
Jul |
04 |
Japan Launches Nozomo Mars Probe |