1998
1600
1500
1700
1900
1800
1591: Japan
unified by Toyotomi Hideyoshi after 100 years
of civil war
Japan
Timeline 1500 to 1998
1868-1912: Meiji Era
1945: US drops atomic
bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Russia invades northern Japan; Emperor Hirohito orders
cabinet to surrender
1941: Japan bombs US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor
1952: American occupation of Japan ends
1989: Emperor Hirohito dies and is succeeded by Akihito; "bubble economy" bursts
1641: all but Chinese
and Dutch are banned
1614:
Christianity banned
1894-1895: war with China
1904-1905: war with
Russia
1960: Nakayama Masa is appointed Minister of Health and Welfare in Japan, becoming Japan's first female cabinet member.
1573-1603:
Azuchi Momoyama Era
1792: The
Russians unsuccessfuly try to establish
trade relations with Japan.
1639: Almost
complete isolation of Japan from the rest
of the world.
1854
Commodore Matthew Perry forces the Japanese
government to open a limited number of ports for
trade.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Oda Nobunaga
Bankoku danjo jinbutsu zue
Japan Attacks US Battleship
Boat Excursion During Tokugawa Era
American Occupation in Japan
1600-1868: Tokugawa
Era