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Royal Timeline
660 BC
February
11 - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu
593
April
17 - Born: Emperor Jomei (Died 641)
709
November
18 - Born: Emperor Konin
722
January
03 - Died: Empress Gemmei
748
April
21 - Died: Empress Gensho (Born 680)
756
May
02 - Died: Emperor Shomu (Born 701)
885
January
18 - Born: Emperor Daigo (Died 930)
926
June
02 - Born: Emperor Murakami (Died 967)
930
October
23 - Born: Emperor Daigo
976
February
05 - Born: Emperor Sanjo
1008
October
12 - Born: Emperor Go-Ichijo
1009
December
14 - Born: Emperor Go-Suzaku
1017
June
05 - Died: Emperor Sanjo (Born 976)
1025
August
28 - Born: Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan
1034
September
03 - Born: Emperor Go-Sanjo (Died 1073)
1036
May
15 - Died: Emperor Go-Ichijo (Born 1008)
1045
February
07 - Died: Emperor Go-Suzako
1053
July
07 - Born: Emperor Shirakawa (Died 1129)
1068
May
22 - Died: Emperor Go-Ichijo (Born 1008)
1073
June
15 - Died: Emperor Go-Sanjõ (1073, born 1034)
1103
February
24 - Born: Emperor Toba (Died 1156)
1119
July
07 - Born: Emperor Sutoku (Died 1164)
1127
October
18 - Born: Emperor Go-Shirakawa
1129
July
24 - Died: Emperor Shirakawa (Born 1053)
1139
June
16 - Born: Emperor Konoe (Died 1155)
1143
July
31 - Born: Emperor Nijo (Died 1165)
1155
August
22 - Died: Emperor Konoe (Born 1139)
1156
July
20 - Died: Emperor Toba (Born 1103)
1161
September
23 - Born: Emperor Takakura (Died 1181)
1176
August
23 - Died: Emperor Rokujo (Born 1164)
1181
January
30 - Died: Emperor Takakura (born 1161)
1183
August
14 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the Three Sacred Treasures and flee to Western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan.
1185
April
25 - Died: Emperor Antoku (1185, born 1178)
1192
April
26 - Died: Emperor Go-Shirakawa (born 1127)
1212
March
22 - Born: Emperor Go-Horikawa (died 1234)
1220
April
01 - Born: Emperor Go-Saga (died 1270)
1231
March
17 - Born: Emperor Shijo (died 1252)
1234
June
18 - Died: Emperor Chukyo (Born 1218)
August
31 - Died: Emperor Go-Horikawa (Born 1212)
1239
March
28 - Died: Emperor Go-Toba (born 1180)
1242
February
10 - Died: Emperor Shijo of Japan (born 1231)
December
15 - Born: Prince Munetaka, Japanese Shogun
1243
June
28 - Born: Emperor Go-Fukakusa (Died 1304)
1249
July
09 - Born: Emperor Kameyama (Died 1305)
1265
May
10 - Born: Emperor Fushimi (Died 1317)
1267
December
17 - Born: Emperor Go-Udo
1272
March
17 - Died: Emperor Go-Saga (Born 1220)
1274
September
02 - Died: Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun
1285
March
09 - Born: Emperor Go-Nijo (Died 1318)
1288
April
05 - Born: Emperor Go-Fushimi (Died 1336)
1297
August
14 - Born: Emperor Hanazono
1301
June
19 - Born: Prince Morikuni (Died 1333)
1304
August
17 - Died: Emperor Go-Fukakusa (Born 1243)
1305
October
04 - Died: Emperor Kameyama
1308
September
10 - Died: Emperor Go-Nijo (Born 1285)
December
28 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono begins
1322
January
11 - Born: Emperor Komyo (died 1380)
1326
November
25 - Died: Prince Koreyasu, 7th Kamakura shogun
1328
November
16 - Died: Prince Hisaaki, 8th Kamakura shogun of Japan
1333
September
25 - Died: Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun
1334
May
25 - Born: Emperor Suko (Died 1398)
1336
April
14 - Born: Emperor Go-Kogon (Died 1374)
1339
September
19 - Died: Emperor Go-Daigo (Born 1288)
1359
January
11 - Born: Emperor Go-En'yu (Died 1393)
1368
March
29 - Died: Emperor Go-Murakami (1368, born 1328)
1374
March
12 - Died: Emperor Go-Kogon (Born 1336)
1392
December
16 - Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu, ending the nanboku-cho period of competing imperial courts
1393
June
06 - Died: Emperor Go-En'yu (Born 1359)
1398
January
31 - Died: Emperor Suko (Born 1334)
1419
July
10 - Born: Emperor Go-Hanazono (Died 1471)
1424
May
10 - Died: Emperor Go-Kameyama
1428
August
30 - Died: Emperor Shoko
1442
July
03 - Born: Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (Died 1500)
1464
November
19 - Born: Emperor Go-Kashiwabara
1497
January
26 - Born: Emperor Go-Nara (Died 1557)
1517
June
18 - Born: Emperor Ogimachi (Died 1593)
1557
September
27 - Died: Emperor Go-Nara
1572
December
31 - Born: Emperor Go-Yozei
1586
December
17 - The reign of Emperor Go-Yozei, the 107th imperial ruler of Japan begins
1596
June
29 - Born: Emperor Go-Mizunoo (Died 1680)
1617
September
25 - Died: Emperor Go-Yozei
1624
January
09 - Born: Empress Meisho (died 1696)
1633
April
20 - Born: Emperor Go-Komyo (died 1654)
1654
July
09 - Born: Emperor Reigen (Died 1732)
October
30 - Died: Emperor Go-Komyo (born 1633)
1675
October
21 - Born: Emperor Higashiyama (Died 1710)
1680
September
11 - Died: Emperor Go-Mizunoo (Born 1596)
1710
January
16 - Died: Emperor Higashiyama (Born 1675)
1732
September
24 - Died: Emperor Reigen
1737
May
10 - Died: Emperor Nakamikado (Born 1702)
1740
September
23 - Born: Empress Go-Sakuramachi
1771
September
23 - Born: Emperor Kokaku
1800
March
16 - Born: Emperor Ninko (1800, died 1846)
1813
December
24 - Died: Empress Go-Sakuramachi
1846
February
21 - Died: Emperor Ninko of Japan (1846, born 1800)
1852
November
03 - Born: Prince Mutsuhito, the future Meiji Emperor
1867
January
30 - Died: Emperor Komei (Born 1831)
February
03 - Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867 - 1912)
September
02 - Wedding: Emperor Meiji and Lady Haruko, known posthumously as Empress Shoken
November
09 - The Tokugawa Shogunate officially ends. It is the beginning of the period known as the Meiji Restoration
1871
August
29 - Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration
1889
February
11 - Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890
1901
April
29 - Born: Emperor Hirohito
1903
March
06 - Born: Empress Nagako (Died 2000)
1904
February
06 - Start of Russian-Japanese war
1905
March
10 - Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang)
1909
October
26 - Died: Prince Hirobumi Ito, Japanese governor of Korea - assassinated
1912
March
27 - 1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington DC
July
30 - Died: The Meiji Emperor, succeeded by Crown Prince Yoshihito as Emperor Taisho, marking the beginning of the Taisho period.
1914
April
19 - Died: Empress Shoken, wife of the Meiji Emperor
August
23 - Imperial Japan declares war on Germany
1915
December
02 - Born: Prince Mikasa (Takihito), brother of the late Emperor Hirohito
1917
February
28 - AP reports Mexico and Japan will ally with Germany if US enters WW I
1919
March
01 - Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin
1922
February
06 - US, UK, France, Italy and Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation
1925
March
02 - Japan's House of Representatives recognizes male suffrage
1926
December
25 - Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan (1926 - 1989)
1927
April
17 - Japan's Wakarsoeki govt falls; Baron Tanaka becomes Premier
1928
November
19 - 1st issue of Time Magazine, Japanese Emperor Hirohito on cover
1932
January
28 - Japan occupies Shanghai
February
04 - Japanese troops occupy Harbin, Manchuria
1933
March
27 - Japan leaves League of Nations
December
23 - Born: Emperor Akihito
1934
October
20 - Born: Michiko Shoda, wife of Emperor Akihito
1935
November
28 - Born: Prince Hitachi, younger brother of Emperor Akihito
1936
February
26 - Military coup in Japan
1941
November
30 - Emperor Hirohito consults with admirals Shimada and Nagano
December
01 - Emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war
1942
June
04 - Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II
1943
March
03 - US defeats Japan and wins Battle of Bismark Sea
July
10 - Born: Tottori Hisako, wife of Prince Takamado
1945
August
10 - Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged
11 - Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito
1946
November
03 - Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution, replacing the old Meiji constitution and seriously changing the role of the Emperor
1947
May
03 - The new Constitution goes into effect
1952
March
20 - Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan
1959
April
10 - Married: Japan's Crown Prince Akihito and Michiko Shoda
1960
February
23 - Born: Crown Prince Naruhito
1963
December
09 - Born: Crown Princess Masako Owada, wife of Crown Prince Naruhito
1965
November
30 - Born: Prince Akishino (Fumito), second son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko
1966
September
11 - Born: Princess Kiko, wife of Prince Akishino
1969
April
18 - Born: Princess Nori (Sayako), third child of Empress Michiko and Emperor Akihito
1971
October
09 - Emperor Hirohito visits The Netherlands
1981
April
13 - Died: Prince Asaka Yasuhiko (Born 1887)
December
20 - Born: Princess Akiko
1983
October
25 - Born: Princess Yôko
1986
March
06 - Born: Princess Tsuguko
1988
July
21 - Born: Princess Noriko
1990
June
29 - Married: Prince Akishino (Fumihito) and Kiko Kawashima
September
15 - Born: Princess Ayako
November
12 - Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito
1991
October
23 - Born: Princess Mako, first child of Prince Akishino
1993
June
09 - Married: Crown Prince Naruhito and Masako Owada
1994
December
29 - Born: Princess Kako, 2nd daughter of Prince Akishino
1995
February
05 - Japan's Shinshinto Party wins local elections
2001
December
01 - Born: Princess Aiko, first child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako
2005
November
15 - Married: Princess Sayako and Yoshiki Kuroda
2006
September
06 - Born: Prince Hisahito, son of Prince Akishino & Princess Kiko