The Unofficial Japanese Imperial Family Pages

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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)

871

April
23 - Died: King Ethelred of Wessex

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