History of Japan

By Tinek, The king in purple.
  • Jan 1, 710

    Formation of Nara.

  • Jan 1, 794

    Start of the Helan Period

  • Jun 9, 1185

    Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan

  • Dec 11, 1467

    beginning of the Warring states period

  • Jul 8, 1543

    first contact between Japanese and Europeans and beginning of trade

  • Dec 5, 1573

    the Azuchi-Momoyama period begins

  • the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate

  • the sakoku (“locked country”) period begins

  • the arrival of the United States navy fleet commanded by Matthew Perry

  • Meiji Restoration