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熊本県
Kumamoto
13 events
Ancient
Late 5th – early 6th century
The Eta Funayama burial mound is built
Medieval
1348
Kikuchi Takemitsu welcomes Prince Kaneyoshi to Kikuchi
Edo
1607
Katō Kiyomasa completes Kumamoto Castle
1632
Hosokawa Tadatoshi becomes lord of Higo
1637–1638
The Shimabara–Amakusa Uprising
1854
The Tsūjun Bridge aqueduct is completed
Meiji
1877
The Satsuma Rebellion
1887
Misumi West Port opens
1889
The Miike coal mines are transferred to Mitsui
Contemporary
1956
Minamata disease is officially confirmed
1973
A court rules in the first Kumamoto Minamata disease lawsuit
April 14 and 16, 2016
The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes strike
2018
The Hidden Christian sites of Nagasaki and Amakusa become a World Heritage site
Nearby
Fukuoka
Oita
Miyazaki
Kagoshima