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Nagasaki
10 events
Prehistoric
Yayoi period (latter part of the Early Yayoi to the early Kofun period)
Harunotsuji on Iki Island grows into a moated Yayoi settlement
Sengoku
1550–1641
Portuguese and Dutch ships come to trade at Hirado
1571
Nagasaki opens as a port for Portuguese ships
Early modern
19th day of the 12th month, Keichō 1 (lunar calendar; February 5, 1597, in the Western calendar)
Twenty-six Christians are executed at Nishizaka in Nagasaki
Edo
1637–1638
The Shimabara–Amakusa Uprising
1641
The Dutch trading post moves from Hirado to Dejima
1689
The Chinese quarter, Tōjin Yashiki, is completed in Nagasaki
Meiji
1869
The Kosuge Slip Dock is built in Nagasaki
Modern
1945
An atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki
Contemporary
2018
The Hidden Christian sites of Nagasaki and Amakusa become a World Heritage site
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