710: Japan's capital is moved from Fujiwara-kyō to Heijō-kyō, modeled after China's capital Chang'an
Period: Jan 1, 710 to
Nara Period
Jan 1, 717
717: The Hoshi Ryokan is founded, and it survives to become Japan's (and the world's) second oldest known hotel in 2012. (The oldest was founded in 705.)
Jan 1, 743
743: Emperor Shōmu issues a rescript to build the Daibutsu (Great Buddha), later to be completed and placed in Tōdai-ji, Nara
Jan 1, 752
752: The Great Buddha(Daibutsu) at Tōdai-ji was completed
Jan 1, 1050
1050: Rise of the military class (samurai)
Jan 1, 1068
1068: Emperor Go-Sanjo overthrows the Fujiwara clan
Jan 1, 1087
1087: Emperor Shirakawa abdicates and becomes a Buddhist monk, the first of the "cloistered emperors" (insei)
Jan 1, 1121
1221: The Kamakura army defeats the imperial army in the Jōkyū Disturbance, thereby asserting the supremacy of the Kamakura shogunate (Hōjō regents) over the emperor
Jan 1, 1180
1180: Emperor Antoku moves the capital to Fukuhara-kyō (Kobe)
Jan 1, 1180
1180: Emperor Antoku moves the capital to Heian-kyō (Kyōto)
Period: Jan 1, 1185 to Dec 31, 1336
Kamakura Period
Jan 1, 1191
1191: Rinzai Zen Buddhism is introduced in Japan by the monk Eisai of Kamakura and becomes popular among the samurai, the leading class in Japanese society
Jan 1, 1192
1192: The emperor appoints Yoritomo as shogun (military leader) with a residence in Kamakura, establishing the bakufu system of government
Jan 1, 1293
1293: On May 27, a major earthquake and tsunami hit Sagami Bay and Kamakura, killing 23,034 people.[2] It followed a 1241 and 1257 earthquake/tsunami in the same general area, which both were magnitude 7.0.
Jan 1, 1333
1333: Nitta Yoshisada conquers and destroys Kamakura during the Siege of Kamakura ending the Kamakura Shogunate.
Period: Jan 1, 1336 to Dec 31, 1534
Ashikaga Period
Period: Jan 1, 1534 to
Sengoku-Jedai
Jan 1, 1546
1546: Hōjō Ujiyasu who had won the Battle of Kawagoe becomes ruler of the Kantō region
Jan 1, 1549
1549: The Catholic missionary Francis Xavier arrived in Japan
Jan 1, 1555
1555: Mōri Motonari, who had won the Battle of Miyajima, becomes ruler of the Chūgoku region
Jan 1, 1560
1560: Battle of Okehazama
Jan 1, 1568
1568: The daimyō Oda Nobunaga enters Kyoto and ends the civil war
Jan 1, 1570
1570: Battle of Anegawa
Jan 1, 1573
1573: Battle of Mikatagahara
Jan 1, 1573
1573: the daimyo Oda Nobunaga overthrows the Muromachi bakufu and extends his control over most of Japan
Jan 1, 1575
1575: Battle of Nagashino
1600: Battle of Sekigahara. Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats a coalition of daimyo and establishes hegemony over most of Japan.
1614: Tokugawa Ieyasu bans Christianity from Japan.
Period: to
Tokugawa Period
784: The emperor moves the capital to Nagaok
788: The Buddhist monk Saichō founds the monastery of Mt Hiei, near Kyoto, which becomes a vast ensemble of temples
794: Emperor Kammu moves the capital to Heian-kyō (Kyōto)
819: Kūkai founds the monastery of Mount Kōya, in the northeast portion of modern day Wakayama Prefecture
858: Emperor Seiwa begins the rule of the Fujiwara clan
895: Sugawara Michizane halted the imperial embassies to China
