Historical place archive

Osaka in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Osaka in Japan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records4 event labels4 people1866–1972

Historical events in Osaka

1866

June 1866
Siege of Osaka
Komei · Civil War

The Choshu defeat the shogun Prince who dies the following month

1868

1868
Coronation
Mutsuhito · House of Tokugawa

Crowned Emperor of Japan

1939

1939
Osaka PO
Tetsuro Yoshida · Architecture

Constructs a Post Office at Osaka. Completes the Osaka Post Office

1972

August 1972
Made in Japan
Ian Gillan · Popular Music

Records live performances in Japan that help create Made in Japan, one of Deep Purple's most celebrated live albums.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Japan and Osaka. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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