Historical figures in Nagasaki
The atlas holds 7 people and 8 moments here, from 1872 to 2019. The most recorded lives are Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Pope Francis and Helen Keller. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Educators, across the Cold War and the Interwar Period.
Notable people
Chiang Kai-shek
in 1911
1 moment here
Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman. Chiang Kai-shek led the Nationalist government of China through the Northern Expedition,…
Emperor Meiji
in 1872
1 moment here
Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito) was emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912. His reign encompassed the Meiji Restoration, the transfer of the imperial court…
Helen Keller
in 1948
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Pope Francis
in 2019
1 moment here
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
from 1919 to 1922
2 moments here
Japanese short-story writer of the Taishō period, born Ryūnosuke Niihara in Tokyo and adopted into the Akutagawa family.…
Swami Vivekananda
in 1893
1 moment here
Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, teacher, and chief disciple of Ramakrishna. Born Narendranath Datta in Calcutta, he travelled widely through India…
Yasunari Kawabata
in 1950
1 moment here
Japanese novelist and short-story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1968. His documented movements include an Osaka and Ibaraki childhood,…
Moments
- 1872 Entry into Nagasaki Port Emperor Meiji
- 1893 Visit to Nagasaki Swami Vivekananda
- 1911 Departure from Nagasaki Chiang Kai-shek
- 1919 First visit to Nagasaki Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- 1922 Month-long stay in Nagasaki Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- 1948 Visit to Nagasaki Helen Keller
- 1950 PEN inspection of Nagasaki atomic-bomb site Yasunari Kawabata
- 2019 Visit to Nagasaki Pope Francis