college is renamed to Kyushu Imperial University and established as a separate entity.
� 1910: Fukuoka streetcar service begins. (The service ran until 1979.)
� 1929: Flights commence along the Fukuoka-Osaka-Tokyo route.
� 1945: Saturation bombing of Japanese cities commences on Honsh? with Fukuoka one of the targets. Vivisections of American POWs are performed at Kyushu Imperial University Hospital.
� 1947: First Fukuoka Marathon.
� 1951: Fukuoka airport opens.
� 1953: Fukuoka Zoo opens.
� 1975: The city absorbed the town of Sawara.
� 1981: Subway commences service.
� 1988: Osaka's pro baseball team, the Nankai Hawks, are moved to Fukuoka and renamed the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. (Renamed the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in 2004).
� 21st century
� 2005: Fukuoka city subway Nanakuma Line started operation
