On this day
May 21 in Japanese History
6 recorded events on this date, across every century.
- 554 Suiko 推古天皇 · Politician — Empress of Japan from 592 to 628
- 1751 1751 Takada earthquake 宝暦高田地震 · Natural disaster — On May 21, 1751, a magnitude 7.0–7.4 earthquake struck near Takada in present-day Jōetsu City, Niiga
- 1837 Itagaki Taisuke 板垣退助 · Politician — Japanese politician (1837–1919)
- 1853 Egi Kazuyuki 江木千之 · Politician — Japanese bureaucrat and politician (1853–1932)
- 1855 Tōyama Mitsuru 頭山満 · Politician — Japanese politician (1855−1944)
- 1938 Tsuyama massacre 津山事件 · Massacre — 1938 spree killing in Japan