The Olympic Movement and
Kano Jigoro
Career of Kano Jigoro
- 1860
- 28 October: Born as the third son of Kano Jirosaku Kireshiba in the town of Mikage (now Kobe), Hyogo Prefecture
- 1870
- Moved to Tokyo with his father
- 1881 July
- Guraduated from the University of Tokyo
- 1882 January
- Employed as a teacher at Gakushuin
- February
- Founded the Kano Juku
- March
- Founded the Kobunkan (English school) in Minami-Jimbocho
- May
- Founded the Kodokan Institute on the grounds of Eishoji Temple in Shitaya-Inaricho
- July
- Graduated from the Faculty of Ethics and Aesthetics in the University of Tokyo's Department of Aesthetics and Morals
- 1885 April
- Appointed steward and professor at Gakushuin
- 1886 June
- Appointed professor and head teacher at Gakushuin
- 1891 August
- Appointed principal at the Fifth Higher Secondary School
- 1893 January
- Appointed Director of the Archives Division in the Education Minister's Secretariat
- June
- Appointed principal of the First Higher Secondary School
- September
- Appointed principal of the Higher Normal School
- 1896 April
- Accepted 13 government-sponsored students from China
- 1897 September
- Resigned as principal of the Higher Normal School
- November
- Appointed principal of the Higher Normal School
- 1898 June
- Appointed director of primary education at the Ministry of Education (until November that year)
- 1899 October
- Established the Akaraku-shoin School in Kanda Misakicho for receiving students dispatched by the Chinese government. This relocated to Nishigokencho in Ushigome Ward and was renamed Kobun Gakuin in January 1902.
- 1909July
- Closed the Kobun Gakuin due to a decline in the number of students from China
- Fall
- Appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee
- 1911 April
- Established a judo teacher training school in the Kodokan
- July
- Established the Japan Sports Association and was appointed president
- 1912 July
- Japan's first participation in the Olympic Games at the 5th Olympiad in Stockholm
- 1920 January
- Retired as principal of Tokyo Higher Normal School
- 1921 March
- Retired as president of the Japan Sports Association and became honorary president
- 1922 January
- Established the Kodokan Culture Association
- 1924 March
- Appointed honorary professor of Tokyo Higher Normal School
- 1936 July
- Attended the IOC Session in Berlin where Tokyo succeeded in its bid to host the 12th Olympic Games (1940)
- 1938 March
- After attending the IOC Session in Cairo, traveled to North America and fell ill with pneumonia on the NYK Line's MV Hikawa Maru out of Vancouver, passing away on 4 May. His body arrived at Yokohama Port on 6 May. He was 79 years old at the time of his death.
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