1609    ''Daimyo'' (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.

1707    The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan

1914    A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hojyo coal mine, Kyūshū, Japan, kills 687.

1957    Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992.

1991    Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.

1993    Heavy rains and debris kill 72 in the Kagoshima and Aira areas of Kyūshū, Japan.