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| Kanazawa Mido fortress-temple founded. | （1546） | |
| Katsuie Shibata captures the temple. Morimasa Sakuma makes a triumphal entry into the castle (the temple site). | （1580） | |
| Toshiie Maeda, the founder of the Kaga Domain, makes a triumphal entry into Kanazawa Castle after the Battle of Shizugatake. | （1583） | |
| Toshiie orders his son, Toshinaga to build the stone foundation for the Castle. | （1592） | |
| （1596） | A Ming Confucian invited by Toshinaga, the second lord of the Kaga Domain, and lives in Renchi garden. | |
| Inner moats built. | （1599） | |
| （1601） | Tamahime, the granddaughter of Ieyasu Tokugawa (the founder of Tokugawa Shogunate) moves to Kanazawa from Edo(Tokyo) to marry the third lord Toshitune. Edo residence built in Renchi garden for Tamahime’s servants. |
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| The main keep tower destroyed by lightning. | （1602） | |
| Outer moats built. | （1610） | |
| The Castle destroyed by fire. | （1620） | |
| （1622） | Tamahime dies. Her servants return to Edo. Edo residence abandoned. | |
| The Castle destroyed by fire started in town. | （1631） | |
| Construction of Tatsumi-yosui canal completed. Water sent to the Castle. | （1632） | Construction of Tatsumi-yosui canal completed. |
| （1659） | Construction office in the castle moved to the former Edo residence in Renchi garden. | |
| （1676） | The fifth lord Tsunanori relocats the construction office in Renchi garden back to the castle grounds to construct a villa on the vacant lot. A garden built around the villa. It is the beginning of Kenroku-en garden development. |
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| （1686） | Tsunanori holds an autumn full moon viewing banquet at the villa inviting Honda Awa-no-kami and his three old retainers. | |
| The Castle completely burns down by fires started outside the castle. | （1759） | Renchi villa destroyed by great fires started outside the castle. |
| （1774） | The 11th lord Harunaga reconstructs Renchi garden.
Construction of Yugao-tei tea house and Midori-taki waterfall completed. |
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| Construction of Hishi-yagura, a turret built on a diamond base in the secondary enclosure and Ishikawa-mon gate completed. | （1787） | |
| （1792） | Domain school established in Kenroku-en. | |
| The palace in the secondary enclosure completely burns down by fire. | （1808） | |
| Construction of Hashizume-mon and Hishi-yagura in the second enclosure completed. | （1809） | |
| （1819） | The 12th lord Narihiro relocates the school and starts to build Tekezawa villa on the site. | |
| （1822） | Takezawa villa completed. The signboard “Kenroku-en” written in Sadanobu Matsudaira’s own hand delivered. The name “Kenroku-en” assumed to have been given in this year. |
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| （1824） | Narinaga dies at Takezawa villa. | |
| （1837） | The 13th lord Nariyasu extends Kasumiga-ike pond. Kenroku-en developed to almost what it is today by Nariyasu. |
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| （1839） | Three-storied roof-like stone pagoda completed on the Sazae-yama hill. | |
| （1851） | All Takezawa villa knocked down. | |
| Construction of Sanjukken-nagaya completed. | （1858） | |
| （1863） | Nariyasu built Tatsumi villa for his retired mother, Shinryuin. | |
| The Castle falls under the control of Ministry of War. | （1871） | Residence for a Prussian mining scholar built at the foot of Yamazaki-yama hill. Kenroku-en tentatively opened to the public for the first time. |
| （1872） | Kenroku-en fully opened to the public. | |
| （1874） | Kenroku-en approved as a park by the Ministry of State.
Kenroku-en officially opened to the public in May as the Ishikawa prefectural park. |
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| （1880） | Meiji Monument erected. | |
| Buildings in the secondary enclosure completely burns down by fire started in Kanazawa. | （1881） | |
| （1922） | Kenroku-en designated a Site of Scenic Beauty in March under the name “Kanazawa Park”. | |
| （1924） | The name “Kanazawa Park” taken back to “Kenroku-en” in March. | |
| （1928） | Kiku-zakura, the first Kenroku-en chrysanthemum cherry tree, designated as a National Natural Treasure. | |
| （1938） | Seison-kaku villa designated as a National Treasure. | |
| Kanazawa University opens on the castle site. | （1949） | |
| Ishikawa-mon gate designated as an Important National Cultural Asset. | （1950） | Seison-kaku villa opened to the public with entrance fee system introduced. The villa designated as an Important National Cultural Asset under the “Cultural Asset Protection Law.” |
| Sanjukken-nagaya designated as an Important National Cultural Asset. | （1957） | |
| （1969） | Plum garden developed on the site of the former Hasegawa’s residence in Kenroku-en on the 100th anniversary since Meiji Restoration. | |
| （1976） | Entrance fee system introduced for Kenroku-en. | |
| Moving Kanazawa University campus out of the castle site decided (Relocation completed in 1995). | （1978） | |
| （1985） | Kenroku-en designated as a National Site of Special Scenic Beauty. | |
| Ishikawa prefectural government acquires the castle site and starts to develop it as Kanazawa Castle Park. | （1996） | |
| Reconstruction of Hishi-yagura and other destroyed castle buildings starts (completed in July, 2001). | （1999） | |
| （2000） | Hase Pond and Shigure-tei tea house completed. | |
| Japan Green City Fair in Ishikawa held. “Toshiie and Matsu” Kaga Hyakumangoku Exhibition held. | （2001） | |
| Tsurumaru-soko storage designated as an Important National Cultural Asset. | （2008） | |
| Kanazawa Castle designated as a National Historical Site. | （2008） | |
| Kahoku-mon Completed. | （2010） |
