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First Cities in History to Reach 1,000,000 People since 1775

Can you name the cities that had reached a population of 1,000,000 between the years 1775 and 1950?
Sources used for estimated dates listed in this Pastebin.
Some of these cities may have hit 1 million before, having dropped under and/or reached that number multiple times. Only one instance is included.
Both historical and modern-day names accepted.
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Year
Country
City
1775
China
Beijing
1804
United Kingdom
London
1844
France
Paris
1873
United States
New York City
1874
Austria
Vienna
1877
Germany
Berlin
1879
China
Guangzhou
1884
Japan
Tokyo
1888
United States
Philadelphia
1889
United States
Chicago
1892
Russia
Saint Petersburg
1896
Russia
Moscow
1904
Japan
Osaka
1906
Argentina
Buenos Aires
1910
India
Kolkata
1912
Germany
Hamburg
1913
India
Mumbai
1914
China
Shanghai
1916
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Year
Country
City
1920
United Kingdom
Glasgow
1921
United States
Detroit
1925
Australia
Sydney
1925
Egypt
Cairo
1925
Poland
Warsaw
1927
China
Wuhan
1927
United States
Los Angeles
1928
China
Tianjin
1930
Mexico
Mexico City
1930
Spain
Barcelona
1931
Hungary
Budapest
1931
Italy
Rome
1931
United Kingdom
Birmingham
1932
Brazil
São Paulo
1932
Italy
Milan
1933
Japan
Nagoya
1933
Spain
Madrid
1934
Australia
Melbourne
Year
Country
City
1935
Japan
Kyoto
1937
China
Nanjing
1939
China
Shenyang
1939
Czech Republic
Prague
1940
South Korea
Seoul
1941
Japan
Yokohama
1942
Chile
Santiago
1942
Romania
Bucharest
1945
India
Chennai
1947
Indonesia
Jakarta
1948
China
Chongqing
1949
Egypt
Alexandria
1949
India
Hyderabad
1949
Italy
Naples
1949
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
1950
Canada
Montreal
1950
Philippines
Manila
1950
Singapore
Singapore
2 Comments
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Level 55
May 27, 2024
I decided to implement a cut-off date here due to the fact that it becomes increasingly difficult to tell which cities hit this milestone or not.

While it's almost certain that Rome and Baghdad once had 1 million inhabitants prior to 1775, the population figures for other cities like Alexandria, Xi'an, Hangzhou, etc. reaching that mark is still debatable and not commonly agreed upon.

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Level 53
Oct 4, 2024
no matter how many times I put birmingham it wouldn't accept