Quitter? No Quitter!
In around 2007-08, I started a retirement hobby of researching and writing about Qing China only to give it up after a few months, because the subject was simply too vast and way beyond the limit of what I can (or wish to) manage. I then came up with a brilliant idea (at least I thought it was) to narrow down the scope to first-of-its-kind events that took place in modern China. That, didn't go well either because I found almost no connections to most of the people or events I wrote about. Once again, I quit. After a short break whilst still wanting to write, I turned my attention to an even smaller (and a more personal) subject – Hong Kong – meanwhile keeping the "first" concept, and went to work. The rest, as they say, is history. (8/20/2012)
My Favorite Period in the History of Hong Kong
I am no historian, and as I see it, I am not even qualified as a student of history -- except in a philosophical sense. If there were such a thing as a hunter-gatherer in the world of historical studies, that would be me. However unqualified I may be, I've put myself in charge of dividing the history of Hong Kong into periods so that I can prioritize my studies. And, I determine that there should be three: the "Nothing Happened" period, the "Culture Fusion" period, and the "Identity Crisis" period. Nothing Happened is the period that begins with the arrival of the first human beings, roughly in the 5th millennium BCE, and ends in 1838. The onset of the First Opium War in 1839 lift the curtain on the Culture Fusion period, which carries on for 110 years until 1948, by the time the Chinese civil war was drawing to a close. [Some said it is Colonial Hong Kong that I am referring to. Well, more and less, I added four more years at the start and cut 49 years at the end. (11/14/2015)] The Identity Crisis period begins with the 1949 establishment of PRC and is still going on today.
Deciding which is my favorite period in Hong Kong's history is a bit like eating a carrot, I cut off both ends before I do anything else. I have no need to write about the Nothing Happened period as, seriously, nothing much had happened back then. Shifting to the nearer end of the timeline, although I am a baby boomer and can unequivocally identify myself with the Identity Crisis period, I wish not to write about it, whether objectively or "biasly" because it becomes very personal and gets too close to the heart of my mind. Isn't it much better if someone would pick this up say a century from now and write a scholarly article about this period, if that's too much to hope for, a blog post will do just fine. So that's it, my choice, the Culture Fusion is a period in which the most vivid historical records of Hong Kong were generated. Striving to be as acutely observative as one could and yet staying distantly detached, I am researching and writing happenings in this period as a bystander. I like being a bystander. (8/26/2012)
Who's Who and What's What
You'll know all what I know about the first and earliest events of its kind in and of Hong Kong all the way to the year 2015 if you have the patience to read through the table below. Here are a few notes I wish to draw your attention to before you set off your journey. Enjoy! (1/19/2015)
- The data in the table are sortable and can be arrayed according to time, names and specifics of the "first of its kind" events. To do this, use the buttons atop the table.
- Contents of each entry are normally hidden in order to save space, to display them simply click on the title of the entry under the "First Event" column (for example, "Photo studio") and to hide them, click again on the same title. Well, if the display doesn't open, it means I haven't written anything on that particular event.
- Almost all of the people and events tabled here are featured in other articles in this blog. The best way to look up these people or events is to make use of the "Search This Blog" box located on the sidebar on the left.
- Selected local, regional and world events of historical significance are added to this table as references in context. They were marked by a pink star.
- The term "dollar" and the dollar sign "$" refer to the Hong Kong dollars.
- The country flags placed under the names of non-Chinese are for easy reference to indicate the nationalities or countries of origin of these persons. These are present days flags and some of them may not correspond with the historic period of the events in matter. Additionally, Coats of arms are used in country flags' stead where applicable.
Date (y.m.d) | Name | First Event |
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1845.03.06 | West, [s.n.] | Photo studio |
1920 | Capell, Violet | Ballet teacher, full-time |
1842 | Bridgman, Rev. Elijah Coleman 裨治文 | Protestant missionary from the United States |
1845 | Adnams, James | Saddler |
1894.05.08 | Ah Hung | Plague patient |
1842.08.10 | Ah Nam | Homicide |
1869.10.31 | Alfred Ernest Albert | Visit by a member of the British Royal Family |
1843.10.01 | Anderson, Dr. Alexander | Colonial Surgeon |
1844.07.28 | Sterling, Paul Ivy | Attorney General |
1872.0.0 | Bain, William Neish | Ice-making machine |
1874 | Kyle and Bain | Ice-making plant |
1879 | Bandmann, Daniel Edward | Shakespeare's plays |
1841 | Belcher, Cdr. Edward 卑路乍 | Survey of the Hong Kong harbor |
1850.07.01 | Boggs, Eli | Pirate boss, U.S. national |
1866 | Hong Kong Hotel Company | Hotel company |
1929.01.17 | Braga, Jose Pedro 布力架 | Legislative Council member, not Briton; not Chinese |
1847 | Hong Kong Theatrical Company | Theatrical company |
1940.06.12 | Wong Yu-lung, Dr. 黄裕綸 | Medical doctor struck off the Register of Medical and Surgical Practitioners |
1940.04.24 | Pang Iu-ki, Dr. 彭耀基 | Medical doctor censured by the Medical Board |
1888 | Cantile, Dr. James 康德黎 | Medical school dean |
1974.02.15 | Cater, Jack 姬達 | ICAC Commissioner |
1921 | Ho-tung, Irene 何奇姿 (after married Irene Cheng) | University [local] female students |
1995 | Cheng Kum-po, Dr. Ignatius 鄭鑑波 | Organ transplantation society |
1865.03.02 | Chomley, Francis 孔萊 | HSBC Chairman |
1955.04.11 | Chow Tse-ming 周梓銘 | Assassination attempt on a PRC premier |
1890 | Chung Boon-chor, Dr. 鍾本初 | Hospital house surgeon, Chinese |
1896 | Chung Boon-chor, Dr. 鍾本初 | Tung Wah Hospital Medical Superintendent |
1895.10.11 | Clark, Dr. Francis William | Medical Officer of Health |
1952.09.20 | Clarke, Arthur Grenfell 歧樂嘉 | Inland Revenue Ordinance Review Committee Chairman |
1999.09.08 | Clarkson, Adrienne Louise (nee Poy, formerly Ng Bing-tse 伍冰枝) | Canadian Governor-General |
1843 | Collinson, Lt. Thomas Bernard 歌連臣 | Map of Hong Kong drawn by a Briton |
1844 | Cook, John H. | Masonic lodge master |
1995 | Crawford, Perveen Iqbal (nee Khan) 高佩雲 | Aircraft [small prop] pilot, woman |
1867 | Cunningham, Edward L. 金能亨 | HSBC Chairman, U.S. national |
1843.01.13 | d'Aguilar, Maj-Gen George Charles 德忌笠 (or 德己立) | Lieutenant Governor |
1952.06.28 | Dan, Judy 但茱迪 | Miss Universe contestant |
1956 | Dan, Judy 但茱迪 | Academy Award winning film cast |
1946 | de Kantzow, Sydney | Airline company [and flag carrier] |
1889 | Des Voeux, George William 德輔 | Golf club president |
1846 | Dill, Dr. Francis | Colonial Surgeon died in office |
1883.03.02 | Doberck, William 杜伯克 | Meteorological observatory director |
1845 | Drinker, Sandwith | Ice importer |
1844.02.20 | Duddell, George 都爹利 | Opium monopoly |
1983 | Dunn, Lydia Selina 鄧蓮如 | Trade Development Council chairman, woman |
1988 | Dunn, Lydia Selina 鄧蓮如 | Executive and Legislative Councils Senior Unofficial Member, woman |
1992 | Dunn, Lydia Selina 鄧蓮如 | HSBC Deputy Chairman, woman |
1990 | Dunn, Lydia Selina 鄧蓮如 | Baroness |
1844 | Duus, Nicolai | Water supply to ships at anchor |
1845 | Duus, Nicolai | Flush toilet |
1855 | Duus, Nicolai | Consul of Sweden |
1855 | Duus, Nicolai | Consul of Norway |
1889 | Eastmond, Clara | Hospital matron |
1922.04.06 | Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David | Visit by Prince of Wales |
1873 | Eitel, Ernest John 歐德理 | Fung shui book written by a European |
1880.08.31 | Eitel, Ernest John 歐德理 | Naturalized British subject |
1975 | Elizabeth Alexandra Mary | Visit by the Queen of Great Britain |
1997.01.25 | Fan Hsu Lai-tai, Rita 范徐麗泰 | Legislative Council [Provisional] President |
1998.07.01 | Fan Hsu Lai-tai, Rita 范徐麗泰 | Legislative Council President, post-colonial |
1991.10.05 | Fan Sheung-tat, Dr. 范上達 | Organ transplant, liver |
1946 | Farrell, Roy Clinton | Airline company [and flag carrier] |
1920.03.10 | Fok Hing-tong 霍慶棠 | YWCA |
1920 | Fok Hing-tong 霍慶棠 | Department store female salesclerk |
2006 | Fok Kin-ning, Canning 霍建寧 | Taxpayer, 100 million dollars |
1845.08.01 | Fung Attai 馮亞蒂 | Opium monopoly, Chinese holder |
1844.02.24 | Haly, Capt. George Thomas 希利 | Police Superintendent |
1945.09.01 | Harcourt, Adm. Cecil Halliday Jepson 夏慤 | Governor, military [British] |
1848.03.08 | Harland, Dr. William Aurelius | Chloroform anesthesia application |
1867 | Hellend, George Johann | HSBC Chairman, Norwegian national |
1864 | Ho Fuk-tong, Rev. 何福堂 | Protestant minister, Chinese |
1879 | Ho Kai, Dr. 何啟 | Medical degrees received by a locally-born Chinese |
1881 | Ho Kai, Dr. 何啟 | Anglo-Chinese marriage |
1892 | Ho Kai, Dr. 何啟 | CMG awarded to a Chinese |
1902 | Ho Ko-tsun, Dr. 何高俊 | Bacteriologist's assistant, Chinese |
1922 | Ho Ko-tsun, Dr. 何高俊 | Hong Kong Sanitarium Chairman |
1881 | Ho Lai Shi 何黎氏 | Taxpayer, top woman |
1898 | Ho Nai-hop, Dr. 何乃合 | Medical Officer for the New Territory |
1887.08.23 | Ho Shan-po, Wyson 何神保 | Solicitor, Chinese |
1842.08.10 | Ho Wai | Homicide victim |
1922 | Ho-tung, Clara (nee Cheung) 張靜蓉 | Dog's home |
1954 | Love is a Many-Splendored Thing | Academy Award winning film on location |
1847 | Huang Kuan 黃寬 | Chinese to study in the West |
1857 | Huang Kuan, Dr. 黃寬 | Doctorate degree, Chinese |
1844.02.09 | Hulme, John Walter 休姆 | Chief Justice |
1847.12.30 | Hulme, John Walter 休姆 | Chief Justice suspended on charges of habitual drunkenness |
1851 | Humberg, Rev. Theodore 韓山文 | Church, Protestant [for Hakka] |
1902.02 | Hunter, Dr. William | Bacteriologist |
1901 | Irving, Edward Alexander 伊榮 | Education Director |
1921 | Irving, Rachel Mary Margaret 艾惠珠 | University [local] female students |
1923 | Irving, Rachel Mary Margaret 艾惠珠 | University [local] female undergraduate |
1923.06.01 | Irving, Rachel Mary Margaret 艾惠珠 | Juvenile Labor Inspector, woman |
1945.09.25 | Jackson, Herbert W. | Shark attack, fatal |
1919.03.04 | Johnston, Reginald John Fleming 莊士敦 | Chinese Emperor's tutor |
1872.07.16 | Norodom, Prohmbarirak | Visit by a reigning king |
1872.04.16 | Kennedy, Arthur Edward 堅尼地 | Oath error |
1949.12.01 | Koh, Kimmy 高建美 | Police sub-inspector, woman |
1892 | Kong Ying-wah, Dr. 江英華 | Medical doctor, locally trained |
1975 | Koo Hui Mu-pin, Elaine 古許慕彬 | Meteorologist, woman |
1893 | Kwan King-leung, Dr. 關景良 | Medical doctor, locally trained to practice in Hong Kong |
1840s | Kwan Yuen-cheong 關元昌 | Dental practitioner, Chinese |
1874.10.14 | Kyle, John | Ice-making machine patent |
1890ca. | Lai A-mui 黎阿妹 | Hospital matron, Chinese |
1921 | Lai Po-Cheun 賴寶川 | University [local] female students |
1925 | Ho-tung, Irene 何奇姿 (after married Irene Cheng) | University [local] female undergraduate, local |
1967.08.24 | Lam Bun 林彬 | Assassination of a radio personality |
1992 | Lam Chek-yuen, Jerry 林淔源 | Fire Services Director, Chinese |
1973.05 | Lam Kin-ming, Meg 林建明 | Beauty pageant live television |
1973 | Miss Hong Kong Pageants | Beauty pageants namesake |
1842 | Langer, F. | Architect |
1966 | Lee Ching-chee, Rev. 李清詞 | Protestant minister, woman |
1946.06.23 | Lee Choi-fat 李裁法 | Miss Hong Kong pageant |
1946.06.23 | Lee Lan 李蘭 | Miss Hong Kong |
1921.08.16 | Li Siu-fan 李少帆 | Assassination on stage |
1986.12.13 | Leong Ka-hong, Dr. Milton 梁家康 | Test tube baby |
2005 | Leung Ko May-yee, Margaret 梁高美懿 | HSBC Group General Manager, woman |
2009.05.06 | Leung Ko May-yee, Margaret 梁高美懿 | Bank CEO, woman |
1975 | Leung Ping-chung, Dr. 梁秉中 | Organ replantation, hand |
1957 | Leung Shun-yin, Lily 梁舜燕 | TV actress |
1989.06 | Leung Wai-yu 梁慧瑜 | Bus driver, woman |
1948 | Li Tso Sau Kwan, Ellen 李曹秀群 | Justice of the Peace, woman |
1948 | Li Tso Sau Kwan, Ellen 李曹秀群 | CBE awarded to a Chinese woman |
1965.06.23 | Li Tso Sau Kwan, Ellen 李曹秀群 | Legislative Council member, woman |
1912.07.04 | Li Hon-hung 李漢雄 | Assassination attempt on a colonial governor |
1984.06.01 | Li Kwan-ha 李君夏 | Police Senior Assistant Commissioner, Chinese |
1985 | Li Kwan-ha 李君夏 | Police Deputy Commissioner, Chinese |
1989.12.02 | Li Kwan-ha 李君夏 | Police Commissioner, Chinese |
1997 | Li Kwan-ha 李君夏 | Police [former] Commissioner CPPCC appointment |
2007.07.18 | Li Kwok-po, David 李國寶 | Bank CEO investigated by SEC in USA |
1930s | Li Po-chun 李寶椿 | Rolls Royce |
1944.01.25 | Li Tim-oi, Rev. Florence 李添嬡 | Anglican Church priest, woman |
1962.08 | Ling Tsui Yuen-yuen 林徐婉圓 | Asian Games medalist |
1910 | Liu Shifu 劉思複 | Assassination squad |
1845.07 | Loo Aqui 盧亞貴 | Opium monopoly, Chinese holder |
1961 | Lo, Helen Andrene 羅凱倫 (Helen A. Roe after 1st marriage, Helen A. Griffiths after 2nd marriage) | Law firm owner, woman |
1986 | Lo, Helen Andrene 羅凱倫 (Helen A. Roe after 1st marriage, Helen A. Griffiths after 2nd marriage) | Judge, woman |
1960 | Lo Hin-shing 羅顯勝 | Bar Association Chairman, Chinese |
1951 | Yu Shuk-siu, Patirck 余叔韶 | Crown Counsel, Chinese |
1992 | Leong, Jacqueline Pamela 梁冰濂 | Bar Association Chairman, woman |
1948ca. | Loseby, Patricia J. | Solicitor, woman |
1922 | Loseby, Rosa Maria (nee Brown) | Dog's home |
1894.05.08 | Lowson, Dr. James Alfred 婁遜 | Plague case, diagnostic physician |
1894.05.10 | Barker, George Digby 白加 | Foul bill of health |
1842 | Lunn, Dr. [s.n.] | Autopsy |
2009 | Ma Hon-yeung 馬漢揚 | Insider trading conviction |
1844 | Martin, Robert Montgomery | Colonial Treasurer |
1992.12.07 | Mok Chi-keung, Dr. 莫志強 | Organ transplant, heart |
1992.10.07 | Chiu Wan-hoi 趙云開 | Organ transplant, heart, patient |
1843.08.29 | Morrison, John Robert 馬儒翰 | Legislative Council member died in office |
1847 | Morrison, Dr. William | Colonial Surgeon appointed by Home Government |
1943 | Morse, Arthur 摩士 | HSBC Executive Chairman |
1955 | Munroe, Florence | Rooftop school |
1867 | Nissen, Agathon Friedrich Woldemar 尼遜 | HSBC Chairman, German national |
1849 | d'Esterre Parker, Norcott | Crown Prosecutor accused of piracy |
1996.01.22 | Leung Man-kin, Michael 梁文建 | ICAC Commissioner, Chinese |
1997.04.01 | Yam Kwan Pui-ying, Lily 任關佩英 | ICAC Commissioner, Woman |
2013.07 | Tong Hin-ming, Timothy 湯顯明 | ICAC [former] Commissioner, investigated by ICAC |
1861 | Perceval (also spelled Percival), Alexander 波斯富 | Chamber of Commerce Chairman |
1885 | Poate, Dr. Herbert | Dental surgeon |
1970.12.04 | Pope Paul VI | Visit by a pope |
1843.04.05 | Pottinger, Maj-Gen Henry Eldred Curwen 砵甸乍 | Governor |
1990 | Purves, William 浦偉士 | HSBC Holdings Group Chairman |
1882.08 | Quincey, William W. | Police inspector, Chinese |
1860.02.29 | Rawling, Samuel Bartlett | Reservoir |
1903.12.16 | Reid, Thomas H. 黎德 | Journalistic association |
1866.02.12 | Rennie, William Hepburn | HSBC audit |
1965 | Rodrigues, Dr. Alberto Maria | Medical societies, federation |
1884 | Ryrie, Phineas | Jockey Club Chairman |
1873 | Sasson, Solomon David | HSBC Chairman, Indian of Iraqi Jewish descent |
1901 | Shewan, Robert Gordon 休恩 | Electricity company, Kowloon |
1932 | Shewan, Robert Gordon 休恩 | Lawsuit, severance pay |
1904 | Sibree, Dr. Alice Deborah (after married Alice Hickling) 西比 | Medical doctor, woman |
1866.02.12 | Smith, Caleb Tangier | HSBC audit |
1850 | Smith, Rev. George | Anglican Church Bishop |
1870 | Smith, Grant | Ferry [cross harbor] by steam launch |
1862.03.04 | Stewart, Frederick 史釗域 | School [public] headmaster |
1949 | Sheldon, Harold | Bar Association |
1921 | Stubbs, Reginald Edward 司徒拔 | SPCA parton |
1892 | Sun Yat-sen, Dr. 孫逸仙 | Medical doctor, locally trained |
1865.03.03 | Sutherland, Thomas 修打蘭 | Bank [local] founder |
1865.03.03 | Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Company | Bank, local |
1952.07 | Sze Tsung-sing, Dr. 施正信 | WHO official |
1984 | Tang Chi-chien, Jack 唐驥千 | Chamber of Commerce Chairman, Chinese |
1932 | Teo Soon Kim 張舜琴 | Barrister, woman |
1982.09.26 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | Visit by a sitting British Prime Minister |
1920 | Thomas, Dr. George Harold 譚嘉士 | Doctorate in Medicine awarded by a local university |
1947 | Thomas, Dr. George Harold 譚嘉士 | Medical Services Director [acting], locally-born |
1899 | Tse Tsan-tai 謝纘泰 | Cartoonist |
1843.06.07 | Tucker, Dr. Alfred Green Gayton | Hospital ship surgeon |
1845.05.13 | Tucker, Dr. Alfred Green Gayton | Medical society |
1997.07.01 | Tung Chee-hwa 董建華 | Chief Executive, Hong Kong SAR |
1948 | Valtorta, Mgr. Enrico Pascal 恩理覺 | Roman Catholic Bishop |
1911.03.18 | Van den Born, Charles | Flight [powered] |
1843.07.21 | Waldron, Thomas Westbrook | Consul of the United States |
1901.01.10 | Yeung Ku-wan 楊衢雲 | Assassination |
1920 | Wan Tun-mo, Dr. 尹端模 | Medical society for Chinese |
1920 | Wang Chungyi, Prof. 王寵益 | Professor, Chinese |
2006 | Wang Kung Yu-sum, Nina 龔如心 | Billionaire, woman |
1897 | Wildman, Rounsevelle | Consul General of the United States |
1842 | Winchester, Dr. Charles Alexander | Government doctor |
1850 | Winniberg, Jane Tregarthen (nee Curnow) | Milliner |
1858 | Wong Shing 黃勝 | Juror, Chinese |
1989 | Wong Tin-chun, Dr. 黃殿春 | Dental Association President, woman |
1988.06.29 | Wu Cheng-chung, Mgr. John Baptist 胡振中 | Roman Catholic Cardinal |
2011 | Wu Lai-fong, Anna 胡麗芳 | Fire Services Assistant Divisional Officer, woman |
1926 | Woo So-ching, Cathrine (Katie) 胡素貞 | MBE awarded to a Chinese woman |
1933 | Woo So-ching, Cathrine (Katie) 胡素貞 | Doctorate degree, woman |
1974.02.15 | Official Languages Ordinance | Chinese as an official language |
1952.01 | Yeo Kok-cheang, Dr. 楊國璋 | Medical and Health Services Director, Chinese |
1986 | Youde, Edward | Governor died in office |
1861.05.29 | Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong | Chamber of Commerce |
1899 | Chaung Moon-hung, Dr. 周夢熊 | Dental surgeon, Chinese |
1994 | Chan Fung Fu-chun, Dr. Margaret 陳馮富珍 | Health Director, woman |
2006.11.09 | Chan Fung Fu-chun, Dr. Margaret 陳馮富珍 | WHO Director-General |
1876.05.18 | Ng Choy 伍才 (alias Wu Tingfang 伍廷芳) | Barrister, Chinese |
1879.04.30 | Grant, Ulysses Simpson | Visit by a former President of the United States |
1880.01.19 | Ng Choy 伍才 (alias Wu Tingfang 伍廷芳) | Legislative Council member, Chinese |
1878 | Ng Choy 伍才 (alias Wu Tingfang 伍廷芳) | Justice of the Peace, Chinese |
1926 | Chow Shouson 周壽臣 | Executive Council member, Chinese |
1997 | Leung Oi-sie, Elsie 梁愛詩 | Justice Secretary, woman |
1941 | Wu Zung 胡忠 | Taxi boss |
1927 | Ho-tung, Dr. Eva 何嫻姿 | Medical degree awarded by a local university, woman |
1914.05 | Thomas, Dr. George Harold 譚嘉士 | Medical degree awarded by a local univesrsity |
1959 | O'Rorke, Bridget | Administrative Service Cadet, woman |
1961.10 | Chau Shuet-yeng, Audrey 周雪瑩 | Administrative Service Cadet, Chinese woman |
1970 | Chan Fong On-sang, Anson Maria Elizabeth 陳方安生 | Financial Secretary [Assistant], woman |
1984 | Chan Fong On-sang, Anson Maria Elizabeth 陳方安生 | Social Welfare Director, woman |
1993 | Chan Fong On-sang, Anson Maria Elizabeth 陳方安生 | Chief Secretary, woman |
2007 | Chiang Lei-lei, Lily 蔣麗莉 | Chamber of Commerce Chairman, woman |
2011 | Chiang Lei-lei, Lily 蔣麗莉 | Chamber of Commerce Chairman, jailed |
1927 | Chau Sik-nin, Dr. 周錫年 | Otolaryngologist, Chinese |
1278 | Zhao Shi 趙昰 | Emperor's sojourn |
1992 | Cheung Lee Jia-wai, Vivian 張李佳蕙 | Airport manager, woman |
1908 | Wong Sai-yan, Dr. 王世恩 | Medical school in China, founder |
2009 | Mackay, Maj-Gen Andrew | Police inspector turned army general |
1998 | Poy, Vivienne (nee Lee) 利德蕙 | Canadian Senator |
1912.07.24 | May, Francis Henry 梅含理 | Cadet turned governor |
1929 | d'Almada e Castro Jr., Leonardo Horacio 廖阿利孖打 | Barrister, not Briton; not Chinese |
1843.06.26 | Gordon, Alexander Thomas | Surveyor General |
1841.06.23 | Fitzgibbon, Thomas G. | Postmaster |
1936.03.23 | British Imperial Airways | Air mail service |
2008.04.09 | Lee, Rev. Raymond 李卓民 | Airlines company bankruptcy |
1925.01.24 | Kai Tak Airport 啟德機場 | Airport |
1947.06.22 | Lai Chi Garden 荔枝園 (later Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park 荔園遊樂場) | Amusement park with mechanical rides |
1903.08.28 | Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Animal welfare organization |
1950.01.13 | Dogs and Cats Regulation | Animal welfare law |
1900.01.21 | Car | Motor car |
1905.04.26 | Hung B | Motor car accident |
1908.02.12 | Marican, Said Abamed | Motor car accident, fatal |
1918.11.14 | Bank of East Asia 東亞銀行 | Bank [local], capitalized and run by Chinese |
1865.02.05 | Gutter Rats Gang 坑渠老鼠 | Bank heist |
1849.10 | Victoria Regatta Club | Boat race |
1938.02.04 | Brands and Products Expo 工展會 | Expo to promote local products |
1700s | Temple of Water Immortal 水僊古廟 | Building erected for religious activities |
1949 | Kowloon Motor Bus Company (KMB) | Bus, double-decker |
1920.01.01 | Dragon Motor Car Company | Bus service |
1841.05.15 | Population of 5,650 | Census |
1913ca. | Traffic hours regulation | Motor car curfew |
1909 | Vehicle license fees | Motor car tax |
1908.04.03 | Musso, Ferdinand | Motor car accident, driver charged for furious driving |
1911.01.27 | Nicol, T.M. | Motor car trip, round the Hong Kong Island |
1911.03.20 | Angsley Wenrigues | Motor car accident, driver charged for manslaughter |
1912.05.31 | Bowley, Francis Buimer Lyon | Motor car accident case, mistrial |
1912.08 | Traffic signs | Traffic signs |
1913.04 | Overland [#79 (tbc)] | Motor car fitted with electric self starter |
1914.01.27 | Eastern Motor Company | Motor car street race |
1918.05.17 | Star Ferry Company | Ferry [cross harbor] for cars |
1919.01.20 | Potts, Patrick Cumming Hutton | Motor car fell into harbor |
1918.06.14 | Hong Kong Automobile Association | Motorists society |
1920.11.29 | Car spirited away to Canton | Motor car theft |
1921.01.19 | McGrath, Henry Wilfred Scott | Traffic offense, double fine |
1921.02.08 | Yim Goon Hop, George | Motor car accident, multiple fatalities |
1921ca. | Santo, A. | Driving instructor |
2015.03 | Wong, Janet 黃靜 | Crane operator [Container Port], woman |
1910.01.17 | da Silva, M. Marques | Piano teacher, full-time |
1946 | Population of one million | Census, first million |
1842.07.17 | Queen's Road Chapel | Church, Protestant |
1903 | Empire Cinematography Theater 奄派亞影畫戲院 | Cinema |
1931 | King's Theater 娛樂戲院 | Cinema with air conditioning |
1985.02.12 | UA6 | Cinema, multiplex |
1924.05.01 | Queen's Theater 皇后戲院 | Cinema screening sound films and color films |
1869.11.02 | City Hall | City Hall |
1862 | Pedder Street Clock Tower | Clock tower |
1851.06 | Hong Kong Cricket Club | Club, cricket |
1846.05.26 | English Club (later Hong Kong Club) | Club, non-sports |
1849.10.25 | Victoria Regatta Club | Club, sports |
1964.06.10 | Beatles, The | Concerts by world rock icon |
1844.08.21 | Supreme Court | Court, Supreme |
1893.08.23 | Sharp, Matilda Lincoln | Cremation funeral service for a European |
1893.08.23 | Caine, Capt. William 威廉堅 | Curfew |
1842.3.23 | Currency | Currency, legal tender |
1863 | Hong Kong silver dollar | Currency, sovereign |
1866.04.07 | Kinder, Thomas William | Mint |
1945 | Hong Kong Dollar pegged to Pound Sterling | Currency peg |
1959 | Tak Shing House 德成大廈 | Building with curtain wall facade |
1886 | Manson, Dr. Patrick 梅森 | Dairy company |
1845 | Burd, John | Consul of Denmark |
1887 | Poate and Noble | Dental practice |
1900.01.08 | Ma Ying-piu 馬應彪 | Department store owned and run by Chinese |
1913 | Yim Shan-shan 嚴珊珊 (born Yim Shuk-kai 嚴淑姬) | Film actress |
1913 | Master Chuang Tests His Wife (Zhuangzi Shiqi) 莊子試妻 | Film produced by a local company |
1884.04.05 | Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884 | Medical doctor registration |
1893.06.26 | Dog Ordinance, 1893 | Dog license |
1890 | Star Street Power Station | Electric power station |
1890.12.01 6pm | Hong Kong Electric Company | Electricity supplies |
1888.08 | Otis elevator | Elevator [lift] |
1955 | Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club | Escalators |
1956 | Man Yee Building | Escalators installed in a building open to the public |
1960s | Ferrari [model unknown] | Ferrari |
1959 | Ferrari Pininfarina | Ferrari, order placed |
1848 | Duddell, George 都爹利 | Farriery |
1842 | Abdoolally Ebrahim & Co. 鴨都喇利 | Ferry, cross harbor |
1843.02.14 | P. Townsend & Co. | Ferry between Central & Stanley |
1868.05.23 | Hong Kong Fire Brigade 香港消防隊 | Fire Services |
1870 | British Blue Ensign with crowned HK | Colonial flag |
1936.03.23 | British Imperial Airways | Flight [commercial] between London and Hong Kong |
1938.08.04 | Air France | Flight [commercial] between Paris and Hong Kong |
2006.10.26 | Oasis Hong Kong Airlines, Flight O8 700 | Flight of the now-defunct Oasis Hong Kong Airlines |
1873.02.13 | Botanical Garden Flower Show | Flower show |
1844.06.10 | Suppression of Public Gaming Ordinance | Gambling prohibition |
1864.10 | Public Garden 兵頭花園 (later Botanical Garden, later Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens) | Garden, public |
1878.04.24 | Ando Taro | Consul of Japan |
1889 | Noma Den 野間傳 | Tattooer |
1864.11.12 | Duddell Street gas lamps 都爹利街煤氣燈 | Gas street lamps |
1864.12.03 | Hong Kong and China Gas Company | Gas supplies |
1841 | Gillespie, Charles Van Megen | American resident |
1882.09.14 | Fung Ming-shan 馮明珊 | Naturalized British subject, Chinese |
1889.05.10 | Hong Kong Golf Club | Club, golf |
1897.10.07 | Royal Hong Kong Golf Club | Royal nomenclature |
1851 | Pustau, William H. | Consul of Bremen |
1865 | Pustau, William H. | Consul of Hanover |
1869 | Eimbcke, Adolf Theodor | Consul of Norddeutscher Bund [North German Confederation] |
1863 | von Overbeck , Bn. Gustav Freiherr | Consul of Prussia |
1898.09 | Deep Water Bay Course | Golf Course, 9-hole |
1911 tbc | Fanling Old Course | Golf Course, 18-hole |
1955.09.05 | Sir Alexander and Lady Maurine | Locomotives, diesel electric |
1911 | Winslow, Herbert Pinckney 溫思勞 | Railway manager |
1986.08 | Cheng Man-ngar, Olivia 鄭文雅 | Playboy Magazine cover girl |
1993.06 | Cheng Man-ngar, Olivia 鄭文雅 | Golfers society, women |
1986 | Cheng King-hon, Albert 鄭經翰 (born Cheng Wing-fok 鄭永福 ) | Playboy Magazine published in the Chinese language |
2000 | Cheng Man-ngar, Olivia 鄭文雅 | Golf professional & instructor, Chinese woman |
2011.8.15 9pm | Cheng King-hon, Albert 鄭經翰 (born Cheng Wing-fok 鄭永福 ) | Radio station, digital broadcasting |
1890.07.05 | Hong Kong Golf Club | Golf match |
1889 | Hapy Valley recreation ground | Golfing facilities |
1842.3.31 | Pottinger, Maj Gen Henry Eldred Curwen 砵甸乍 | Government, provisional |
1842.03.31 | Lena, Alexander | Government official, European not Briton |
1858.08.08 | Ordinance #15 of 1858 | Government budget submitted to the Legislative Council |
1841.10 | Belcher, Cdr. Edward 卑路乍 | Harbor Master |
1932.01.01 | Betting Duty Ordinance, 1931 | Tax on gambling |
1841.01 | Naval and Military Hospital | Hospital |
1841.07.21 | Typhoon | Typhoon [recorded] |
1841.08.30 | Mylius, George F. | Cemetery, public [not-Chinese] |
1915.03.08 | Goucher, Ernest | Wild beast attack, fatal |
1842.04.02 | Roman Catholic Cemetery | Cemetery, Roman Catholic |
1852 | Parsee Cemetery | Cemetery, Parsee [Zoroastrian] |
1857 | Jewish Cemetery | Cemetery, Jewish |
1863ca. | Muslim Cemetery | Cemetery, Mohammedan |
1880s | Hindu Cemetery | Cemetery, Hindu |
1845 | Colonial Cemetery | Racial segregation in public place |
1891.01 | Humby, Dai-hei (nee Wong) 黃帶喜 | Cemetery [public], Chinese buried |
1841.05.24 | Fox, Lt. Benjamin | Grave memorial erected by colonialists |
1844.11.26 | Ordinance #21 of 1844 | Opium sales legalized |
1844.12.30 | Ordinance #22 of 1844 | Standard weights and measures |
1845 | Sai On Lane opium divans | Opium divans owned by government |
1912.03.11 | Ho Kai, Dr. 何啟 | Knight, Chinese |
1841.06.14 | Johnston, Alexander Robert 莊士敦 | Land sale |
1841 | Albany Godowns | Building erected by colonialists |
1844.02.28 | Ordinance to define the law relating to slavery in Hong Kong | Law |
1843.06.26 | Legislative Council | Legislature [advisory capacity] |
1844.01.11 | Legislative Council Conferred | Legislative Council sitting |
1850.06.14 | Jardine, David | Legislative Council Unofficial Member |
1850.06.14 | Edger, Joseph Frost | Legislative Council Unofficial Member |
1850.06.14 | Jardine, David | Legislative Council Senior Unofficial Member |
1922.09 | Yeung Wo Nursing Home 香江養和園 | Hospital established and run by Chinese doctors |
1907 | Yue Yuen Amusement Park 愉園遊樂場 | Amusement park |
1844.10.01 | Sirr, Henry Charles | Barrister |
1845.06 | Hulme, John Walter 休姆 | Chief Justice appointed member of the Legislative Council |
1988.03.15 | Yang Ti-Liang 楊鐵樑 | Chief Justice, Chinese |
1843.06.30 | Justices of the Peace | Justice of the Peace |
1997.08.18 | Lam Chi-chiu, Albert 林志釗 | Justice of the Peace, post colonial |
1844.10.01 | Farncomb, Edward | Solicitor |
1972.10.18 | Chung Sze-yuen 鍾士元 | Legislative Council, equal use of English and Chinese in proceedings |
1875.01.02 | Chinese equivalent terms of government officers and departments | Chinese official titles |
1991.10.05 | Lee Shu-kwan 李樹焜 | Organ transplant, liver, patient |
1962.03.05 | Hong Kong Public Library | Library ran by the government |
1841.04.30 | Caine, Capt. William 威廉堅 | Chief Magistrate |
1842 | Fish market | Market, fish |
1854.06.01 | Hong Kong Auxiliary Police | Police force, auxiliary |
1843 | Malcolm, Lt-Col. George Alexander | Market built and owned by a Westerner |
1971.10.07 | Registered marriage | Marriage registration |
1975.01.08 | Ng Yat-chiu, Daniel 伍日照 | McDonald's Restaurant |
1887.10.01 | Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese 香港華人西醫書院 | Medical school |
1966.12.27 | Mo Chou, Lily 莫愁 | Miss Hong Kong died by suicide |
1897 | Lumiere Brothers short films | Film screened |
1868.03.27 | Great World Circus | Circus performance |
1848.03 | Victoria Library and Reading Room | Library |
1872.02.14 | Tung Wah Hospital 東華醫院 | Hospital, traditional Chinese medicine treatment |
1871.01 | Smallpox Hospital | Hospital, epidemiological diseases |
1904.06.07 | Alice Memorial Maternity Hospital 雅麗氏紀念產科醫院 | Hospital, maternity |
1906 | [s.n.] | Midwives, locally trained and qualified under British system |
1893.09.05 | Nethersole School of Nursing | Nursing school, hospital-based |
1843.08.10 | Seamen's Hospital | Hospital, private |
1875.01.01 | Lunatic Asylum | Hospital, psychiatric |
1849 | Government Civil Hospital 國家醫院 | Hospital, government |
1843.06.23 | HMS Minden | Hospital ship |
1887 | Alice Memorial Hospital and Nethersole Hospital | Hospital, teaching |
1889.06.17 | Ermclinde, Sister and four others | Nurses, European female |
1845.04.26 | Sinclair, Henry Daniel | Piracy, Westerner convicted of |
1858 | Lock Hospital 性病醫院 | Hospital, venereal diseases |
1926.02.13 | Hong Kong Hotel 香港大酒店 | Hotel fire |
1845 | Ice House | Ice warehouse |
2007.09.10 | Standard, The 英文虎報 | Newspaper, free [English] |
1959 | Diners Club | Charge card |
1974 | BankAmericard | Credit card |
1949.08.19 | Identity Card | Proof of residency |
1940.08.29 | Income tax | Tax based on entities |
1999 | IPO electronic service | IPO electronic service |
1999.11.12 | Tracker Fund of Hong Kong 盈富基金 | IPO, ETF |
2009.12.29 | Schramm Holding AG 星亮控股 | IPO, European company |
2011.04.14 | SBI Holdings Inc. | IPO, Japanese company |
2000 | IPO online subscription application | IPO online subscription application |
1993.07.15 | Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd. 青島啤酒 | IPO, PRC company |
1875.04.16 | Cape d'Aguilar Lighthouse 鶴咀燈塔 | Lighthouse |
1903.10.05 | La Vie et la Passion de Jesus Christ | Film, featured-length screened |
1844.03.04 | Filipino seaman | Homicide Trials |
1844.10.02 | Laong Awa & his wife Laong Kook-shi | Court criminal case |
1842 | Queenstown | Name of the European quarter |
1841.05.01 | Hong Kong Gazette 香港公報 or 香港鈔報 | Newspaper |
1853.09.24 | Hong Kong Government gazette | Government gazette |
1853.08.01 | Chinese Serial 遐爾貫珍 | Newspaper, bilingual |
1867.04 | China Punch | Newspaper, cartoon |
1842.3.24 | Advertisers unknown | Newspaper adverts |
1940 | Nurse and Midwives Association 香港護士及助產士會 | Nurse and midwives professional organization |
1848 | Asile de la Sainte Enfance 聖童之家 | Orphanage |
1800s | Po Yuen Pawn Shop 普源押 | Pawn shop |
1844.09 | Police Corporal, [s.n.] | Police death in the course of duty |
1844.11.04 | Chinese man, [s.n.] | Execution |
1894.06 | Yersin, Dr. Alexander | Plague bacillus, the discovery of |
1902.01.08 | Whale sighting | Whale sighting |
1846 | Marine Region | Police, water |
1982.08.18 | Lam Kor-wan 林過雲 | Serial killer |
1841.11.12 | Post office | Post office |
1862.12.08 | Joubert, Jean Ferdinand | Postage stamp |
1990.04.30 | Xu Jiatun 許家屯 | Defector, PRC representative |
2000.10.05 | MTR Corporation Ltd. | Privatized public utilities entity |
1857.11.24 | Ordinance for Checking the Spread of Venereal Diseases | Prostitution legalized |
1954.10 | Shek Kip Mei Estate 石硤尾邨 | Public housing development |
1918.02.26 | Happy Valley Racecourse | Fire, sports ground |
1953.12.24 | Shek Kip Mei Great Fire 石硤尾大火 | Fire, great |
1904.07.15 | Peak District Reservation Ordinance, 1904 | Racial segregation law |
1870 | Rickshaw | Rickshaw |
1842 | Queen's Road and Hollywood Road | Roads |
1961 | Plover Cove Reservoir 船灣淡水湖 | Rubber dam, water supply system |
1978 | Tai Po Tau 大埔頭 | Rubber dam, irrigation and flood control |
1846.12.06 | Keying 耆英號 | Chinese sailing ship sailed to England |
1862 | Government Central School 中央書院 | School, public |
1842.11.01 | Brown, Rev. Samuel Robbins 鮑留雲 | School headmaster |
2011.12.10 | Coach, Inc. | Secondary offering, US company |
1964.07.31 | Hong Kong Hang Seng Index 恒生指數 | Share index |
1843.08.17 | Shark sightings | Shark sightings |
1868 | Hong Kong Hotel 香港大酒店 | Skyscraper |
1987.10.20 | Li Fook-shiu, Ronald 李福兆 | Stock exchange, complete trading suspension |
1883.04.18 | Sanitary Board 潔淨局 | Supervisory council |
1888.06.11 | Sanitary Board Election | Popular Election |
1947 | Taxi regulatiuons | Taxi licensed |
1971.01.26 | Enjoy Yourself Tonight 歡樂今宵 | Television color program, locally production |
1967.11.19 | Macau Grand Prix 1967 | Television live coverage |
1967.11.20 | Enjoy Yourself Tonight 歡樂今宵 | Television live variety show, local production |
1957.05.29 | Rediffusion 麗的映聲 | Television station |
1967.11.19 | Television Broadcasts Ltd. 電視廣播有限公司 (無綫電視) | Television station, free-to-air terrestrial |
1848.11 | Victoria Theater | Theater |
1841.01.26 | Belcher, Cdr. Edward 卑路乍 | Geographic coordinates captured |
1841.01.26 | Belcher, Cdr. Edward 卑路乍 | Peaks, naming of |
1844.07.10 | Treaty of the Bogue 虎門條約 | Extradition of criminals agreement |
1842.06.10 | Central Market | Market |
1843.12.22 | Stanton, Rev. Vincent John 史丹頓 | Colonial Chaplain |
1843.06 | Matshed Church | Church, Anglican |
1843.06,18 | Roman Catholic Church of the Conception | Church, Catholic |
1843 | Dean, Rev. William 憐為仁 | Church, Protestant [for Teochew] |
1843 | Mohammedan Mosque | Mosque |
1843.02.07 | Celestial | Ship, locally built [not Chinese in design and construction] |
1843.01.20 | [s.n.] | Birth, British subject |
1841 | Lane's Hotel | Hotel |
1846.03.04 | Vice Admiralty Court | Court, admiralty jurisdiction |
1844.02.24 | Demarcation districts | Demarcation districts |
1861.01.24 | May, Charles 查理士·梅理 | Kowloon, Civil Commissioner |
1844.09.06 | May, Charles 查理士·梅理 | Police chief with professional police background |
1845.04 | Oriental Bank Corporation 東藩滙理銀行 | Bank |
1847 | Oriental Bank Corporation 東藩滙理銀行 | Banknotes |
1844.12.18 | Amateur Dramatic Corps | Club, dramatic |
1849.06.07 | Keppel, Capt. Henry | Raid on Macau |
1855.01.23 | Hung Jen-kan 洪仁玕 | Naval battle, near miss |
1856.05.29 | Ordinance to explain certain enactments relating to shipping | British flag worn by ships owned by Chinese residents |
1855.01.15 | Ordinance to enforce neutrality during the contest now existing in China | Neutrality status |
1845.07.03 | Ingwood, Charles | Execution, Eurpoean |
1845.07.03 | Chun Afoon and Chalres Ingwood | Execution, double |
1860.12.25 | Bryceson and Son | Organ, pipe |
1860 | Sangster, Charles Frederick Augustus | Organist |
1854.10.28 | Gaskell, William | Law Society |
1856.03.07 | Tam Achoy 譚亞財 | Fire brigade, Volunteer |
1862.05.03 | Ordinance to provide for the payment of pensions to the civil servants of the Government of Hong Kong | Pensions to civil servants |
1862.08.31 | Ashton, Samuel | Masters and mates certificate |
1862.07.07 | Ball, Henry John | Court for Summary Jurisdiction |
1862.03.01 | Government Gazette, Chinese edition | Government gazette, Chinese edition |
1863.01 | McGregor & Co. Godowns | Pier made of strong timber |
1860.01.20 | Board of Education | Education governing body |
1864.10 | Robinson, Hercules | Club denied special privilege requested by governor |
1862.03.01 | Hong Kong Volunteers | Civil defense unit |
1867.07.02 | Pollard, Edward Hutchinson | Barrister given multiple contempt of court charges in a single court proceeding |
1869.10.01 | Willcocks, Edward J.R. | Police school |
1872.04.05 | Ordinance to make Provision for the Branding and Punishment of Criminals in certain Cases, An | Branding of Chinese convicts |
1871.06.09 | China Submarine Company | Telegraphic communication via submarine cable |
1867 | Tung Hing Theater 同慶戲園 | Theater, Chinese opera |
1867 | Oriental Bowling and Billiard Saloon and Fancy American Bar | Bowling alley |
1870.02.17 | Bush, August | Bicycle race |
1872.07.23 | Ordinance for registering Births and Deaths in Hong Kong | Birth and death registration |
1872.09 | Dengue fever | Dengue fever |
1872.07.29 | de Navarro, Jose | Pistol duel |
1934.01 | Hong Kong Chinese Choral Society | Choral society, Chinese |
1870 | Hong Kong Choral Society | Choral society |
1864 | Douglas Challenge Cup | Boat race, offshore |
1873.02.03 | General Chinese Printing Office 香港中華印務總局 | Publishing company owned and ran by Chinese |
1874.02.04 | Universal Circulating Herald 循環日報 | Newspaper published and controlled by Chinese |
2002.04.15 | Metro 都市日報 | Newspaper, free |
1842.03.17 | Friend of China, The | Newspaper printed in Hong Kong |
1872.04.17 | Chinese Mail 香港華字日報 | Newspaper, Chinese language |
1877.06.07 | Chan Su-kee, George | Marriage [civil], Chinese |
1881.10.21 | Alford, Robert Gervaise | Telephone |
1882.02.19 | Anderson, Robert | Fireman died in the course of duty |
1863 | Jardine, Matheson & Co. | Telegraph |
1853 | Slaughter house | Slaughter house |
1841.06 | Malarial fever | Epidemic of infectious disease |
1853.11.17 | Ordinance for the Removal of Doubts regarding the Right of Aliens to hold and Transfer Property within the Colony of Hong Kong | Alien land ownership |
1880.04.27 | Hong Kong Polo club | Polo club |
1880.04.17 | Polo match | Polo match |
1903.11 | Public bath house | Public bath house |
1903.10.13 | Siberian Railway | Mail route (new) to Europe |
1892.06.01 | Public laundries | Public laundries |
1872.10 | Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation 香港上海滙理銀行 | Banknotes, one dollar |
1867.10.15 | Blockade of Hong Kong 1867 | Blockade |
1843.08.16 | Committee of Public Health and Cleaniness | Committee appointed by government |
1865 | Gindell, A. | Bookbinder |
1871.03.24 | Improvements in electric telegraphs | Patents for inventions |
1866.06.23 | Agra and Masterman's Bank Ltd. 呵加喇馬士打文銀行 | Bank suspended payment |
1867.05.22 | Naval Yard Police Force | Police, naval yard |
1867.08.15 | Public Gambling Houses License | Gambling legalized |
1863.12.15 | Dent fountain | Drinking fountain |
1930.03.31 | Trans-harbor pipeline | Water supply from Kowloon to Hong Kong Island |
1932.03.10 | Lanepart, Herbert Edward | Nudist society |
1924.12 | Mow Fung, Frederick Charles 鍾茂豐 | Masonic lodge master, Chinese descent |
1891 | Lunatic Asylum for Chinese | Hospital, psychiatric [for Chinese] |
1891 | Water supply to the Peak | Water supply to the Peak |
1899.05.16 | Sham Chun [Shenzhen] occupied | Border conflict with China |
1906.10.14 | S.S. Hankow | Fire, ship [with multiple fatalities] |
1644 | Da Qing 大清 | Qing Dynasty established |
1839 | First Opium War | Sino-British War |
1841 | Convention of Chuenpee 穿鼻草約 | Sino-British Treaty (not ratified) |
1842.08.29 | Treaty of Nanking 南京條約, signed | Treaty between Qing China the United Kingdom to end the First Opium War; Hong Kong ceded to Britain |
1842.09.06 | Treaty of Nanking 南京條約, assented by Emperor Tao-kuang | Treaty between Qing China and the United Kingdom to end the First Opium War; Hong Kong ceded to Britain |
1842.12.28 | Treaty of Nanking 南京條約, ratified by Queen Victoria | Treaty between Qing China and the United Kingdom to end the First Opium War; Hong Kong ceded to Britain |
1843.04.05 | Charter of the Colony of Hong Kong | Hong Kong constituted as a colony of the British Crown |
1856 | Second Opium War | Sino, Franco-British war |
1843.10.03 | Treaty of the Bogue 虎門條約 | Treaty between Qing China and the United Kingdom to supplement the Treaty of Nanking |
1858.06.13 | Treaty of Tientsin 天津條約 | Treaty between Qing China and the coalition of United Kingdom, France, Russia and the United States to end the Second Opium War. Fighting, however, restarted on June 24, 1859. |
1860.10.24 | Convention of Peking 北京條約 | Treaties between Qing China and the coalition of United Kingdom, France and Russia to end the Second Opium War. Qing China ceded to the U.K. the part of Kowloon south of the Boundary Street |
1898.06.09 | Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory 中英展拓香港界址專條 | New Territories was leased to the United Kingdom |
1894.07.25 | First Sino-Japanese War 甲午戰爭 | War between Qing China and Japan |
1895.04.17 | Treaty of Shimonoseki 馬關條約 | Treaty between Qing China and Japan to end the First Sino-Japenese War |
1860.10.24 | Order in Council of October 24, 1860 of the United Kingdom | Kowloon officially annexed to the Colony |
1861.04.12 | United States Civil War | United States Civil War |
1865.04.14 | Lincoln, Abraham | President of the United States assassinated |
1894.06.23 | de Coubertin, Baron Pierre | International Olympic Committee |
1896.04.15 | Games of the I Olympiad | Modern Olympic |
1898.10.20 | Order in Council of October 20, 1898 of the United Kingdom | New Territories officially added to the Colony |
1899.12.27 | Order in Council of December 27, 1899 of the United Kingdom | Qing China's right to exercise judiciary power within the Walled City of Kowloon revoked |
1912.01.01 | Republic of China | Constitutional republic established in China |
1912.04.15 | Titanic, RMS | Largest ship afloat at the time sunk on maiden voyage |
1914.07.28 | World War One | Largest war in world history at the time, 18 belligerents in total |
1918.07.11 | Nicholas II, Tsar of Russian Empire | Execution of the Imperial Romanov family in Ekaterinburg |
1922.12.29 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Constitutional republic with communism ideology established in Russia |
1925.03.12 | Sun Yat-sen, Dr. 孫逸仙 | ROC's first president died |
1929.10.29 | Great Depression | Wall Street crash set stage for world depression lasting till 1941 |
1929.10.29 | Aisin Gioro Puyi 愛新覺羅溥儀 | Manchkuo Emperor |
1933.01.30 | Hitler, Adolf | German Chancellor |
1934.08.19 | Hitler, Adolf | Germany Fuhrer (merging offices of president and chancellor) |
1936.12.10 | Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David | Edward VIII of the United Kingdom abdicated in order to marry Willis Simpson |
1967.06.05 | Six-Day War | Israel engaged in war with Egypt, Jordan, and Syria |
1967.10.17 | Aisin Gioro Puyi 愛新覺羅溥儀 | Emperor [last] of China died in Beijing as a private citizen |
1937.07.07 | Marco Polo Bridge Incident 盧溝橋事變 | Japan's full scale invasion of China |
1937.05.06 | Luftschiff Zeppelin Hindenburg | The longest flying machine at the time caught fire and was completely burned down while landing in New Jersey |
1939.09.01 | World War Two | Nazi Germany's Poland invasion set off WWII |
1941.12.08 | Battle of Hong Kong | Japan attacked Hong Kong; the city fell on Christmas Day |
1945.05.08 | World War Two [European Theater], the end of | German High Commands surrendered unconditionally to the Allies eight days after Adolf Hitler killed himself |
1945.09.10 | Chinese Civil War [all out] 國共內戰 | Communist forces engaged KMT army in battles later known as the Shangdang Campaign 上黨戰役 |
1945.08.15 | World War Two, the end of | Imperial Rescript on Surrender by Japanese Emperor Hirohito was broadcasted by NHK 玉音放送 |
1948.01.30 | Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand | Indian independence leader assassinated |
1949.10.01 | Mao Zedong 毛澤東 | People's Republic of China proclaimed |
1950.06.25 | Korean War | Republic of Korea was invaded by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
1949.12.07 | Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石 | ROC government transferred to Taiwan |
1953.07.27 | Korean Armistice Agreement | Korean War ended |
1954 | Vietnam War | Vietnam War |
1957.11.03 | Laika, the dog | Animal to orbit Earth [on USSR space craft Sputnik 2] |
1969.07.21 | Armstrong, Neil | Man walk on the moon |
1998.11.20 | International Space Station | Zarya module launched into orbit around Earth |
1966.05 | Cultural Revolution 無產階級文化大革命 | Radical sociopolitical movement in China |
1967.05.06 | Leftist Riots | Labor dispute at a Li Ka-shing owned factory triggered PRC sponsored riots by pro-communist activists and thugs |
1963.11.22 | Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | Youngest United States President assassinated [he was the youngest president elected to office] |
1972.02.21 | Nixon, Richard Milhous | United States President visited PRC |
1945.10.24 | United Nations membership, ROC | ROC was a UN charter member and a permanent member of the Security Council |
1971.10.25 | United Nations membership, PRC | PRC replaced ROC as a UN member; on November 23 the same year, ROC's seat in the Security Council was also given to PRC |
1971.07.09 | Kissenger, Henry Alfred | United States Secretary of State visited China in secret |
1976.09.09 | Mao Zedong 毛澤東 | Communist Party of China (CPC) Chairman died [he was also Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission] |
1976.10.06 | Jiang Qing 江青 | Gang of Four 四人幫 was arrested |
1964.10.16 | 596 Project | Nuclear weapons test by PRC |
1945.08.06 | Little Boy | Atomic bomb dropped [on Hiroshima] |
1912.02.12 | Aisin Gioro Puyi 愛新覺羅溥儀 | Emperor [last] of China abdicated |
1968.04.04 | King, Rev. Martin Luther | Black civil right leader was assassinated |
1990.02.11 | Mandela, Nelson | South African anti-apartheid leader was released from prison after 27 years |
1979.01.01 | Carter, Jimmy | United States formally recognized PRC and severed relations with Taiwan |
1974.08.08 | Nixon, Richard Milhous | United States President resigned over the Watergate scandal |
1975.04.30 | Fall of Saigon | Vietnam War ended |
1973.10.17 | Oil Crisis 1973 | OPEC imposed an oil embargo against the United States, etc., and cut back reproduction |
1985.07.21 | Li Xiannian 李先念 | PRC President visited the United States |
1984.12.19 | Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong 中華人民共和國政府和大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯合王國政府關於香港問題的聯合聲明 | Agreement for the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong |
1987.10.19 | Black Monday | Stock markets worldwide crashed |
1989.06.04 | Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 八九民運 | Student-led demonstration for democracy met by bloody PLA crackdown |
2011.05.02 | bin Laden, Osama | Al-Qaeda founder and mastermind of the 911 Attacks was killed by U.S. special forces |
2003.10.15 | Yang Liwei, Lt. Col 楊利偉 | Chinese national in space |
2012.06.16 | Liu Yang, Maj 劉洋 | Chinese woman in space |
2001.09.11 | 911 Attacks | Terrorist attacks on the United States by Al-Qaeda |
1996.07.05 | Dolly the sheep | Cloned mammal |
1997.07.01 | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China | Hong Kong's sovereignty was transferred from the U.K. To PRC, the successor state of ROC, which in turn was the successor state of Da Qing |
1991.12.26 | Soviet Union dissolution | Demise of communism in Europe |
1989.11.09 | Berlin Wall fell | Bornholmer Straße border crossing was opened by GDR border guards to allow East Berliners to walk to West Berlin |
1990.10.03 | German reunification | German Democratic Republic's accession into the Federal Republic of Germany |
1893.09.05 | Nethersole Hospital | Hospital for Chinese women |
1903 | Victoria Hospital for Women and Children | Hospital for women and children |
1893.06.02 | Great Northern Telegraph Company | Telephone Exchange |