HK History Research

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157 items with this tag.

Sep 27, 2026
The Sham Shui Po POW Camp Imprisonment
Sep 27, 2026
Emergence of Regional Ceramic Style Exchange Networks
Sep 27, 2026
Introduction of Intensive Rice Paddy Cultivation
Sep 27, 2026
The Emergence of Local Ancestor Veneration Cults
Sep 27, 2026
Faxian's Maritime Return Through the South China Sea
Sep 27, 2026
The Arrival of Persian Merchant Communities in the Estuary
Sep 27, 2026
Importation of Southwestern Chinese Style Jade Rings
Sep 27, 2026
Introduction of Advanced Lapidary Techniques
Sep 27, 2026
Neolithic Settlement of Chek Lap Kok Island
Sep 27, 2026
Expansion of Austronesian maritime trade networks
Sep 27, 2026
Introduction of bronze metallurgy in coastal settlements
Sep 27, 2026
Foundation of the Nanyue Kingdom
Sep 26, 2026
Implementation of the Repatriation of the Destitute
Jan 01, 2022
Fifth Wave of COVID-19 Overwhelms City
Jan 01, 2022
The Brain Drain: Emigration Wave Intensifies
Dec 23, 2021
Removal of Statues from Universities
Dec 22, 2021
Removal of the Pillar of Shame
Dec 09, 2021
Mandatory 'LeaveHomeSafe' App Usage in Public Venues
Oct 03, 2021
Disbanding of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
Apr 01, 2021
Introduction of the New Liberal Studies Curriculum
Mar 11, 2021
Electoral Overhaul by Beijing
Jan 31, 2021
UK Launches BNO Visa Scheme for Hong Kong Residents
Jul 31, 2020
Postponement of the Legislative Council Election
Jun 30, 2020
Promulgation of the National Security Law
Jun 30, 2020
Enactment of the National Security Law
Jan 01, 2020
The 'Yellow Economic Circle' Initiative
Nov 24, 2019
Landslide Democratic Victory in District Council Elections
Nov 17, 2019
The Siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jun 09, 2019
Mass Protest Against the Extradition Bill
Jan 01, 2019
Rise of the 'Lennon Walls' as Digital-Physical Hybrid Spaces
Oct 23, 2018
Opening of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
Oct 09, 2016
The Inaugural Hong Kong Formula E Grand Prix
Jan 01, 2016
The First Legislative Council 'Filibuster' Era Intensifies
Jan 01, 2015
Launch of the 'Quit Schooling' or Independent HK Discussion
Sep 28, 2014
Launch of the Umbrella Movement
Aug 31, 2014
NPCSC Announces the 831 Decision on Suffrage
Oct 20, 2013
Mass Protests Over HKTV Free-to-Air License Denial
Mar 27, 2013
The Occupy Central with Love and Peace Concept
Sep 08, 2012
Withdrawal of National Education Curriculum
Jan 01, 2012
Birth of the 'Locust' Rhetoric and Anti-Mainland Sentiments
Jun 25, 2010
Passage of the 2012 Constitutional Reform Package
Jan 01, 2009
Implementation of the New Senior Secondary Curriculum
Sep 15, 2008
Lehman Brothers Minibonds Financial Crisis
Aug 09, 2008
Hong Kong Hosts Beijing Olympic Equestrian Events
Aug 08, 2008
Hong Kong Hosts Olympic Equestrian Events
Jul 10, 2008
Passage of the Race Discrimination Ordinance
Jan 27, 2008
The Edison Chen Celebrity Photo Leak Scandal
Nov 12, 2006
Demolition of the Central Star Ferry Pier
Dec 13, 2005
WTO Ministerial Conference Protests
Sep 12, 2005
Opening of Hong Kong Disneyland
Mar 12, 2005
Resignation of Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa
Dec 16, 2004
Launch of the Link REIT IPO
Dec 30, 2003
The Death of 'Daughter of Hong Kong' Anita Mui
Dec 20, 2003
Opening of the KCRC West Rail Line
Jul 28, 2003
Launch of the Individual Visit Scheme
Jul 01, 2003
First 'July 1st' Rally Mass Mobilization
Jun 29, 2003
Signing of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement
Mar 11, 2003
The SARS Outbreak Cripples the City
Dec 01, 2000
Launch of the Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme
Jun 24, 2000
Public Housing Short-Piling Construction Scandal
Jan 01, 2000
Implementation of the New Senior Secondary Academic Structure
Sep 24, 1998
Establishment of the Mandatory Provident Fund Authority
Jul 06, 1998
Opening of Chek Lap Kok International Airport
Jan 01, 1998
Implementation of the New Language Policy
Dec 29, 1997
H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak and Poultry Cull
Oct 23, 1997
Defense of the Hong Kong Dollar Peg
Sep 01, 1997
The Octopus Card Goes Public
Jul 01, 1997
The Official Handover to China
Apr 27, 1997
Opening of the Tsing Ma Bridge
Mar 30, 1996
The Great BNO Passport Application Rush
Jan 01, 1994
The Rise of the Independent Commission Against Corruption's 'Clean' Culture
Mar 23, 1993
Demolition of the Kowloon Walled City
Sep 15, 1991
First Direct Legislative Council Elections
Jan 01, 1991
Opening of the Tate's Cairn Tunnel
Dec 15, 1990
Release of Wong Kar-wai's Days of Being Wild
Jan 01, 1989
Emigration Wave to Canada and Australia
Jun 16, 1988
Introduction of the Vietnamese Refugee Screening Policy
Oct 19, 1987
Black Monday Stock Market Crash
Sep 01, 1986
The Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant Protests
Sep 24, 1982
Thatcher's Beijing Visit Initiates Sovereignty Negotiations
Sep 01, 1978
Introduction of Nine-Year Free Education
May 04, 1975
Arrival of the Clara Maersk with Vietnamese Refugees
Feb 15, 1974
Establishment of the ICAC
Feb 15, 1974
Establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Community Relations Department
Feb 15, 1974
Introduction of the Official Languages Ordinance
Nov 19, 1971
Governor Murray MacLehose Arrives
May 06, 1967
1967 Leftist Riots
Feb 06, 1965
Hong Kong Banking Crisis of 1965
Jan 01, 1962
Establishment of the Cotton Spinners Association
Jan 01, 1962
The May Exodus Refugee Crisis
Oct 10, 1956
The 1956 Double Tenth Riots
Jan 01, 1952
Founding of Union Film Enterprise
Jan 01, 1949
Mass Refugee Influx from Chinese Civil War
Aug 15, 1945
Imperial Japanese Broadcast Announcing Surrender
Jan 19, 1942
Establishment of Stanley Internment Camp
Dec 25, 1941
Black Christmas and British Surrender
Dec 25, 1941
St. Stephen's College Massacre
Dec 10, 1941
Breach of the Gin Drinkers Line
Jul 03, 1940
Evacuation of British Women and Children
Nov 30, 1929
Registration and Reform of the Mui Tsai System
Feb 18, 1927
Lu Xun's Lectures in Hong Kong
Jan 12, 1922
Hong Kong Seamen's Strike
Feb 26, 1918
The Happy Valley Racecourse Fire Disaster
Mar 28, 1916
Opening of the Tsim Sha Tsui Railway Terminus
Jan 01, 1912
The Tramway Boycott Over Foreign Coins
Oct 10, 1911
Outbreak of the 1911 Xinhai Revolution
Jan 01, 1911
The 1911 Population Census
Jan 01, 1908
The Tatsu Maru Boycott and Anti-Japanese Movement
Jan 01, 1904
Enactment of the Peak District Reservation Ordinance
Jan 10, 1901
Assassination of Yeung Ku-wan
Jan 01, 1900
Establishment of the New Territories Land Court
Dec 27, 1899
British Annexation of the Kowloon Walled City
Apr 14, 1899
The Six-Day War in the New Territories
Jun 09, 1898
Signing of the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong
Jun 20, 1894
Alexandre Yersin Discovers the Plague Bacillus
Jan 01, 1894
Bubonic Plague Outbreak in Tai Ping Shan
Jan 01, 1890
Construction of the Jamia Mosque
Jan 01, 1889
Launch of the Praya Reclamation Scheme
May 30, 1888
Inauguration of the Peak Tram
Feb 16, 1887
Establishment of the Alice Memorial Hospital
Jan 01, 1886
Sir Patrick Manson Founds the Dairy Farm Company
Jun 05, 1883
Establishment of the Sanitary Board
Jan 01, 1882
Publication of the Chadwick Report on Sanitary Conditions
Jan 01, 1878
Founding of the Po Leung Kuk
Jan 01, 1877
Governor John Pope Hennessy Reforms Racial Policies
Jan 01, 1870
Establishment of the Tung Wah Hospital
Jan 01, 1866
Creation of the District Watch Force
Mar 03, 1865
Founding of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Jan 01, 1863
Completion of the Pok Fu Lam Reservoir
Oct 24, 1860
Convention of Peking Cedes Kowloon Peninsula
Jan 01, 1860
Establishment of the Diocesan Girls' School
Jun 26, 1858
Legalization of the Opium Trade
Jan 01, 1858
Outbreak of the Caldwell-Anstey corruption scandal
Jan 15, 1857
The Esing Bakery Poisoning Incident
Jan 01, 1855
Rise of the first Chinese comprador networks
Dec 28, 1851
The Great Sheung Wan Fire
Jan 01, 1846
Opening of the first steamship wharf
Nov 04, 1844
First Mass Protest and Strike
May 01, 1844
Establishment of the Hong Kong Police Force
Jun 26, 1843
Proclamation of Hong Kong as a Crown Colony
Jan 01, 1843
Morrison Education Society School moves to Hong Kong
Jan 01, 1843
Outbreak of the devastating 'Hong Kong Fever' epidemic
Aug 29, 1842
Signing of the Treaty of Nanking
Mar 17, 1842
Launch of The Friend of China Newspaper
Jun 14, 1841
First Public Land Auction in Hong Kong
Jun 07, 1841
Hong Kong Declared a Free Port
Feb 02, 1841
Elliot Guarantees Local Chinese Customary Rights
Jan 20, 1841
Negotiation of the Convention of Chuenpi
Jan 01, 1841
Jardine, Matheson & Co. Builds East Point Settlement
Jan 01, 1841
Establishment of the Victoria Gaol
Jul 07, 1839
The Lin Weixi Affair in Tsim Sha Tsui
Jun 03, 1839
Destruction of Confiscated Opium at Humen
Mar 24, 1839
Lin Zexu Enforces Opium Blockade
Jan 01, 1838
Role of Compradors as Cultural Brokers
Jan 01, 1792
Origins of the Cheung Chau Jiao Festival
Jan 01, 1486
Construction of the Tai O Tin Hau Temple
Jan 01, 1310
Expansion of Ancestral Hall Rituals in Southern Clans

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