The following is a timeline of the history of Hong Kong.
Contents |
Imperial China Era
| Date | Ruling Entity | Events | Other people/events |
| 221 BC | Qin Dynasty | First records of the territory in Chinese history | |
| 206 BC | Han Dynasty | Inhabitants in Ma Wan Island | |
| 25 AD | Building of Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb (est.) | ||
| 901 AD | Punti settlement | ||
| 1075 | Song Dynasty | Founding of Li Ying College | |
| 1163 | Salt fields in Hong Kong first officially managed | ||
| 1277 | China's Imperial court found refuge in Silvermine Bay on Lantau Island during the Battle of Yamen | ||
| 1513 | Ming Dynasty | Jorge Álvares arrives in Tuen Mun | |
| 1685 | Qing Dynasty | Kangxi Emperor opens limited trade on a regular basis starting with Canton | |
| 1757 | British East India Company pursued a monopoly on opium production beginning with India in the far east | ||
| 1793 | Anglo-Chinese relations | ||
| 1818 |
Colonial Hong Kong
Qing Dynasty
| Date | Emperor | Events | Other people/events |
| 1839 | Daoguang Emperor | First Opium War |
British Crown Colony
Japan
| Date | HK Governor | Events | Other people/events |
| 1941 | Geoffry Northcote, Mark Aitchison Young |
Japan begins the 3 years and 8 months occupation, Battle of Hong Kong |
Pearl Harbor incident, US enters World War II |
| 1942 | Isogai Rensuke | ||
| 1945 | Hisaichi Tanaka | End of Japanese Occupation | US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, World War II ends, United Nations formed |
| 1946 | Mark Aitchison Young |
British Crown Colony
People's Republic of China
| Date | HK Chief Executive | Events | Other people/events |
| 1997 | Chris Patten | Hong Kong transferred to the People's Republic of China, first Special Administrative Region government formed. Tsing Ma Bridge opened. Beginning of mass poultry disposal as part of Bird Flu crisis |
Asian Financial Crisis |
| 1998 | Tung Chee Hwa | Kai Tak International Airport replaced by Hong Kong International Airport | |
| 1999 | Right of Abode Hello Kitty murder |
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| 2001 | |||
| 2003 | SARS outbreak, 1:99 Concert Demonstration against Article 23 |
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| 2005 | Donald Tsang | WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Conference | |
| 2007 | Anson Chan vs Regina Ip in HK Island by-election | ||
| 2008 | Edison Chen photo scandal Artistes 512 Fund Raising Campaign Lehman mini-bond crisis ATV management debacle Citizens' Radio raided |
HK holds 2008 Olympics Equestrian event HK holds 2008 Paralympics Equestrian event |
See also
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