11 chronicle entries dated 19 January, spanning 10 years. Each records only time, place and people or organisations, with the source file and page number. Entries from volumes not yet published are not filled in, and no nearby date is substituted.
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《香港志·總述 大事記》(公元前 5000 年至 2017 年,共 6,500 多條大事) Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events)
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute (2020). Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events) (p. 〈頁碼〉). /chronicle/archive/1861#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Environmental Protection and Conservation
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Environmental Protection and Conservation (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1968#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》自然環境 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Natural Environment
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Natural Environment (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1974#〈條目編號〉
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On 19 January 1861, the Hong Kong Government held a ceremony to take over Kowloon, attended by British Plenipotentiary to China Lord Elgin (accompanied by Governor Robinson), as well as the Qing-appointed Xin'an County Magistrate, the Dapeng Assistant Brigade General, and the Kowloon Inspector.
On 19 January 1873, the steamer I-tun of the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company made its maiden voyage, officially entering service on the Shanghai-Hong Kong route.
On 19 January 1888, Britain further amended the Letters Patent and Royal Instructions, the two constitutional documents governing Hong Kong, adding an express provision that the new Governor must take an oath before assuming office in the presence of a High Court judge and Executive Council members; this oath requirement also covered other public officers required to take an oath.
On 19 January 1888, Britain amended Hong Kong's constitutional documents to require the Governor to obtain the Legislative Council's consent, in addition to consulting it, when making legislation, thereby giving the Legislative Council legislative power for the first time.
On 19 January 1942, the Japanese authorities announced the establishment of the Governor's Office of the Occupied Territory of Hong Kong to take over from the Hong Kong Military Administration; the handover was completed on 20 February the same year, and the mode of governance changed from military to civil administration.
On 19 January 1965, the Hong Kong Government agreed to a proposal by the Urban Council and decided to adopt the Bauhinia as the city flower of Hong Kong.
On 19 January 1970, a counterfeit banknote syndicate in North Point was broken up by police, with HK$7.7 million in Philippine pesos and US dollar counterfeits seized and five people arrested; three male defendants were convicted of manufacturing and possessing counterfeit banknotes on 19 March of the same year and each sentenced to two years' imprisonment, and on 23 March a female defendant was convicted of possessing counterfeit banknotes and jailed for one and a half years.
On 19 January 1979, a vessel named the Huey Fong entered Hong Kong waters and anchored north of Kau Yi Chau; the Hong Kong government did not obstruct the vessel on humanitarian grounds.
The archive holds 36501 entries, of which 8766 are dated to an exact day — those are the only ones used here. Entries dated only to a month or a year are never forced into a day. Coverage reflects published volumes only; missing years are not filled in.