21 chronicle entries dated 3 February, spanning 18 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.
同一日日子相同、年份唔同 —— 唔一定同一件事。 · 志錄大事 · 全年份索引 · 呢日嘅 JSONSame calendar day, different years — not necessarily the same event.
涉及地點大澳涌、倫敦、香港、西環堅尼地城、虎門、深水埗石硤尾村、黃毛應村、新界西貢黃毛應村、柴灣歌連臣角、香港大會堂、石崗船民中心、雲南麗江Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
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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/1836#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口） Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Territory, Geography and Population
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Territory, Geography and Population (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1942#〈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/1978#〈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/1999#〈條目編號〉
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On 3 February 1836 (the tenth day of the first month of the sixteenth year of the Daoguang reign of the Qing), subordinates of Guan Tianpei, naval commander of Guangdong, discovered that Chen Yaxin, a shopkeeper of the Tong Hop store at Tai O Chung, had privately manufactured four cannon, and thereupon sent a document to Xin'an County urging the arrest of Chen.
On 3 February 1853, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Britain heard a dispute over the cashing of a bill of exchange, the first time Hong Kong submitted a civil appeal to that committee.
On 3 February 1908, the first Shanghai-Hong Kong Cup match was co-organised by the Hong Kong Football Club and the Shanghai Football Club, with the Hong Kong Football Club winning 3-0 at home.
At 11:30 pm on 3 February 1920, a fire broke out at the Nam Wah Company godown at 26 Kennedy Town, Western District, and the flames subsequently spread to eight other buildings, killing 34 people in total.
On 3 February 1938, Humen was blockaded by Japanese warships; from the following day, all passenger shipping services between Guangzhou and Hong Kong were suspended.
On 3 February 1942, the Hong Kong-Kowloon Brigade of the Guangdong People's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Force led by the Chinese Communist Party was declared established in Wong Mo Ying Village, Sai Kung, the New Territories.
Cai Guoliang had worked at the Hong Kong Amoy Canning Corporation factory and later became commander of the Hong Kong-Kowloon Brigade; Chen Daming was a leader of the Hong Kong student movement and served as political commissar; the political training office was headed by Huang Gaoyang.
On 3 February 1967, the Hong Kong Government promulgated an amending ordinance providing that civil servants' pensions and retirement benefits would no longer follow the 90 per cent standard set in 1959, but would revert to being calculated in full on the basis of actual salary at the time of departure.
On 3 February 1992, South Vietnamese and North Vietnamese boat people at the Shek Kong Vietnamese Refugee Centre clashed over the use of hot water, and the living area subsequently caught fire, resulting in 24 deaths and about 120 injuries.
On 3 February 1996, an earthquake of magnitude 7 on the Richter scale struck Lijiang, Yunnan, and various sectors and organisations in Hong Kong donated a total of HK$166 million and other aid for disaster relief.
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.
