14 chronicle entries dated 4 February, spanning 13 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.
涉及地點香港、九龍、鐵崗聖保羅書院、上環、荃灣、中區、英國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/1846#〈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/1861#〈條目編號〉
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On 4 February 1846, a Vice-Admiralty Court was established in Hong Kong, with the then Chief Justice Hulme appointed by the British government as its judge.
On 4 February 1848, the Hong Kong Vice-Admiralty Court delivered its verdict on a ship robbery of the previous December, convicting twelve Chinese pirates, four of whom were executed that day.
On 4 February 1861, Queen Victoria issued an Order in Council concerning Kowloon; the land of the Kowloon Peninsula south of Boundary Street thereby changed from leased territory to part of the "Colony of Hong Kong". On the 30th of the same month, the Hong Kong Government gazetted the Order, and Kowloon's legal system thereafter became the same as that of Hong Kong Island.
The Tsun Wan Yat Po was founded in Hong Kong on 4 February 1874 by Wang Tao; it was the first Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong's history, with both funding and editorial work handled by Chinese.
On 4 February 1888, the Hong Kong Government enacted an ordinance making vaccination compulsory for children aged between six months and 14 years who had resided in Hong Kong for more than six months, in order to prevent smallpox; it was Hong Kong's first epidemic prevention legislation.
On 4 February 1938, the first Hong Kong Products Expo was held by the Chinese Manufacturers' Association together with the Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association at St. Paul's College on Iron Hill, running for four days with the theme of showcasing Chinese goods.
On 4 February 1947, the passenger ship 'Xi'an' caught fire while berthed at Tung On Pier in Sheung Wan in the early morning, resulting in about 200 deaths.
On 4 February 1959, Far East Bank opened in Tsuen Wan, becoming the first institution to provide banking services in the New Territories; it was restructured the following year and renamed Far East Bank.
On 4 February 1994, the Hong Kong Sports Institute was merged into the Sports Development Board to form the statutory Hong Kong Sports Development Board.
On 4 February 1997, British Home Secretary Michael Howard announced a scheme under which 8,000 Hong Kong ethnic minority British National (Overseas) status holders could apply for British citizenship to avoid becoming stateless after 30 June 1997.
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.