11 chronicle entries dated 5 April, 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.
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.
涉及地點英國、香港、香港及倫敦、多蒙特、九龍、香港天文台總部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/1843#〈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/1969#〈條目編號〉
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The Letters Patent was issued by Queen Victoria on 5 April 1843; this document was also known as the Hong Kong Charter and established the Colony of Hong Kong.
On 5 April 1843, Queen Victoria declared the establishment of the Colony of Hong Kong by Letters Patent, also known as the Hong Kong Charter, confirming Hong Kong's status and the nature of its government; the document also provided for the office of Governor of Hong Kong, granted it extensive governing powers, and in principle provided for the establishment of an Executive Council (formerly known as the Executive Council) and a Legislative Council (formerly known as the Legislative Council).
On 5 April 1884, the Queen signed and promulgated the revised Letters Patent; in the Executive Council, the Treasurer held an ex officio official seat as expressly provided, bringing the total number of such seats to four.
On 5 April 1889, The China Mail published the first batch of telephone numbers of the China and Japan Telephone Company, 62 in total, numbered 1 to 62, each held by a different company or individual, with calls connected through an operator.
On 5 April 1908, Hong Kong residents launched the first boycott of Japanese goods and refusal to travel on Japanese ships, expressing dissatisfaction with the Qing government's weak handling of the smuggling of arms by the Japanese freighter Nisshin Maru.
From 5 April 1955, a radio facsimile service was opened between Hong Kong and London, allowing both sides to transmit images and text information to each other in just a few minutes.
On 5 April 1959, at the 25th World Table Tennis Championships held in Dortmund, West Germany, Hong Kong-born table tennis player Rong Guotuan competed for China and won the men's singles title, becoming the People's Republic of China's first world champion since its founding.
On 5 April 1989, To Hok-fai founded the Joint Association for Commemorating the Victims of the War of Resistance Against Japan as convener, with the aims of seeking war reparations and studying Sino-Japanese history.
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.