25 chronicle entries dated 17 April, 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.
涉及地點香港、大埔林村谷、北京、大嶼山、屏山、屏山文物徑、淘大花園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/1852#〈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/1910#〈條目編號〉
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On 17 April 1852, the Hong Kong High Court found ten Portuguese sailors guilty of murder and piracy and sentenced them to capital punishment; these persons were accused of plundering the British merchant ship "Pioneer" in the Dutch East Indies, in which seven crew members died, and they also became the first foreign group convicted of piracy.
On 17 April 1872, the Wah Tsz Yat Po was officially launched; its predecessor, the Chung Wai San Man Chat Ho, had ceased publication on the 6th of the same month.
On 17 April 1899, British troops clashed repeatedly with New Territories militia in the Lam Tsuen Valley area of Tai Po, and the militia were finally defeated, with their artillery position at Lam Tsuen Gap also falling.
When Halley's Comet returned in 1910, the Director of the Observatory stated that the comet could be observed with the naked eye on 17 April, with a brightness of magnitude 4.
On 17 April 1921, the Hong Kong Government announced the results of the census, taken as of 24 April 1921, showing a total population of 625,166, of whom 610,368 were Chinese and 14,798 non-Chinese.
On 17 April 1931, the Hong Kong Government published the last pre-war census, with 7 March 1931 as the reference date, excluding military personnel, showing a total population of 840,473; compared with the 625,166 recorded in the 1921 census, this was an increase of 34.43%.
The Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council, established on 17 April 1948, was renamed the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions in 1986 and, by membership, is the largest labour organisation in Hong Kong.
On 17 April 1949, the first double-decker bus purchased by Kowloon Motor Bus officially entered service, running on Route 1 between Tsim Sha Tsui and Kowloon City.
On 17 April 1978, the request submitted by the Ministry of Education and the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council regarding the resumption of Jinan University and Huaqiao University was approved by the State Council.
On 17 April 1984, the University of Hong Kong Students' Union submitted its "Declaration on Hong Kong's Future" to the New China News Agency Hong Kong Branch and Government House respectively.
On 17 April 1989, the Hong Kong Government established the Central Policy Unit, which was directly under the Governor and headed by Leo Goodstadt as Chief Adviser.
On 17 April 1989, the Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch held a memorial event for Hu Yaobang, former General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, who died on 15 April.
On 17 April 1997, Chief Executive-designate Tung Chee-hwa, accompanied by Heung Yee Kuk chairman Lau Wong-fat, visited the Ping Shan Heritage Trail and toured the Tang Ancestral Hall.
On 17 April 1997, the Chief Executive-designate Tung Chee-hwa, accompanied by Lau Wong-fat, visited the Ping Shan Heritage Trail and toured the Tang Ancestral Hall; Lau Wong-fat was then Chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk of the New Territories.
On 17 April 2003, the Government published the report on the severe acute respiratory syndrome investigation at Amoy Gardens, showing a cumulative total of 321 infections from 14 March to 15 April and confirming that the virus spread through the sewage system.
On 17 April 2015, the Education Bureau announced the mid-term review of the new senior secondary academic structure, under which school-based assessment would be cancelled for seven elective subjects starting from Secondary 4 in September 2015.
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.
