30 chronicle entries dated 26 June, 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.
涉及地點白石海沙江、沙江圍、廈村、鷄柏嶺寨、雞伯嶺、香港、深圳、摩星嶺、調景嶺、香港展覽中心、觀塘、大老山、北京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/1680#〈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/1971#〈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: Territory, Geography and Population (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1999#〈條目編號〉
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On 26 June 1680, pirates landed at Pak Shek Hoi Sha Kong (today's Sha Kong Wai) and plundered the area around Ha Tsuen along the coastline; soldiers and civilians at Kai Pak Leng Fort (today's Kai Pak Leng) resisted for several days but were ultimately overrun and killed.
On 26 June 1843, Qiying arrived in Hong Kong as Imperial Commissioner of the Qing government to exchange ratifications of the Treaty of Nanking with Pottinger, who concurrently served as British Superintendent of Trade in China, Plenipotentiary to China and Administrator of Hong Kong, after which Hong Kong became a British Crown Colony.
On 26 June 1843, following the completion of the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Nanking, Pottinger was sworn in as the first Governor of Hong Kong, holding the office until 7 May 1844.
On 26 June 1844, the Hong Kong government imposed a ban on gambling, enacting an ordinance that made operating gambling houses and taking part in gambling illegal.
On 26 June 1872, the Governor's proposal submitted to the Executive Council was accepted, allowing the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to issue one-dollar banknotes to address wear and depreciation of silver dollars in circulation; however, the Colonial Secretary strongly opposed this and suggested permitting only a total of $226,000 in irredeemable one-dollar notes to continue circulating.
On 26 June 1937, the Education Department held the first Hong Kong Secondary School Certificate Examination, with 721 candidates sitting the exam and 423 ultimately obtaining certificates.
On 26 June 1940, to block the enemy's advance, the British blew up two bridges over the Shenzhen River on the Guangdong-Hong Kong boundary; before this, Japanese troops had already completed their assembly in Shenzhen.
On 26 June 1950, the Hong Kong government relocated a group of refugees originally residing at Mount Davis and pro-Kuomintang in batches to Rennie's Mill, today's Tiu Keng Leng.
On 26 June 1969, the construction contract for the Cross-Harbour Tunnel was signed by the Hong Kong Cross-Harbour Tunnel Company Limited and the Cross-Harbour Tunnel International Consortium for $270 million.
On 26 June, the Urban Services Department announced that the red tide had subsided, noting that this was the Hong Kong Government's first official record of a red tide.
On 26 June 1986, the 86 International Travel Expo was held at the Hong Kong Exhibition Centre, with the participation of tourist boards from 39 regions, together with 32 hotels, 23 travel agencies and 18 international airlines.
The agreement between Hong Kong and the Netherlands concerning air services took effect from 26 June 1987, and its coverage also extended to the Special Administrative Region Government established on 1 July 1997.
On 26 June 1991, the Tate's Cairn Tunnel, connecting Siu Lek Yuen in Sha Tin and Diamond Hill in Kowloon, was officially opened, with a total length of four kilometres.
On 26 June 1993, the Liberal Party was formally established, formed from the reorganisation of the Co-operative Resources Centre which had been dissolved in March, with Martin Lee as its first Chairman.
"Chinese national children born to them" is defined under Article 24, paragraph 2, item (3), meaning that at the time of the child's birth, at least one of the parents already satisfied the conditions set out in item (1) or item (2).
On 26 June 1999, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress issued an interpretation of Article 22 of the Basic Law, providing that Mainland residents must hold both a One-way Permit and a Certificate of Entitlement to the Right of Abode in order to obtain the right of abode in Hong Kong.
Under the interpretation of Article 22(4) of the Basic Law, "persons from other parts of China" covers Chinese-national children born in the mainland of China to Hong Kong permanent residents; such children must, when entering Hong Kong, complete the required procedures in accordance with the law.
After the State Council submitted a motion for interpretation regarding the right of abode provisions, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress commenced its deliberation process and formally adopted the interpretation by vote.
The Voting by Imprisoned Persons Ordinance was promulgated by the SAR Government on 26 June 2009, and from 30 October of the same year eligible imprisoned voters could exercise their voting rights.
The organization replaced the abolished Office of the Commissioner of Insurance on the same day and commenced its regulatory work over the Hong Kong insurance industry.
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.