43 chronicle entries dated 19 July, spanning 14 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、薄扶林水塘、香港薄扶林水塘、天文台總部、香港中區、九龍元州街、赫爾辛基、新界、上水天平山、鶴咀、阿皮亞、馬灣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/1875#〈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: Environmental Protection and Conservation (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1990#〈條目編號〉
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On 19 July 1875, Hong Kong first issued Hong Kong copper coins minted in London; by 20 June 1876, newly minted versions of the five-cent, ten-cent and twenty-cent Hong Kong silver coins were also put into circulation.
On 19 July 1922, the Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood was formally established, and in 1929 it received recognition from the Holy See as a Chinese-membered congregation in the Vicariate Apostolic of Hong Kong.
On 19 July 1926, a boulder weighing 3,000 tons rolled down from the hills near Pok Fu Lam Reservoir, crushing No. 3 Pumping Station of the reservoir and cutting off the water supply to the Peak.
On 19 July 1926, heavy rain affected many places in Hong Kong and Kowloon, causing landslides and flooding, with water several feet deep in parts of Central and Queen's Road East in Wan Chai.
On 19 July 1926, Hong Kong recorded 534.1 mm of rainfall in a single day, and a boulder of about 3,000 tons struck the Pok Fu Lam Reservoir pump house, burying a staff member who died.
In the early morning of 19 July 1926, a typhoon made landfall at Shantou; Hong Kong subsequently came under the influence of the associated southwesterly airstream, with thunderstorms and heavy rain occurring in succession.
According to records, the single-day rainfall measured at the Observatory Headquarters on 19 July 1926 reached 534.1 mm, the highest value for July in recorded history.
The incident cut off the drinking water supply around Victoria Peak, and the collapsed mud and sand were carried by floodwater to the busy districts of Central, covering several main roads with muddy water several feet deep.
On 19 July 1940, the British Chiefs of Staff Committee submitted a report titled that study document, stating that Hong Kong was not part of Britain's core interests and that the garrison could not resist a Japanese attack for long, but that abandoning Hong Kong immediately would damage British prestige.
On 19 July 1948, the Grantham Nursery under the Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association, located on Un Chau Street in Kowloon, was officially opened, being Hong Kong's first kindergarten.
On 19 July 1952, the Hong Kong team travelled to Helsinki, Finland, to take part in the 15th Olympic Games held there, marking the first appearance of Hong Kong athletes on the Olympic stage.
On 19 July 1974, the federation held its first meeting after establishment and elected Shih Wen, chairman of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, as its first chairman.
On 19 and 20 July 1988, Typhoon Warren brought torrential rain, causing severe flooding in northern and northwestern parts of the New Territories, with 12 people injured and 1 missing.
During a rainstorm in July 1988, more than twenty people were trapped at Tin Ping Shan in Sheung Shui and were eventually rescued with the deployment of helicopters and rubber boats.
Cape D'Aguilar covers Kau Pei Chau, the southeastern tip of the Cape D'Aguilar Peninsula and surrounding waters, where the rocky shore and sea erosion landforms are highly representative of Hong Kong.
Cape D'Aguilar has a wide variety of rocky shore organisms, was subsequently designated a marine reserve, and also serves as a site for marine biological research by the University of Hong Kong.
On 19 July 1996, the law provided that unauthorised disclosure of an ICAC investigation constituted an offence only when the investigation had identified a specific target.
On 19 July 1996, the Chinese government signed an agreement, the first of its kind concluded by the country on mutual visa exemption arrangements between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and other countries.
On 19 July 1996, the Agriculture and Fisheries Department held a fish tasting event in Ma Wan, and testing confirmed that the samples were not contaminated by the oil spill.
The Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority was established on 19 July 2002, taking over from the Hong Kong Examinations Authority the coordination and conduct of local examinations and assessments.
On 19 July 2010, several environmental organisations held a joint meeting to discuss follow-up action on the private land development at Tai Long Sai Wan.
On 19 July 2010, four government departments — the Environment Bureau, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, the Lands Department and the Environmental Protection Department — conducted an on-site inspection of excavation works at Sai Wan in Sai Kung.
The organisers, the Grand Alliance, estimated that 193,000 people joined the 17 August Peaceful Universal Suffrage March, while police said the same day that there were 111,800 participants.
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.