19 chronicle entries dated 27 July, spanning 17 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.
涉及地點浙江、福建、廣東、江南、山東、天津、香港、灣仔、望后石及青山、啟德機場、跑馬地、廣東、后海灣下白泥附近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/1656#〈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/1862#〈條目編號〉
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On 27 July 1656, the Qing court strictly enforced the sea ban for the first time, covering coastal areas including Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangnan, Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang, with measures such as erecting wooden fences or building earth embankments to strengthen defence, and ships were not allowed to leave shore, thereby cutting off coastal residents from supplying Zheng Chenggong.
On 27 July 1862, Xinhui, Xiangshan, Dongguan and other places were struck by a typhoon, and in Hong Kong the wind strength ranged between gale and hurricane, causing several deaths.
On 27 July 1871, the Hong Kong Praya Godown Company was established in Wan Chai and built Hong Kong's first commercial warehouse; the related pier construction was completed in March 1873.
On 27 July 1872 the Hong Kong authorities issued a Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance and designated the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs to handle the registration of births and deaths of local residents.
On the night of 27 July 1908, a typhoon struck Hong Kong head-on, and the Observatory fired three wind gun shots at 11:30 that night and hoisted the black cross typhoon signal.
A British vessel named the Ying King sank after encountering a storm between Pillar Point and Castle Peak, killing 423 people with only 42 survivors, making it the deadliest maritime disaster in Hong Kong's recorded history.
On 27 and 28 July 1948, heavy rainstorms damaged the dam and triggered landslides, blocking the Kowloon-Canton Railway tracks and halting train services for four days.
On 27 July 1953, a British Air Force transport aircraft crashed while landing at Kai Tak Airport, ran off the runway and struck nearby buildings before catching fire, resulting in one death and two injuries.
On 27 July 1954, Henry Fok founded Lok Shun Investment Company Limited; after completing registration, the company was the first to sell residential units by instalment, pioneering the practice in the property sector.
On 27 July 1991, the Hong Kong entertainment industry held the Forget Me Not Grand Performance at Happy Valley Racecourse to raise funds for the East China floods.
On 27 July 1996, the Chinese and British sides reached a consensus on the ten-year franchise for Hong Kong's mobile communications services and initialled the minutes of the meeting.
On 27 July 2007, Hong Kong-produced Cantonese films were permitted by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television to enter the Guangdong market without a quota.
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.
