20 chronicle entries dated 4 August, spanning 16 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.
涉及地點伶仃洋、南京、九龍、西環、倫敦、香港、英國倫敦、愉景灣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/1837#〈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/2012#〈條目編號〉
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On the fourth day of the seventh month of the seventeenth year of the Daoguang reign of the Qing dynasty, Deng Tingzhen, Governor-General of Liangguang, demanded that Elliot, British Superintendent of Trade in China, withdraw the opium hulks anchored in the Lingdingyang area.
On 4 August 1842, Pottinger led a large fleet and troops north to attack China's coastal and riverside towns, arriving outside Nanjing on the same day.
On 4 August 1915, Li Yuan Taibai Lou in Western District officially opened, with a theatre stage, a stage and Chinese and Western restaurants, becoming an important amusement venue in the Western District of Hong Kong Island.
The Hong Kong lawn bowls team travelled to London, England, to compete in the 2nd British Empire Games (later known as the Commonwealth Games), Hong Kong's first participation in the event.
On 4 August 1942, Captain David MacDougall of the British Army Aid Group secretly infiltrated Hong Kong, made contact with the Hong Kong-Kowloon Brigade, and discussed cooperation between the two sides with brigade commander Cai Guoliang.
On 4 August 1961, under an Immigration Service Ordinance enacted in 1961, the Hong Kong Government split the Immigration Department from the former establishment of the Police Force, set it up as a separate body and renamed it the Immigration Department, tasked specifically with matters relating to immigration.
On 4 August 1967, the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong was recognised by the Hong Kong Government as a statutory organisation empowered to issue certificates of origin, becoming the first local Chinese industrial body to obtain this certification authority.
On 4 August 1978, the employer and the factory workers reached an agreement, led by the Hong Kong and Kowloon Textile and Dyeing Industry Workers' General Union.
The USS Blue Ridge, flagship of the United States Seventh Fleet, arrived and berthed in Hong Kong on 4 August 1997, the first foreign warship permitted to dock after the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
On 4 August 2000, the Chinese Culture Institute completed its registration, with the aim of promoting Chinese culture and enhancing the public's and students' understanding of Chinese history and culture.
On 4 August 2005, representatives of the Cantonese opera sector obtained the consent of the owner of Sunbeam Theatre to extend its operation until January 2009.
On 4 August 2009, Typhoon Goni passed about 100 kilometres southwest of Hong Kong, and the Observatory hoisted the No. 8 signal for six hours, causing four deaths and eleven injuries.
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.