21 chronicle entries dated 19 August, 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、九龍寨城、長洲、大嶼山銀礦灣涌口、喜馬拉雅山脈、赤柱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/1845#〈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/1927#〈條目編號〉
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On 19 August 1845, the jury system was regulated by Hong Kong government legislation, with six persons as the number of jurors and qualifications laid down for serving as a juror.
On 19 August 1845, the Hong Kong government legislated to provide that the Supreme Court could hear cases concerning debts and claims not exceeding 100 dollars without a jury, and the ordinance was made for this purpose.
After nightfall on 19 August 1912, about 40 pirates attacked the Cheung Chau Police Station, seizing a batch of weapons, ammunition and over $1,000 in cash; they then robbed a pawnshop on the island, taking a large amount of jewellery and over $2,000, and finally fled by boat to Macau.
On 19 and 20 August 1927, part of the structure of the Kai Tak Airport hangar was damaged by strong winds, with at least 27 people killed, 7 missing and 9 injured.
On 19 August 1932, the Hong Kong Government promulgated an ordinance consolidating the various regulations on the employment of women, young persons and children in industry and on factory accidents, providing that the Governor may appoint a Labour Officer and empowering the Governor in Council to make regulations for the protection of labour.
On 19 August 1945, Truman decided to remove Hong Kong from the China Theatre's area of jurisdiction and transfer the handling of the surrender of Japanese troops in Hong Kong to Britain.
On 19 August 1945, the Japanese army pursued guerrillas around Chung Hau at Silver Mine Bay on Lantau Island, detaining a village headman and villagers totalling 300 people, causing the deaths of 11 villagers, many injuries, and the burning of several houses, an event known as the Silver Mine Bay massacre.
On 19 August 1945, US President Truman decided to exclude Hong Kong from the China Theatre and to let Britain handle the surrender arrangements for the Japanese troops in Hong Kong.
On 19 August 1949, the Hong Kong Government published an ordinance requiring residents in Hong Kong aged 12 or above to register with the Registration of Persons Office and obtain identity cards; the office was established on the same day and began accepting applications and issuing cards from October, marking the Government's first issuance of identity cards.
On 19 August 1974, the breakthrough ceremony for the High Island Reservoir water transfer tunnel was held; the tunnel is 25 miles long and links High Island Reservoir, Lower Shing Mun Reservoir and Sha Tin Water Treatment Works.
On 19 August 1980, the Hong Kong Commodity Exchange launched gold futures contracts and officially began trading, becoming the first such trading in Hong Kong's history.
On 19 August 2002, the Education Department issued an attendance order to a parent who had kept her daughter at home for education and refused to let her attend school since February 2000; the order required the parent to arrange for her eleven-year-old daughter to return to school on or before 15 September of the same year.
On 19 August 2009, Guangdong and Hong Kong reached the "Guangdong-Hong Kong Environmental Protection Cooperation Agreement" covering collaboration on air pollution control and water resource conservation.
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.