19 chronicle entries dated 4 November, 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.
涉及地點官涌、赤柱、大會堂、香港、香港港島半山區、石崗、北京、添馬政府總部、大小磨刀洲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/1839#〈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/2009#〈條目編號〉
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From 4 November 1839, British warships launched attacks on Kwun Chung in a battle lasting ten days, during which the British assaulted the Qing positions on Kwun Chung hill six times and were repulsed each time, after which the British warships and opium vessels left the Tsim Sha Tsui waters; this was the Battle of Kwun Chung.
On 4 November 1844, the Hong Kong government hanged a military follower who had murdered a European police officer at Stanley, the first recorded execution by hanging in Hong Kong.
On 4 November 1884, 34 non-Chinese businessmen and Legislative Council members gathered at the City Hall for a meeting and jointly proposed the establishment of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, with the aim of having horse racing in Hong Kong coordinated by a long-standing organisation.
On 4 November 1932, Hongkong Post conducted an airmail delivery test in which mail was first transported by air to Marseille, France, and then forwarded to London by surface mail.
Huang Musong, Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government, and Zeng Yangfu, Mayor of Guangzhou Special Municipality, visited Hong Kong together for a three-day trip, during which they were received by Governor Andrew Caldecott.
On 4 November 1949, the Hong Kong Government promulgated a regulation governing both licences for scheduled voyages and permits for unscheduled voyages.
On 4 November 1965, the Star Ferry announced that it had submitted an application to the Hong Kong Government for a fare adjustment, proposed to take effect from 1 January 1966.
On 4 November 1968, Caritas House opened; the building was the headquarters of Caritas Hong Kong, located in the Mid-Levels on Hong Kong Island, providing welfare services.
On 4 November 1987, the Hong Kong Government published a summary of consultation views, in which about 67% of views opposed implementing direct elections in 1988.
On 4 November 1998 the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress added a law on the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf to Annex III of the Basic Law.
On 4 November 2016, the Hong Kong SAR Government announced that about 970 hectares of water around the Brothers Islands would be designated as a marine park under an amendment order.
On 4 November 2016, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region designated about 970 hectares of waters near the Ninepin Islands as a marine park.
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.