14 chronicle entries dated 25 December, spanning 6 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.
涉及地點中環、香港、赤柱聖士提反書院、香港天文台、灣仔、九龍石硤尾、石硤尾、中環置地廣場Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
同日條目
Chronicle entries dated 25 December (oldest first)
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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/1878#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況(人口) Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Territory, Geography and Population
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Territory, Geography and Population (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1941#〈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/1941#〈條目編號〉
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On 25 December 1878, a fire broke out on Hing Lung Street in Central, spreading to Queen's Road Central, Stanley Street and Wellington Street, destroying 368 houses with property losses of about $1 million.
Before the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong on 25 December 1941, there were no border controls, so the number of people leaving Hong Kong could not be accurately calculated.
At dawn on 25 December 1941, Japanese troops seized St Stephen's College in Stanley, which was being used as a temporary medical facility, and killed about 70 British wounded soldiers while also assaulting and killing medical staff, an event known as the 'St Stephen's College massacre'.
After 18 days of fighting, the Japanese defeated the British with overwhelming naval, land and air superiority, and Governor Mark Young formally announced Hong Kong's surrender to Japan on 25 December 1941.
On 25 December 1952, Tak Ming Watch Case Factory was founded, and by the mid-1950s the company had become the manufacturer in Hong Kong with the largest factory area, the most advanced equipment, and the capability to produce waterproof watch cases.
On the night of 25 December 1953, which was Christmas Day, a fire broke out in the Shek Kip Mei squatter area, burning for six hours over an area of 41 acres, resulting in 3 deaths, 51 injuries, 2,580 squatter huts destroyed, and over 50,000 people left homeless.
In the early hours of Christmas Day, a riot broke out at Landmark in Central, where over a thousand citizens gathered due to a traffic accident and damaged vehicles, resulting in 11 injuries and 18 arrests.
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.