Hong Kong
City
Former British colony on the south China coast (1841-1997), now a special administrative region of China.
Held by
- 1789 – January 25, 1841 Imperial China
- January 26, 1841 – October 16, 1860 United Kingdom
- October 17, 1860 – June 8, 1898 Imperial China
- June 9, 1898 – December 23, 1941 United Kingdom
- December 23, 1941 – September 2, 1945 Japan Military occupation
- August 30, 1945 – June 29, 1997 United Kingdom
- since July 1, 1997 People's Republic of China
Events here 11
- September 4, 1839 Battle of Kowloon
- 1894 1894 Hong Kong plague
- September 7–18, 1906 1906 Hong Kong typhoon
- December 8–25, 1941 Battle of Hong Kong
- December 25, 1941 – August 30, 1945 Japanese occupation of Hong Kong
- May 1967 – December 1967 1967 Hong Kong riots
- July 13, 1968 – 1970 Hong Kong flu
- July 1, 1997 Handover of Hong Kong
- September 26 – December 15, 2014 2014 Hong Kong protests
- December 15, 2014 Umbrella Movement
- March 15, 2019 – June 30, 2020 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests