Britain occupies Hong Kong on January 26,…

January 1841 CE

Britain occupies Hong Kong on January 26, 1841. 

Later in the year, the first census of the island will record a population of about seventy-five hundred.

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Hong Kong > Victoria Hong Kong China View →

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Daoguang Emperor View → Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston View →

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Chinese Empire, Qing (Manchu) Dynasty View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Jardine, Matheson & Co. View →

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Opium War, First View → Chinese Rebellion & Reaction 1840-51 View →

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Narcotics View →

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