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Rule of Hong Kong

Great Britain · Government / Tory Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1841Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1841

George Hamilton-Gordon Aberdeen, 4th20 January 1841

Hong Kong · Government / Tory Party Government

Hong Kong is ceded to Britain at the Convention of Chuanbi

Robert Peel20 January 1841

Hong Kong · Government / Tory Party Government

Hong Kong is ceded to Britain at the Convention of Chuanbi

Names involved

George Hamilton-Gordon Aberdeen, 4thRobert Peel

Provenance

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