Historical place archive

Kowloon in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Kowloon in China. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1860–1860

Historical events in Kowloon

1860

1860
Rule of Kowloon
Hsien Feng · House of Ching

Under the treat of Peking 11 ports are opened & part of Kowloon is ceded to Britain

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match China and Kowloon. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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