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Hong Kong: History, Former Names & Timeline

Island and peninsula at the mouth of the Pearl River, a British colony from 1841 and returned to China in 1997.

Map showing Hong Kong in 1938Hong Kong
Border map for 1938. See the world in 1938.

Explore Hong Kong in the interactive map

Former names of Hong Kong

FromNameNote
1841Hong Kong

Timeline of Hong Kong

YearEvent
1841British forces occupy Hong Kong Island
1898Britain leases the New Territories for 99 years
1941Japan occupies Hong Kong
1997Hong Kong returns to China

Who ruled Hong Kong

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–401 BCUnclaimed / no data
400 BC–324 BCAustro-Asiatic rice cultures
323 BC–201 BCUnclaimed / no data
200 BC–2 BCMin-Yue
1 BC–299Han
300–499Jin
500–599Jin Empire
600–799Sui Empire
800–999Tang Empire
1000–1299Song Empire
1300–1491Great Khanate
1492–1499Ming Empire
1500–1649Ming Chinese Empire
1650–todayHong Kong

Battles and sites near Hong Kong

Nearby cities