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January 18, 1830, Memorial of Select Committee to the Emperor of China presented at the Gate of Canton.
January 20, 1841, Imperial Commissioner Ke Shen cedes Hongkong to Great Britain.
January 21, 1844, Jamieson and How's Godowns attacked by Chinese pirates.
January 22, 1844, First land sale in Hongkong after the ratification of the Treaty of Nanking.
January 23, 1841, Steamer Enterprise left Hongkong with the news of cession of island.
January 24, 1844, First Ordinance of Legislative Council passed.
January 26, 1841, Flag planted and possession taken of Hongkong.
January 28, 1832, Mr. (later Sir John) Davis appointed President of the Select Committee in China.
January 30, 1844, Major-General Lord Saltoun departs for England
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February 7, 1843, Launching of the Celestial, first teak vessel to be built in Hongkong.
February 9, 1816, Lord Amherst sailed for China in the Alceste.
February 11, 1845, the Governor of Hongkong, Sir Henry Pottinger, assaulted at Macao.
February 11, 1843, First cargo of ice arrived in Hong Kong aboard steamer Omega.
February 14, 1831, British merchants forbidden to reside in Macao without previous permit from Court in Lisbon.
February 16, 1842, Sir Henry Pottinger proclaimed Hongkong a free port pending Her Majesty's pleasure.
February 20, 1845, First number of China Mail published.
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February 22, 1784, The Empress, first American ship to reach China, sailed from the United States.
February 23, 1844, White's bungalow in Gage Street attacked by an armed body of Chinese.
February 25, 1842, British Consular agency established in Macao.
March 2, 1841, Sir H. Gough arrived at Whampoa.
March 4, 1844, First sittings of the first Criminal and Admiralty Court in Hongkong.
March 6, 1851, Europeans first discovered Ladrone Islands.
March 7, 1841, Sir H. Gough invests Canton.