Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區 (Chinese in Traditional characters) Jūng'wàh Yàhnmàhn Guhng'wòhgwok Hēunggóng Dahkbiht Hàhngjingkēui (Hong Kong Cantonese in Yale romanisation)
• British occupation | 26 January 1841
• Treaty of Nanking | 29 August 1842
• Convention of Peking | 18 October 1860
• Extension of Hong Kong Territory Convention | 9 June 1898
• Imperial Japanese military occupation | 25 December 1941 to 30 August 1945
• Transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom | 1 July 1997