Timeline Leading To 1865
| Year | Date | Event |
| 1838 | 12/31 | Lin Tse-hsu is appointed Imperial Commissioner to handle port and maritime affairs in Kwangtung |
| 1839 | 3/10 | Lin arrives at Canton. |
| 4/11 | Opuim stocks stored on board 22 hulks and owned by Western and Indian/Parsees contraband traders are seized by order of Lin. | |
| 6/3 | The destruction of the seized opium begins at Bogue forts | |
| 1842 | 3/31 | Maj. Gen. Henry Eldred Curwen Pottinger in the service of the British East India Company establishes a Provisional Government of Hong Kong. (In essence, the British occupation government since Hong Kong would not officially become a British colony until 1843/4/5.) |
| 9/29 | Treaty of Nanking is signed | |
| 9/6 | Treaty of Nanking is assented by Emperor Tao-Kuang | |
| 12/28 | Treaty of Nanking is ratified by Queen Victoria | |
| 1843 | 4/5 | Hong Kong is constituted as a British colony under the Letter of Patent (The Hong Kong Charter) dated this day. Pottinger is appointed Hong Kong's first Governor. |
| 6/26 | The Legislative Council is established, the members of which will not be appointed until 8/21 (3 official members appointed). The Council will convene for the first time in the following year on 1/11. | |
| 1845 | 4/unk. | The Oriental Bank Corporation opens a branch to become Hong Kong's first bank. |
| 1847 | unk./unk. | The Oriental Bank Corporation issued over $56,000 unchartered banknotes to be come Hong Kong's first locally issued banknotes. |
| 1856 | Second Opium War | |
| 1859 | 7/19 | The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China opens a branch. |
To Be Completed
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