Claude Maxwell MacDonald

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1898–1899

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Claude Maxwell MacDonald, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Britain leases the New Territories: 99-year Hong Kong convention

   1898–1899

   Role: Negotiator for the United Kingdom (new person candidate; no matching staged Person identity among legacy candidates)

   1. 19 June 1898 · PekingSigning of the Convention

      The United Kingdom and Qing China signed the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory in Peking on 9 June 1898.

   2. 29 June 1898 · New TerritoriesDefinition of Leased Territories

      The convention defined the leased areas as the New Territories and New Kowloon, including 235 islands, for a 99-year term.

   3. 31899 · New TerritoriesLocal Resistance to British Takeover

      Local clans resisted British administration in 1899, fearing for their traditional land rights, leading to the Six-Day War.

Sources

1. Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-01