THE CALENDAR FOR 1920
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HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
...
...
1918 ...€8.9 65.8
1919
...62.4 57.1 ...65.2
61.0
BAROMETER, 1919
DECEMBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st
...
...6h. 47m.
5h. 38in.
15th 31st
...
...6h. 55m.
5h. 41m.
...
...7h. 03m.
5h. 49m.
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
m.
Last Quarter
3 0
29
A M.
New Moon
10
6 4
P.M.
First Quarter
18
10 40
P.M.
Maximum
Minimum
Mean
Mean
...
1918
Full Moon
25
8
38
P.M.
0.140 inches
30.19
...
RAINFALL
1919 0.725 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF 10 & 11
WEEK
i
MONTH
Wed.
1
Thurs.
2
Fri.
3
Satur.
25
Sun.
5
26
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
27
28
29
30
MOONS
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
2 2 2
22
Queen Alexandra born, 1844.
23
24
S. Francis Xavier died on Sanchoan, 1552.
Fri.
30
>>>
10
1
Satur.
Sun.
Mon.
= 23
11
12
3
13
Tues. Wed.
14
15
LO CO
5
6
Thurs.
16
7
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
Mon.
098
18
19
10
20
11
First census of Hongkong taken, population 15,000, 1841.
Six foreigners killed at Wang-chuh-ki, 1847. Soochow re-taken by the Imperialists under General Gordon, 1863. The Japanese warship "Unebi-kan" left Singapore and not heard of again, 1886.
European factories at Canton destroyed by a mob, 1842,
Ningpo captured by the Taipings, 1861. Consecration of new Pei-tang Cathedral,- Peking, 1888. Piratical attack on Portuguese str. American, near Macao, the captain-
being killed, 1913.
"
Piracy on board the Douglas str. 'Namoa," five hours after leaving Hongkong. Captain Pocock and three others murdered and several seriously wounded, 1890. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Robinson, 1891. Confucius died, B.C. 400.
Indeninity paid by Prince of Satsuma, 1863. Admiral Bell, U.S.N., drowned at
Osaka, 1867.
Imperial Decree stating that the Foreign Ministers at Peking are to be received in
audience every New Year, 1890.
First
French flag hauled down from the Consulate at Canton by Chinese, 1832.
Reception of foreign ladies by the Empress Dowager of China, 1898, President Yuan- Shih-kai invited to ascend the Dragon Throne of China by a unanimous vote of the provincial delegates at Peking, 1915.
All Roman Catholic Priests (not Portuguese) expelled from Macao, 1838. Hongkong Prize Court condemned German steamer "Tannenfels," seized as a Prize by the destroyer "Chelmer," 1914.
Memorial Stone of New Harbour of Refuge at Mongkoktsui laid by the H. E. Governor,
1915. United States District Court for China opened at Shanghai, 1906. Sir W. Des Voeux, formerly Governor of Hongkong, died, 1909. H.E. Sir R. Stubbs inspects Hongkong Defence Corps on its last parade, 1919. Coastal shipping strike at Hongkong, 1919. Sir Hugh Gough and the Eastern Expedition left China, 1842.
Arrival of Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales at Hongkong in the "Bacchante," 1881. Two cotton mills destroyed by fire at Osaka, 120 persons burnt to death, 1893. Tuan Fane murdered, 1911.
Steam navigation first attempted, 1736.
Two Mandarins arrived at Macao with secret orders to watch the movements of
Plenipotentiary Elliot, 1836.
Sir Henry May, of Hongkong, appointed Governor of Fiji, 1910. One million dollars worth of forged Chinese banknotes seized in Hongkong, 1912. President Yuan Shih-kai performed the Worship of Heaven, 1914.
British Consulate at Shanghai destroyed by fire, 1870.
૬.
CHRISTMAS DAY. Great fire in Hongkong, 368 houses destroyed, immense destruction
of property, 1878.
Tues.
21
Wed.
22
22
12
18
23
Thurs.
23
14
Fri.
24
15
Satur.
25
16
Sun.
26
17
BANK HOLIday. ST. STEPHEN.
Great fire at Tokyo, 11,000 houses destroyed, 26-
lives lost, 1897.
Mon.
Tues
Wed.
Thurs.
5228 2
27
29
30
PRIN
18
Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1865.
19
Canton bombarded by Allied forces of Great Britain and France, 1857.
20
21
31
22
Dr. Sun Yat Sen elected Provisional President of the Republic of China, 1911.