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THE CALENDAR FOR 1869.
AUGUST-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHases.
d.
h. m.
d. h. m.
Last Quarter 0
0 42
A.M.
New Moon 8 5 44
A.M.
First Quarter 14 Full Moon 22 12 Last Quarter 30 3
8 17
P.M.
00
Noon.
34
P.M.
DAY DAY.
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
6th & 7th
WEEK. MONTH. MOONS..
Sun.
1
24
10th Sunday after Trinity. Lammas day.
Mon.
2
25
Tues.
3
26
Wed.
4
27
British fleet arrived before Nankin, 1842.
Thur.
5
28
Frid.
6
29
Sat.
7
30
Sun.
8
1
Mon.
9
2
Tues.
10
3
11th Sunday after Trinity. British squadron arrived off the Peiho, 1840. From 1st to
15th burning clothes Festival.
Sir H. Pottinger and Admiral Parker arrived, 1841.
Wed. 11
4
Thur.
12
5
Frid.
13
6
174 British prisoners executed on Formosa, 1842. Fire in Wyndham Street, Hongkong,
1868. Earthquake in Peru, 1868.
Sat.
14
7
Sun. 15
8
12th Sunday after Trinity.
Mon. 16
9
Tues. 17
10
Wed.
18
11
Great Fire in Hongkong, 1868.
Thur. 19
12
Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1888.
Frid. 20
13
Sat.
21
14
Emperor Hien Fung died, 1861.
Sun.
22
15
Mon. 23
16
13th Sunday after Trinity. Governor Amaral assassinated, 1849.
Large meeting in Hongkong to protest against the military contribution demanded by the Home Government, 1564. Treaty of Peace between Austria and Prussia signed at Prague, 1866. Schleswig Holstein, Hesse Cassel, Hanover, Nassau, and Frankfort incorporated with Prussia.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur. 26
2225
24
17
St. Bartholomew.
18
19
British left Macao, 1839.
Frid.
27
20
Sat.
28
21
Sun.
29
22
14th Sunday after Trinity. Treaty of Nankin signed, 1842.
Mon.
30
23
Conference at Tientsin with Kishen, 1840.
Tues.
31
24
Severe typhoon on Coast of China, many lives lost, and much damage done to Shipping
at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1848. Typhoon in China Sea, 1861.