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THE CALENDAR FOR 1876.
APRIL-30 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d. h.
m.
sec.
d. h. m.
sec.
First Quarter 1 11 48 26
P.M.
Last Quarter 17 4 14
02
A.M.
Full Moon
9 3
15
20
A.M.
New Moon 24 2 39 56
P.M.
DAYS DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
3rd & 4th
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
1 2 3 4
7
8
9
5th in Lent. Prince Kung degraded by the Empress Dowager, 1865, Richmond, the insurgent Capital, captured by Union forces, 1865.
10 Tung-chi, late Emperor of China, born 1857.
Wed.
11
Coolie Mutiny on board the Italian ship “Therese,” 1868.
Thur.
12
Frid.
7
13
Sat.
8
14
Sun.
9
15
Moti. 10
16
Tues.
11
17
Wed. 12
18
Thur.
13
19
Frid.
14
20
Sat.
15
21
Sun.
16
22
Mon.
17
23
Insurgent army under Lee surrendered to Union army under Grant, 1865.
Palm Sunday.
Kiying appointed Imperial Commissioner, 1842. Extraordinary fraud on the Comptoir
D'Escompte de Paris at Yokohama, 1875,
Earthquake in Thibet, Batang destroyed, 1870. Departure of Sir Richard G. Mac-
Donnell, Governor of Hongkong, 1872.
Bombardment of Fort Sumter and civil war commenced, 1861. Loss of M. M. steamer
'Nil," 1874.
46
Capture of Magdala, and end of Abyssinian expedition, 1888.
Good Friday. Yihshan, Lungwan, and Ki-kung arrived in Canton to command Chinese Collision between steamers troops, 1841. President Lincoln assassinated, 1865. ** Ava" and "Rona,” 1872.
Easter Sunday. Attempt to assassinate the Emperor of Russia, by Karakozoff, Russian Peasant, 1866. Sir Arthur Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872. Break-down of the P. & O steamer "Gwalior" in the China Seas, 1875,
Sir H. Parkes first visited Osaka, 1867.
Tues.
18
24
Wed. 19
25
Thur. 20
26
Napoleon III. born, 1808.
Fri.
21
27
H.M.8. “Salamis" returned to Hankow from Upper Yangtese, 1869.
Sat.
22
28
East India Co.ceased trade with China, 1834.
Sun. 23
29
Low Sunday. St. George's Day.
Mon.
24
1
Tues.
25
Wed.
26
0 20
Thur. 27
4
Frid. 28
5
Sat.
29
6
Sun.
30
7
2nd after Easter. Capt. Caine appointed chief magistrate of Hongkong, 1841, Major-
General Whitfeild left Hongkong, 1874.