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THE CALENDAR FOR 1880.
FEBRUARY-29 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d. h.
m.
sec.
d. h. m. sec.
Last Quarter
3 11
14 41 P.M.
New Moon
10 6 53 40
P.M.
First Quarter 18 11 21 45
Full Moon
A.M.
25 8 57
44
A.M.
DAYS DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
12th & 1st
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
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Sun.
21
Mon.
22
Tues.
3
23
Wed.
4
24
Thur.
5
25
Frid.
6
26
Sat.
7
27
Sun.
8
28
Mon.
9
29
Tues.
10
1
Wed.
11
2
Thur.
12
3
Frid.
13
4
Sat.
14
5
Sun.
15
6
WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
1 2
00
Sexagesima. Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841: P. & 0. Com-
pany's New Post Contract commenced, 1868.
Letters from the Imperial Commissioner Lin to H.B.M the Queen, complaining of the persistency of her subjects in sending Opium to China, 184). The new German Club opened, 1872.
Great robbery in the Central Bank discovered, 1865. Outrage on Foreigners at Kobe, Japan, 1863. Loss of steamer " Chekiang," 1373. Loss of the C. M. Co.'s steamer
Kiangchang" on the Porpoise rock, in the Yangtze, 1878.
The Spanish brig “Nuevo Lepanto," on her way from Hongkong to Macao, was taken
by two pirate junks near Lantao, 1865.
The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction from the Chinese for
the burning of the Spanish brig "Bilbaino," 1840.
The "Therese," 62 days after her departure, while in sight of land, was taken by the coolies,
who killed the officers and crew, 1868.
Quinquagesima. The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of
Mnila, for the purpose of taking Form sa, 1626. Great Fire at Foochow, 1868. The Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, crew,
and 250 Coolies missing, 1857.
Shrove Tuesday.
Ash Wednesday. Death of Emperor Kien-lung in the 60th year of his reign, 1795. Ki-chen receives at Canton a decree from Emperor Tao-kwang rejecting the conditions of peace agreed upon by him with the English, 1841.
The Allied Commissioners at Canton send a letter to the Secretary of State at Peking recommending the advisability of appointing a Plenipotentiary to settle the difficulties at Shanghai, 1858.
Outbreak of Convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875.
St. Valentine's day. New Chinese Hosp tal opened by Sir R. G. MacDonnell, 1872. Loss
of Messrs. D. Lapraik & Co.'s steamer" Taiwan," in the Formosa Channel, 1879.
1st in Lent.
Mon.
16
7
Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841.
Tues. 17
8
In urgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855.
Wed. 18
9
Thur. 19
10
Frid. 20
11
Sat.
21
12
Sun.
22
13
Mon.
23
14
Tues.
24
15
Wed. 25
16
Thur. 26
17
Frid.
27
18
Sat.
28
19
Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, was shipwrecked in the Java Sea, 1817, Outrage on Sir Harry Parkes in Japan, 1868. Mr. Hoshi Toru, a Japanese barrister of the Middle Temple, admitted to practise in the Supreme Court of Japon at Yokoh ima, 1878. Medical Missionary Society organised at Canton, 1838. Mr. A. R. Margary, of H.B.M.'s
Consular service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yunnan, by Chinese, 1875.
2nd in Lent. The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years).
Several chests of Opium public y burnt at Canton, 1835. Hostilities between England and thina recommenced, 1841. Steamer"Queen" captured a d burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1867.
Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841.
Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong, 1849.
Rewards offered for Englishmen by Lin, 1841.
A Chinese Opium Mer-
Bogue Fors (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremmer, 1811.
chant was executed by order of Viceroy of Canton before the factories. The foreign Consuls hauled down their flags, 1841.
Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at Koka, 1976,
Sir MacDonald Stephenson's China railway project published, 1864. Capture of the Sulu
capital by the Spaniards, 1876.
Sun.
29
20
3rd in Lent.
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