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THE CALENDAR FOR 1880.
MARCH-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d. h.
m.
sec.
d.
h. m.
sec.
Last Quarter
4
6 42 39
A.M.
First Quarter 19
8 12
40
A.M.
New Moon
11
8
22 47
A.M.
Full Moon
26
8 59 41 P.M.
DAYS
DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
1st & 2nd
WEEK.
MONTH. MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
1
Mon.
2
* =
21
Tues.
22
Wed.
3
23
Thur.
4
24
Frid.
5
25
Sat.
6
26
Sun.
7
27
Mon.
8
28
Tues.
9
29
Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1872.
Wed. 10
30
Thur.
11
1
Frid.
12
2
Sat.
13
3
Sun.
14
4
Mon.
15
5
Tues. 16
6
Wed. 17
7
Thur. 18
8
Frid. 19
9
Sat.
20
10
Sun.
21
11
Mon. 22
12
Tues. 23
13
Wed. 24
14
Thur. 25
15.
Frid. 26
16
Sat.
27
17
St. David's day. H.M. steamer "Inflexible," with Viceroy Yeh on board, arrived at
Singapore en route for Calcutta, 1958.
First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657. Loss of steamer "Kiangloong," 1873.
Great Fire in Foochow, 1877.
Collision between the "Ocean" and "Fusing," and loss of the latter with many lives, 1875. Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849.
The Portuguese ship "Jesus Maria Jose," belonging to Macao, captured by a French privateer, 1712. Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the Eng- linh, 1841.
4th in Lent Russian steamer "Wolga" lost in the Japanese Sea, 1868. Commercial treaty concluded between the United States and Japan, 1854. The "
after passing Arjer, was burnt at sea by the coolies, 1867.
Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English in Ningpo and
Chin-hai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842.
Gov. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1866. Loss of steamer "Sunfoo," 1874. Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner
1841.
Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849.
5th in Lent. 8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi, with great slaughter,
1842 Outrage on French Sailors in Japan, 1868.
Governor Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1865.
Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1866.
St. Patrick's Day. Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794. The "Napoleon Canevaro" burnt at sea by the cool es, 1866. Loss of Messrs. D. Lapraik & Co.'s steamer "Yesso," on the White Rocks 30 miles from Swatcw, 1879.
Governor of Canton accedes to the request of Captain Eliot to reside in that city, 1837.
Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839.
Gov. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848. Mutiny on board the coolie ship "Robert Brown," Captain and part of the crew murdered, 1852. Death of Tseng-kw-fan, Viceroy of the Two Kiang, 1872.
Palm Sunday. British ship "Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834.
H.M.S. Salamis" and H.M. gunboat
re
"Opossum, "with the Shanghai Chamber Deputies, left Hankow to explore the Upper Yangtsze, 1809.
Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839. Death of Major-General Prunker com- Death of Mr. W. F. mander-in-chief of FT,M.'s forces in China and Janan, 1869 Mayers, Chinese Secretary of H.B.M.'s Leration at Peking. at Shanghai. 1978. Annunciation-Lady Day. Captain Elliot demands pa sports for himself and all the
British subjec's imprisoned in Canton, 1839.
Good Friday. Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.
A disabled Dutch shin ordered to leave the port of Macao by the Chinese Mandarins,
1828. Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1875.
Jeddo,"
Sun. 28
18
Easter Sunday. 20,289 Chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1839 Wreck of the "Yuen-
tze-fee" near Amov. 1875.
Mon. 29
19
Tues. 30 Wed. 31
20
21
Memorial of Shanghai Chamber of Commerce to Lord Elgin, 1858,
Attack upon the British bark "Elizabeth Childs," by Chinese pirates about 40 miles
from Hongkong, 1879,
Inauguration of new British Consulate at Shangbai, 1873. Abolition of the Coolie trade
at Macao, 1874. Great Fire at Foochow; 500 houses destroyed, 1879.
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