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THE CALENDAR FOR 1880.
APRIL-30 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d.
h.
ዓ. sec.
d. h. m.
sec.
Last Quarter
2
1 58 45
P.M.
New Moon
9 10 43 39
P.M.
25 6
First Quarter 18 2 50 42 A.M.
Full Moon
26 39
A.M.
DAYS DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
2nd & 3rd
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Thur.
1
22
Trid.
2
23
Sat.
3
24
Sun.
25
Mon.
26
Tues.
6
27
Wed.
7
28
Thur.
8
29
Frid.
9
1
Sat.
10
2
Sun.
11
3
Mon.
12
Tues.
13
5
Wed. 14
6
Thur.
15
7
Fri.
16
8
Sat.
17
Sun.
18
10
3rd after Easter.
Mon.
19
11
WEEK. MONTH, MOONS.
Q M
** 10 N
The port of Hohow, Hainan, opened to foreign trade, 1876. Hongkong joins the Postal Union, 1877. The ports of Pakhoi, Wenchow, Wuhu, and Ichaug formally opened to trade, 1877.
Prince Kung degraded by the Empress Dowager, 1865,
The steamer " Hailoong" struck on Hailoong Rock, 1872.
Low Sunday. Tung-chi, late Emperor of China, born 1857.
Bogue Forts destroyed by General D`Aguilar, 1847. Coolie mutiny on board the Italian
ship" Therese,” 1868.
Convention between Sir John Francis Davis and the Viceroy Ki-ying for the admission
of Europeans into the city of Canton, within two months, 1842. Hongkong Mint opened, 1866
Captain Elliot writes to the Governor of Canton informing him that a British ship saved
17 shipwrecked Chinese seamen, 1837.
Ki-ying appointed Imperial Commissioner, 1842. Extraordinary fraud on the Comptoir
D'Escompte d. Paris at Yokohama, 1875.
2nd after Last. Earthquake in Thibet, Batang destroyed, 1870. Departure of Sir Ri- chard G. MacDonnell, Governor of Hongkong, 1872. Terrific tornado in Canton; 2,000 houses destroyed, and 10,000 lives lost, 1878. 37,000 Christians butchered in Japan, 1738. Loss of M. M. steamer "Nil," 1874.
Yih-shan, Lung-wan, and Ki-kung arrived in Canton to command Chinese troops, 1841. Collision between steamers "Ava" and " 'Rona," 1872. Loss of C. C. 8. N. steamer "Haining" on a rock off Kooshan, 1878.
St. Francis Xavier left Goa for China, 1552.
Sir Arthur Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872. Break-down of the P. & O. steamer
"Gwalior" in the China Seas, 1875.
Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1871. Loss of the steamer" Kwangtung" off one of the
Ockseu islands, 1876.
**Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in China waters, arrived, 1830.
Tues. 20
12
Wed. 21
13
H.M.S. "Salamis" returned to Hankow from Upper Yangtsze, 1869.
Thur. 22
14
East India Co.ceased trade with China, 1834. Arrival of Governor J. Pope Hennessy in
Hongkong, 1877.
Frid. 23
15
St. George's Day.
Sat.
24
16
Revolt on board the "Tamaris," Captain killed by the coolies, 1870.
Sun.
25
17
4th after Easter. St. Mark's day.
Mon.
26
18
The second Dutch Erabassy arrived at Canton from Peking, 1796.
Tues. 27 19
Wed. 28
20
Thur. 29
21
Frid.
30
22
Capt. Caine appointed chief magistrate of Hongkong, 1841, Major-General Whitfeild left Hongkong, 1874. Arrival of General Grant in Hongkong, 1879. The Great Wu Shih Shan case opened at Foochow, 1879.
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