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THE CALENDAR FOR 1881.
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d.
h.
d.
h.
m.
sec.
m.
sec.
Full Moon 6 9 38 46 A.M.
New Moon 21 11
57 39 P.M.
Last Quarter 14
6 37 38
A.M.
First Quarter 28
7 37 40 P.M.
DAYS
DAYS
Tues.
1
10
Wed.
2
17
Thur.
12
Frid.
4
13
Sat.
14
Sun.
15
Mon.
7
16
Tues.
17
Wed.
9
18
Thur. 10
19
Frid. 11
20
Sat.
12
21
Sun.
13
22
Mon.
14
23
OF THE OF THE
DAYS
OF THE
19th & 10th
WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
All Saints. The port of Quin-hon, on the coast of Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1876.
All Souls.
Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the naval action of Chuen-pee, 1839,
Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1860.
21st after Trinity. English and French treaties promulgated by the Peking Gazette, 1860. Capt. Garcia y Garcia and Dr. Elmore appointed by the President of Peru on a Special
Mission to Japan and China, 1874.
The French repulsed at Corea, 1866. Prince of Wales born, 1841. Loss of the China Navigation Co.'s steamer " Glengyle" on Namoa Island, with the captain and several of the crew, 1875.
H.M.S. "Racehorse" wrecked off Chefoo, out of a crew of 108 only 9 saved, 1864. H.E. Chung How, Chinese Envoy to Russia, arrived in Hongkong on his way to St. Peters- burg, 1878.
Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1864.
22nd after Trinity. Earth quake at Shanghai, 1847.
Loss of Messrs. D. Lapraik & Co.'s str. "Douglas" in the Haitan Straits, 1880. Conven-
tion signed between Russia and China, 1860.
Tues. 15
24
Wed. 16
25
H. M. gunboat "Gnat" lost in the Palawan, 1868.
outbreak of a serious rebellion in Hunan, 1870. H.R.H. Prince Alfred left Hongkong, 1869.
News received in Hongkong of
Thur. 17
26
Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1843.
Frid. 18
27
Sat.
19
28
Collision on the Yangtsze between the strs. "Kungwo," and "Hanyang; both vessels
lost, 1880. Viceroy Tseng-kwo-fan visited Shanghai, 1871.
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Sun.
20
29
Mon.
21
30
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
Frid.
2223
1
Q
24
25
Sat.
26
Sun.
27
Great Fire in Hongkong, 1867. H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Manila, 1869. Chung How, Governor of Tientsin, arrived in Hongkong en route for France as special Am- bassador, to explain the Tientsin Massacre, 1870.
23rd after Trinity. Portuguese Custom house at Macao closed, 1815. Lord Elgin died
1863. Gunpowder explosion at Hankow, 1867.
Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird, of H.M.'s 20th Regt., brutally murdered at Japan,
1964.
Treat fire at Canton, 1,400 houses destroyed, 1835, Terrible boiler explosion on board
the steamer "Yesso" in Hongkong harbour, 86 lives lost, 1877.
Ship "Omar Pacha "lost in China Sea, 1867.
Tremendous fire at Yokohama, 1866. Capture of Arping, Formosa, 1868. H.E. Marquis Tseng, Chinese Ambassador to England, arrived in Hongkong, on his way to London, 1878.
Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British ships, 1839.
Advent. M. Thiers accepts the apology of Chung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the
murder of the French at Tientsin, June 21st, 1870-1871.
Mon. 28
7
Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1856. Great fire in Hongkong, 1867.
T::39.
29
8
Wed.
30
9
Murder of the captain and four men of the British barque "Crofton," near Ku-lan, 1869. St. Andrew's day. St. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecrated 1872.
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