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THE CALENDAR FOR 1883,
AUGUST—31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d.
h. m.
sec.
d.
h.
m.
New Moon
3
9 02
42
A.M.
Full Moon 19
8
09
вес. 49 A.M.
First Quarter 11
9
05
43
A.M.
Last Quarter 25 1 7
49 P.M.
DAYS DAYS
OF THE OF THE
DAYS
OF THE
6th & 7th
WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Wed.
Thur.
Frid.
128
29
3
1
30
Mr. T. F. Wade, C.B., appointed H.B.M. Minister at Peking, 1871, Peh-tang occupied
by the Allied forces, 1859.
Victims of Massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.
Sat.
4
2
British fleet arrived before Nanking, 1842.
Sun.
5
3
Mon.
6
4
Tues.
7
Б
11th after Trinity. Macartney's Embassy entered Peiho, 1796.
Serious Flood at Tientsin, 1871. Loss of the British steamer "Hongkong" at entrance to
Haitan Straits, 1882.
British squadron arrived off the Peiho, 1840.
Wed.
8
6
Assassination of Mr. Haber, German Consul at Hakodate, 1874.
Thur.
9
7
British troops landed at Nanking, 1842,
Frid.
10
Sir H. Pottinger and Admiral Parker arrived, 1841.
Sat.
11
9
First public meeting of British merchants in Canton, called by Lord Napier, who
gested the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce, 1834.
sug-
Sun.
12
10
12th after Trinity. Loss of steamer "Sunshine" off Breaker Point, 1872. Imperial
decree ordering release of Ch'ung How out of deference to Russia, 1880.
Mon.
13
11
174 British prisoners executed in Formosa, 1842. Death of Sir John Smale, late Chief
Justice of Hongkong, in London, 1882.
Tues, 14
12
Wed. 15
13
Thur. 16
14
Frid. 17
15
Sat.
18
16
Sun.
19
17
Mon.
20
18
Tues.
Wed.
22
21
19
22
20
Thur. 23
21
Frid.
24
22
Sat.
25
23
Sun.
26
24
Mon.
27
25
Tues.
28
26
Wed.
29
27
Thur.
30
28
Frid.
31
29
Tong-ur-ku taken, 1860.
Viceroy of Canton tried to starve the foreigners in China, 1830. Kagoshima burnt by Admiral Kuper in the "Euryalus," 1863. Great Fire on French Concession, Shanghai; 991 houses destroyed; loss Tls. 1,500,000, 1879. Second public meeting of British merchants in Canton, British trade stopped by Hong
merchants, 1834. French treaty with Siam signed, 1856.
Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave Canton, 1834. Dutch treaty with Japan
signed, 1858. Great fire in Hongkong, 1868.
13th after Trinity.
First conference between Sir Henry Pottinger and Ki-ying on board the "Cornwallis,"
at Nanking, 1842. Taku forts taken by the Allied forces, 1860.
Emperor Hien Fung died, 1861. Treaty between Japan and Peru signed at Tokio,
1873. Typhoon at Nagasaki, 1874. Governor Amaral (Macao) assassinated, 1849.
Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, stabbed, 1870. Seizure of steamer Spark" by pirates when between Canton and Macao, Capt. Brady and Felix Ferries murdered, and Mr. Mundy seriously wounded, 1874. Conspiracy among Chinese troops against foreigners at Tientsin detected, 1874.
Large meeting in Hongkong to protest against the military contribution demanded by
the Home Government, 1864.
St. Bartholomew. Burning of the P. M. S. S. "America," at Yokohama, 1872,
British Chamber of Commerce established at Canton, 1834. Treaty between Great Britain
and Japan signed, 1858,
14th after Trinity. British left Macao, 1839,
Amoy taken by the English, 296 guns captured, 1841.
Lord Amherst's Embassy left for Yuen-ming-yuen, 1816. Slavery abolished in British possessions, 1833. Collision on Yangteze between "Pehin," "Ewo," and "Hattie E. Tapley," 1882.
Treaty of Nanking signed, 1842.
Conference at Tientsin with Ki-shen, 1840. Loss of the British ship "Deerhound,” on
the Palawan Shoals, 1875.
Severe typhoon on Coast of China, many lives lost, and much damage done to shipping
at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1848. Typhoon in China Sea, 1861.