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Day of the Month

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Christian

CALENDAR FOR CHINA, JAPAN, AND THE PHILIPPINES.

Day of the

Week

12

41 Friday

1

Chinese

Japanese

Mahomedan

Shaenshoyee

JANUARY-31 DAYS.

Parace

Kudmee, or Nowroz

CHINESE: 11th and 12th Moons

JAPANESE: Jiu-itchi-gwats-Jiu-ni-gwats JEWISH: Tebet-Sh'bat.

MAHOMEDAN: Rajab-Shaban

Hijree..

Fuslee.

Soorsun...

"Shaenshoyee : Teer-Amurdad,

PARSEE:Kudmee:" Amurdad-Sharaver or

Nowroz 130 to 160.

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Chronology of Remarkable events.

2323232111131 Captain Gribble seized and brought to Canton, 1840.

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Trade at Canton re-opened, 1839.

Saturday

3

C

4 Monday

5 Tuesday

|2424242212132 Lin Tehsa appointed Commissioner, 1839.

2525252313133 Li Singyuen appointed Imperial Commissioner in Kwangsi, 1851. 2626262414134 Commissioner Yeh captured, 1858.

6 Wednesday 2727272515135 Captain Dicey and his party of the "Madagascar" landed in Macao, 1843 10-7 Thursday 2828282616136 Forts at Chuenpi taken with great slaughter, 1841.

10-

8 Friday

9 Saturday 10 C

strangled at Canton, 1785.

2929292717137 Ice one fourth inch thick at Canton, 1852. Gunner of the Lady Hughes

1 1 12818138

2 2 22919139 British forces visit Fung-wha, 1842. Ilipu arrived in Canton, 1848. 11 Monday 3 3 33020140

12 Tuesday .4 4 4 121141 Woo-ch'ang stormed and taken by insurgents, 1853, 13 Wednesday 5 5 5 222142

14 Thursday 6 6 6 323143

15 Friday

7 7 7 424144

16 Saturday 20-37

17 C 18 Monday

19 Tuesday

8 8 8 525145

9 9 9 626146

101010 727147 C. Majoribanks, president of the B. I. Company, left China, 1832. 111111 828148 Mariners' church at Hongkong opened by Bishop of Victoria, 1851. 20 Wednesday 121212 929149 Elliot and Kishen's treaty, ceding Hongkong, 1841. 21 Thursday 1313131030150 (Brit, ship Imogen attacked by pirates, 1862. Mr. Davis with his family 22 Friday 14141411 1151

23 Saturday

24

C

sailed for England, 1835.

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15151512 2152 Death of the Empress dowager of Kis-king, 1850. 16161613 3153 (H. E. Francisco A. G. Cordoza arrives at Macao, 1851. Bamboo Towa 17171714 4154

25 Monday 11-26 Tuesday 18181815 5155 du 27 Wednesday 1919 1916 6156

at Whampoa destrøyed by fire, 1851.

burnt, 1835.

Hongkong taken possession of, 1841. St. Paul's Church at Macao Interview between Kishen and Elliot, 1841.

28 Thursday 20202017 7157 Imperial Chinese Edict published appointing Huang Tsunghan Impe-

Friday

21212118 8158

rial Commissioner, 1855.

30 Saturday 22222219 9159 Lord Saltoun leaves China with $3,000,000 ransom money, 1845.

5-31

-31 C

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