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THE CALENDAR FOR 1870.

AUGUST-31 DAYS.

8.

MOON'S PHASES.

d.

h.

m.

8.

d.

First Quarter 4

h.

m.

4 28

10 P.M.

Last Quarter 19

3 26

58 P.M.

Full Moon 11

4 49

52 P.M.

New Moon 27

5 02 22 ▲.M.

DAY DAY.

OF THE OF THE |

DAYS

OF THE

7th & 8th

WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Mon.

1

5

Lammas day.

Tues.

2

6

Wed.

3

7

Thur.

4

8

British fleet arrived before Nankin, 1842.

Frid.

5

9

Sat.

6

10

Sun.

7

11

8th after Trinity. British squadron arrived off the Peiho, 1840.

Mon.

8

12

Tues.

9

13

Wed. 10

14

Bir H. Pottinger and Admiral Parker arrived, 1841.

Thur.

11

15

Frid. 12

16

Sat.

13

17

Sun.

14

18

174 British prisoners executed on Formosa, 1842. Fire in Wyndham Street, Hongkong,

1888. Earthquake in Peru, 1868.

9th after Trinity,

Mon. 15

19

Tues. 16

20

Wed. 17

21

Thur. 18

22

Great Fire in Hongkong, 1868.

Frid. 19

23

Sat.

20

24

Sun.

21

25

Mon.

Tues.

225

22

26

10th after Trinity. Emperor Hien Fung died, 1881.

Governor Amaral assassinated, 1849.

23

27

Large meeting in Hongkong to protest against the military contribution demanded by the Home Government, 1864, Treaty of Peace between Austria and Prussia signed at Prague, 1866. Schleswig Holstein, Hesse Cassel, Hanover, Nassau, and Frankfort incorporated with Prussia,”

St. Bartholomew,

Wed.

24

Thur.

25

Frid.

26

Sat.

Bun.

Mon. 29

Tues.

******8

28

29

30

British left Maono, 1839.

27

1

28

2

11th after Trinity.

3

Treaty of Nankin signed, 1842.

30

4

Conference at Tientsin with Kishen, 1840.

Wed.

31

5

Severe typhoon on Coast of China, many lives lost, and much damage done to Shipping

at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampos, 1848. Typhoon in China Sea, 1961.

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