Directory_and_Chronicle_1875 — Page 31

THE CALENDAR FOR 1875.

JANUARY-31 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

(For Civil Mean Time at Hongkong.)

d. h. m. sec.

d. h.

m. sec.

►

New Moon

First Quarter 15

8 0 44 50 A.M.

Full Moon 22 1

17

26 A.M.

4 53

38

A.M.

Last Quarter 29

8

10 08 P.M.

DAYS DAYS

-OF THE OF THE

DAYS

OF THE

11th 12th

WEEK. | MONTH| MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Frid.

1

24

Hiogo and Osaka opened, 1888.

Sat.

2 25

Sun.

3

26

Mon.

4

27

Tues.

5

28

Wed.

6

29

Thur.

7

30

Frid.

8

1

Sat.

9

2

Sun.

10

3

1st after Epiphany.

Mon.

11

4

2nd Sunday after Christmas. Lin Tsihsu appointed Commissioner, 1830. Li Bingyuen appointed Imperial Commissioner in Kwangsi, 1861. Hon. W. H. Seward visited Hongkong, 1871. Great Fire at Yeddo, 1870.

Commissioner Yeh captured, 1858.

Epiphany.

Forts at Chuenpi taken with great slaughter, 1841.

Ice one-fourth inch thick at Canton, 1852. Gunner of the “Lady Hughes " strangled

at Canton, 1785.

Murder of Mr. Holworthy, 1889. Marriage of the Mikado of Japan, 1869.

Sir R. Alcock left Hongkong for England, 1870.

Tues.

12

5

Wed.

13

6

Thur.

14

7

Frid.

15

8

H.I.H. the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia returned to Hongkong from Nagasaki, 1873,

Sat.

16

9

Sun.

17

10

2nd after Epiphany. Great Gunpowder explosion in Hongkong harbour, 1887.

Mon. 18

11

Tues.

19

12

Wed. 20

13

Elliot and Kishen treaty, ceding Hongkong, 1841. Chung How and Suite returned to

China, 1872.

Steamer "Corea" lost on her voyage to Yokohama, 1887. Sir Edmund Head died, 1888.

Attack on Lieut. Kerr and the boat of the "Cockchafer” at Swatow, 1889.

Thur. 21

14

Frid.

22

15

Sat.

23

16

Sun. 24

17

4

Mon. 25

18

Princess Royal married, 1858.

Tues. 26

19

P. & 0. steamer "Niphon," lost off Amoy, 1868.

Septuagesima. U.S. Corvette “Oneida" lost through collision with P. & O, steamer

Bombay," near Yokohama, 1878.

Hongkong takenpossession of, 1841. St. Paul's Church at Macao burnt, 1835.

Wed. 27

20

Thur. 28

21

Frid. 29

22

Sat.

30

23

Napoleon III. married, 1853. Loss of steamer “ Suwonada,” 1872.

Lord Saltoun left_China with $3,000,000 ransom money, 1846. H.I.H. the Grand Duks

Alexis left for Manila, 1873.

Sun.

31

24

Sexagesima. First arrival of the “ Colorado " from San Francis eo,

1867.