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THE CALENDAR FOR 1876.

NOVEMBER-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d.

h.

m.

sec.

a. h.

m.

Bec.

Full Moon

2 7 07 20 A.M.

New Moon 16 8

24

20 A.M.

Last Quarter

9

12

53

32 A.M.

First Quarter 24

12 03 26 P.M.

DAYS DAYS

OF THE OF THE

DAYS

OF THE

9th & 10th

WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Wed.

1

16

All Saints.

Thur.

2

17

All Souls.

Frid.

3

18

General U. S. Grant elected President of the United States, 1868.

Sat.

4

19

Sun.

5

20

21st after Trinity.

Mon.

6

21

Tues.

7

22

Wed.

8 23

Thur.

9

24

Frid. 10

25

Sat.

11

26

Sun.

12

27

Capt. Garcia y Garcia and Dr. Elmore appointed by the President of Peru on a Specia

Mission to Japan and China, 1874.

Great Hurricane in the West Indies, 1887. The French repulsed at the Cores, 1866.

Prince of Wales born, 1841. Negotiations between Japan and Chins regarding the Formoss question terminated peacefully, 1874. Loss of the China Navigation Co.'s steamer "Glengyle" on Namos Island, with the Captain and several of the crew, 1875,

Capt. Guimaraes, of H.F.M. Corvette "Dom Joso I." sworn in as Governor of Maono,

1851.

22nd after Trinity.

Mon. 13

28

Tues. 14

29

Convention signed between Russia and China, 1860.

15

30

Wed.

Thur. 16

1

H. M. gun-boat "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

Frid.

17

2

Sat.

18

3

Sun.

19

4

23rd after Trinity. Viceroy Tseng-kwo-fan visited Shanghai, 1871.

Mon. 20

5

Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1843.

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.

Princess Royal born, 1840. Gunpowder Explosion at Hankow, 1867.

Tues. 21

6

Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird, of H.M.'s 20th Regt. brutally murdered at Japan,

1864.

Wed. 22

7

Thur. 23

Frid. 24

9

Ship "Omar Pacha" lost in China Sea, 1867.

Sat.

25

10

Tremendous fire at Yokohama, 1866,

Sun.

26

11

24th after Trinity.

Mon.

27

12

Tues. 28

13

Wed. 29

14

Thur. 30

15

M. Thiers accepts the apology of Chung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder

of the French at Tientsin, June 21st, 1870–1871.

Great fire in Hongkong, 1867.

Murder of the Captain and four men of the British barque "Crofton,” near Ku-lan, 1889- St. Andrew's day.

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