THE CALENDAR FOR 1879.
JANUARY-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES,
(For Civil Mean Time at Hongkong.)
d.
h.
d.
h.
m. sec.
m.
sec.
Full Moon
7
7
23 44 A.M.
New Moon 21
6 86 45 A.M.
Last Quarter 14
6 37 46
A.M.
First Quarter 29
7 20 45
A.M.
DAYS DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
12th & 1st
WEEK. | MONTH|MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Wed.
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
1 2 3 H 10
9
Hiogo and Osaka opened, 1868. Overland Telegraph through Russia opened, 1872.
10
11
The Emperor Kang-hi sends as his Envoy to the Pope the Jesuit Father Bouvet, 1708. Lin Tsihsu appointed Commissioner, 1839. Li Sing-yuen appointed Imperial Commis-
sioner in Kwangsi, 1851.
4
12
Great Fire at Tokio, 1870.
5
13
Mon.
6
14
Tues.
7
15
2nd after Christmas. Decree of Emperor Tao-kwang prohibiting trade with England,
180. Commissioner Yeh captured, 1858.
Epiphany. Fearfu' fire at Tientsin, 1,400 famine refugees burnt to death, 1878.
Forts at Chuenpi taken with great slaughter, 1841.
Wed.
8
16
Ice one-fourth inch thick at Canton, 1852. Gunner of the "
at Cantou, 1785.
Lady Hughes" strangled
Thur.
9
17
Frid.
10
18
Sat.
11
19
Sun.
12
20
Mon. 13
21
Tues.
14
22
Wed. 15
23
Thur. 16
24
Frid.
17
25
Sat.
18
26
Sun.
19
27
Mon. 20
28
Tues. 21
29
Wed.
22
1
Thur.
Frid. 24
Sat.
Sun.
Mon. 27
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23
2
3
25
4
26
5
6
Tues.
28
7
Wed.
29
8
Murder of Mr. Holworthy at the Peak, 1869. Marriage of the Mikado of Japan, 1889. Several chests of Opium forcibly taken by the Mandarins from an English resident in
Canton, 1838.
Sir R. Alcock left Hongkong for England, 1870. Seamen's Church, West Point, opened,
1872.
1st after Epiphany. Tung-chi, Emperor of China, died, in the nineteenth year of his age,
1875.
Ki-ying, Viceroy of Kwang-tung and Kwang-si, issues a proclamation recommending moderation in dealing with foreigners, and intimating the intention of opening up Can- ton according to the Treaties, 1846.
Secretary of American Legation murdered at Tokio, 1871.
Bread poisoning in Hongkong, by Chinese baker Alum, 1857. H.I.. the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia returned to Hongkong from Nagasaki, 1873. Meeting of Shanghai Steam Navigation Company at which it was resolved to sell ships and plant to Chins Merchants Company, 1877. Total loss of the E. & A. M. steamer “ Singapore" off the Cumberland Islands, 1977.
Great Gunpowder explosion in Hongkong harbour, 1867,
2nd after Epiphany. Elliot and Kishen treaty, ceding Hongkong, 1841. Bailors' Home at Hongkong formally opened, 1883. The "Frederic" "burnt by the Coolies, 1870. Chung How and Suite returned to China, 1872.
Steamer "Coren" lost on her voyage to Yokohama, 1867. Sir Edmund Head died, 1868,
Attack on Lieut. Kerr and the boat of the "Cockchafer" at Swatow, 1869.
The Chinese Ambassadors arrived in London, 1877.
P. & O. steamer "Niphon," lost off Amoy, 1868.
Matheus Ricci, the Jesuit Missionary, enters Peking, 1601. U.S. Corvette " Oneida ” lost
through collision with P. & O. steamer “Bombay,” near Yokohams, 1870.
3rd after Epiphany. Instructions from Lord Palmerston to Lord Napier, superintendent of British Trade in China, 1834. Hongkong taken possession of, 1841.~ 8t. Paul's Church at Macao burnt, 1835. Establishment of Amoy Chamber of Commerce, 1875.
Huang-trung-han appointed Imperial Commissioner at Canton, 1855.
Decree from Yung-ching forbidding, under pain of death, the propagation of the Christian
faith in China, 1733. Loss of steamer " Suwonada,” 1872.
Thur. 30 Frid. 31
9
Lord Saltoun left China with $3,000,000 ransom money, 1846. H.I.H. the Grand Duke
Alexis left for Manila, 1873.
10
First arrival of the “Colorado" from San Francisco, 1867. Loss of the C, M. Co.'s str.
"Howsang" off Dodd Island, near Amoy, 1878.
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