THE CALENDAR FOR 1879.
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d. h.
d. h. m. sec.
M.
sec.
Full Moon
6 9
17 42
P.M.
New Moon 20 11 39 37 P.M.
Last Quarter 13 2
29 41
P.M.
DAYS DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
1st & 2nd
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Sat.
1
11
Sun.
2
12
Mon.
3
13
Tues.
4
14
Wed.
5
15
Thur.
6
16
Frid.
7
17
Sat.
8
18
Sun.
9
19
Mon.
10
20
Tues. 11
21
Wed. 12
22
Thur. 13
23
Frid.
14
24
Sat.
15
25
WEEK. MONTH. MOON8.Į
Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841. P. & 0. Company's New Post
Contract commenced, 1888.
4th after Epiphany. Letters from the Imperial Commissioner Lin to H.B.M. the Queen, complaining of the persistency of her subjects in sending Opium to China, 1840. The new German Club opened, 1872.
Great robbery in the Central Bank discovered, 1885. Outrage on Foreigners at Kobe Japan, 1888. Loss of steamer" 'Chekiang," 1872. Loss of the C. M. Co.'s steamer
Kiangchang" on the Porpoise rock, in the Yangtze, 1878.
The Spanish brig "Nuevo Lepanto," on her way from Hongkong to Macao, was taken
by two pirate junks near Lantao, 1865.
The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction from the Chinese for
the burning of the Spanish brig "Bilbaino," 1840.
The "Therese, " 62 days after her departure, while in sight of land, was taken by the coolies,
who killed the officers and crew, 1868.
The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the
purpose of taking Formosa, 1826. Great Fire at Foochow, 1868.
Septuagesima. The "Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage,
captain, crew, and 250 Coolies missing, 1857.
Death of Emperor Kien-lung in the 60th year of his reign, 1795. Ki-chen receives at Can- ton a decree from Emperor Tao-kwang rejecting the conditions of peace agreed upon by him with the English, 1841.
The Allied Commissioners at Canton send a letter to the Secretary of State at Peking recommending the advisability of appointing a Plenipotentiary to settle the difficulties at Shanghai, 1858.
Outbreak of Convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875.
St. Valentine's day. New Chinese Hospital opened by Sir R. G. MacDonnell, 1872. Chin Apo seized on Chinese territory and carried to Hongkong, 1851.
Sun. 16
26
Sexagesima. Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841.
Mon. 17
27
In-urgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855.
Tues. 18
28
Wed. 19
29
Thur. 20
30
Frid.
21
1
Sat.
22
Sun. 23
Mon.
Tues.
25
Wed. 26
Thur.
Frid.
2**** R
2
3
24
4
5
6
27
7
Treaty of peace between Japan and Cores signed at Koka, 1876.
28
8
Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from Chins, was shipwrecked in the Java Ses, 1817. Outrage on Sir Harry Parkes in Japan, 1869, Mr. Hoshi Toru, a Japanese barrister of the
Middle Temple, admitted to practise in the Supreme Court of Japan at Yokohama, 1873 Medical Missionary Society organised at Canton, 1838. Mr. A. R. Margary, of H.B.M.'s
Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yunnan, by Chinese, 1875.
The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years).
Quinquagesima. Several chests of Opium publicly burnt at Canton, 1835.
between England and Chins recommenced, 1841.
Hostilities
Steamer Queen" captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1887. Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841.
Shrove Tuesday. Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in
Hongkong, 1849. Rewards offered for Englishmen by Lin, 1841.
Ash Wednesday. Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremmer, 1841. ▲ Chinese Opium Merchant was executed by order of Viceroy of Canton before the factories. The foreign Consuls hauled down their flags, 1841.
Bir MacDonald Stephenson's China railway project published, 1884. Capture of the Bain
capital by the Spaniards, 1876,
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