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THE CALENDAR FOR 1880.
MAY-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d.
h.
m.
sec.
d. h. m.
sec.
Last Quarter 1
9
28 43 P.M.
First Quarter 17
5 59
47
P.M.
Full Moon 24
2
14
45
P.M.
New Moon
9 1
52 42
P.M.
Last Quarter 31
6
29
38
A.M.
Sat.
1
23
Sun.
2
24
Mon.
3
25
Tues.
4
26
Wed.
5
27
Thur.
6
28
Frid.
7
29
Sat.
8
30
Sun.
9
1
DAYS DAYS
OF THE OF THE
DAYS
OF THE
3rd & 4th
WEEK. MONTH MOONS,
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
St. Phil p and St. James' day. First umber of "Hongkong Gazette" published, 1841, Rogation Sunday.
Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874.
Borlase raid at Swatow, 1861. British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842. The "Dolores
Ugarte," coolie ship, burnt near Macao, 1871.
Ascension Day. Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokio, 1874.
British ship "Dunmail," wrecked entering Hongkong harbour, 1870. Prince Kung's
honours restored, 1865.
1st after Ascension.
Mon.
10
2
Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1864.
Tues.
11
3
Wed. 12
4
East India Co.'s garden at Canton destroyed by the Mandarins, 1831. Foo-yuen and
Hoppo forcibly enter the Company's factory at 7 a.m., 1831.
Thur. 13
5
Frid. 14
6
A corporal of the British Legation barbarously murdered by Chinese soldiers at Peking,
1964.
Assassination in Tokio of Mr. Okubo Toshimichi, Minister of the Home Department,
1878.
Sat.
15
7
Sun. 16
8
Whit Sunday.
Mon. T'ues. 18
17
9
Loss off' Amoy of the French war steamer "Izere," 1860. Arrival of General Grant in
Shanghai, 1879.
10
The ci y of Chapu aken by the British troops, 1842.
Wed. 19
11
The Select Committee issued a notice that the British trade would be suspended on the
first of August, 1831,
Thur.
20
12
Frid.
21
13
Sat.
22
14
Forts at mouth of Peiho captured by British and French forces, 1858, German
barque "Lesmona" captured by pirates in the China Sea, 1868.
l'elivery of 20,283 chests Opium completed, 1839. Tornado at Taiwan, Formosa, 1878. British ship "Hellas" captured by pirates, C ptain and crew wounded, 1840. Foreign
factories at Canton pillaged, 1841.
Sun. 23
15
Trinity. U. S. A. Legation at Tokio burned down, 1863. P. & O. steamer "Benares'
lost on Fisherman's Group, 1868.
Mon. 24
16
Tues. 25
17
The city of Cantou invested by Briti-h troops, 1841.
Wed. 26
18
Thur. 27
19
Frid.
28
20
Sat.
29
21
Sun. 30
22
Mon.
31
23
Queen Victoria born, 1819. Captain Elliot and all the British subjects left Canton for Macao, 1839. Collision between the P. & O, steamer Khedive "and the Dutch mail steamer" Voorwaarts," near Pening, 1878.
Murder of Mr. Blacklock on board the steamer "Douglas" at Foochow by Chinese smug-
glers, 1975. Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.
Corpus Christi. Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841.
"Maria Luz," coolie ship, put into Japan, coolies Loss of steamer "Douglas.' 1972.
liberated and sent back to China, 1872. Execution of the Kate Waters murderers in Hongkong Gaol 1979,
Mr. Lindsay delivered the keys of the Company's factory at Canton to Kwan-Heep, 1831. 1st after Trinity, H.B.M. screw sloop "Reynard" lost on the Pratas shoal in trying to rescue remainder of crew of "Velocipede," 1851. Opossum," with Yangtsse Ex- ploring Expedition, returned to Hankow, 1869.
66
Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao, loss of the "Poyang," with 100 lives near Macao, 1875.
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