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THE CALENDAR FOR 1880.

AUGUST-31 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

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sec.

sec.

New Moon 6

11

24 41

A.M.

Full Moon

20 0

54

42 P.M.

First Quarter 13

8

18

42

P.M.

Last Quarter 27 11

11 50

50 46

P.M,

DAYS DAYS

DAYS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE

6th & 7th

WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Sun.

Mon.

Tues.

Wed.

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

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26

27

3

10th after Trinity. Mr. T. F. Wade, C.B., appointed H.B.M. Minister at Peking, 187 J

Peh-tang occupied by the Allied forces, 1859.

28 Victims of Massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.

4

29

British fleet arrived before Nanking, 1842.

5

30

Macartney's Embassy entered Peiho, 1796.

1

Serious Flood at Tientsin, 1871.

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2

British squadron arrived off the Peiho, 1840.

Sun.

8

3

11th after Trinity. Assassination of Mr. Haber, German Consul at Hakodate, 1874.

Mon.

9

4

British t:oops landed at Nanking, 1842.

Tues. 10

5

Sir H. Pottinger and Admiral Parker arrived, 1841.

Wed. 11

6

Thur. 12

7

Frid. 13

8

174 British prisoners executed in Formoss, 1842.

Sat.

14

9

Sun. 15

10

Mon. 16

11

Tues. 17

12

Wed. 18

13

Thur. 19

14

Frid,

20

15

Sat.

21

16

Sun.

23

22

17

Mon. 23

18

Tues.

24

19

Wed.

25

20

First public meeting of British merchants in Canton, called by Lord Napier, who sng-

gested the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce, 1834.

Loss of steamer "Sunshine" off Breaker Point, 1872.

First Book printed, 1457. Tong-ur-ku taken, 1860.

12th after Trinity. Viceroy of Canton tried to starve the foreigners in China, 1839. Kagoshima burnt by Admiral Kuper in the "Euryalus," 1863. Great Fire on French Concession, Shanghai; 991 houses destroyed; loss Tls. 1,500,000, 1879,

Second public meeting of British merchants in Canton. British trade stopped by Hong

merchants, 1834. French treaty with Siam signed, 1856.

Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave Canton, 1834. Dutch treaty with Japan

signed, 1858. Great fire in Hongkong, 1868.

First conference between Sir Henry Pottinger and Ki-ing on board the "Cornwallis,” at

Nanking, 1842. Taku forts taken by the Allied forces, 1860,

Emperor Hien Fung died, 1861. Treaty between Japan and Peru signed at Tokio, 1873.

Typhoon at Nagasaki, 1874.

13th after Trinity. Governor Amaral (Macao) assassinated, 1849. Ma, Viceroy of Nan- king, stabbed, 1870. Seizure of steamer "Spark" by pirates when between Canton and Macao, Capt. Brady and Feliz Ferries were murdered, and Mr. Mundy seriously wounded, 1874. Conspiracy among Chinese troops against foreigners at Tientsin detected, 1874. Large meeting in Hongkong to protest against the military contribution demanded by

the Home Government, 1864.

St. Bartholomew. Burning of the P. M. S. S. "America," at Yokohama, 1872. British Chamber of Commerce established at Canton, 1834. Treaty between Great Britain

and Japan signed, 1858.

Thur.

26

21

British left Macao, 1839.

Frid. 27

22

Amoy taken by the English, 296 guns captured, 1841.

Sat.

28

23

Sun.

29

24

Mon.

30

Tues.

31

26

Lord Amherst's Embassy left for Yuen-ming-yuen, 1816. Slavery abolished in British

possessions, 1833.

14th after Trinity. Treaty of Nanking signed, 1842. Conference at Tientsin with Ki-shen, 1840. 25

the Palawan Shoals, 1875.

Loss of the British ship "Deerhound,” on

Severe typhoon on Coast of China, many lives lost, and much damage done to shipping

at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1848. Typhoon in China Sea, 1861.

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