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THE CALENDAR FOR 1880.

NOVEMBER-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d. h.

M. sec.

d. h. m.

sec.

New Moon 2 11

30 46 P.M.

Full Moon 17

4 15

41

A.M.

First Quarter 9

3

55 47

P.M.

Last Quarter 25

9 41 42

A.M.

DAYS DAYS

DAYS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE

9th & 10th

WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

All Saints. The port of Quin-hon, on the coast of Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1876

All Souls.

Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the naval action of Chuen-pee, 1839,

Mendelssohn died, 1847. George Peabody died, 1869.

Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1860.

English and French treaties promulgated by the Peking Gazette, 1860.

24th after Trinity. Capt. Garcia y Garcia and Dr. Elmore appointed by the President of

Peru on a Special Mission to Japan and China, 1874.

Great Hurricane in the West Indies, 1867.

Mon.

Tues.

Wed.

Thur.

Frid.

5

4 A co N H

1

29

2

30

3

1

4

2

3

Sat.

6

4

Sun.

7

5

Mon.

8

6

Tues.

9

7

of the crew, 1875.

Wed. 10

8

Thur. 11

9

Frid. 12

10

Sat.

13

11

Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847.

Sun.

14

12

Mon. 15

13

Tues. 16

14

Wed. 17 15

Thur.

18

16

Frid. 19

17

Sat.

20

18

Sun. 21

19

Mon. 22

20

Tues. 23

21

Wed. 24 22

Thur.

25

23

26

24

Frid.

Sat.

27

25

Sun. 28

26

Mon.

29

27

Tues.

30 28

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The French repulsed at Corea, 1866. Prince of Wales born, 1841. Loss of the China Navigation Co.'s steamer Glengyle' on Namoa Island, with the captain and several

CF

H.M.S. "Racehorse" wrecked off Chefoo, out of a crew of 108 only 9 saved, 1864.

H.E.

Chung How, Chinese Envoy to Russia, arrived in Hongkong on his way to St. Peters- burg, 1878.

Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1864.

25th after Trinity. Convention signed between Russia and China, 1860,

H. M. gunboat "Gnat" lost in the Palawan, 1868. News received in Hongkong of

outbreak of a serious rebellion in Hunan, 1870.

H.R.H. Prince Alfred left Hongkong, 1869.

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.

Viceroy Tseng-kwo-fan visited Shanghai, 1871.

Portuguese Custom house at Macao closed, 1845, Lord Elgin died, 1863. Gunpowder

explosion at Hankow, 1867.

26th after Trinity. Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird, of H.M.'s 20th Regt., brutally

murdered at Japan, 1864.

Great fire at Canton, 1,400 houses destroyed, 1835. Terrible boiler explosion on board

the steamer "Yesso" in Hongkong harbour, 86 lives lost, 1877.

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

1878.

Tremendous fire at Yokohama, 1866. Capture of Anping, Formosa, 1868. H.E. Marquis Tseng, Chinese Ambassador to England, arrived in Hongkong, on his way to London,

Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British ships, 1839. M. Thiers accepts the apology of Chung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder

of the French at Tientsin, June 21st, 1870-1871,

Advent. Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1856. Great fire in Hongkong, 1867.

Murder of the captain and four men of the British barque "Crofton," near Ku-lan, 1869, St. Andrew's day. St. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecrated 1872,

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