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THE CALENDAR FOR 1882.
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d.
h.
m.
d. h. m. sec.
sec.
Full Moon
-3
13 34 3S
P.M.
Last Quarter 11
16 09 45
P.M.
First Quarter 25 5
New Moon 18 10 25 44 A.M.
06
45 A.M.
DAYS DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
12th & 1st
WEEK.
MONTH. MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Wed.
1
13
Thur.
2 14
Frid.
8
15
Sat.
4
16
Sun.
5
17
Mon,
6
18
Tues.
Wed.
78
19
20
Thur.
9
21
Frid.
10
22
Sat.
11
23
Sun.
12
24
Mon.
13
25
Tues. 14
26
Wed.
15
27
Thur, 16
28
Frid.
17
29
Sat.
18
1
Sun.
19
2
Mon.
20
Tues.
21
Wed.
22
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon,
Tues.
27*****
3
23
24
7
25
8
1st in Lent
26
9
10
Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at Koka, 1976.
28
11
Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841.
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, 1865. 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 Yangt ze, 1878. Septuagesima The Spanish brig "Nuevo Lepanto," on her way from Hongkong to Macao,
was taken by two pirate junks near Lantao, 1805.
The Sparish Evoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction from the Chinese
for the buing of the Spanish brig "Bilbaino," 1840.
The "There," 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 Formoss, 1626, Great Fire at Foochow, 1868.
The "Henrietta Maria' was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, orew,
and 250 Coolies missing, 1857.
Death of Emperor Kien-lung in the 60th year of his reign, 1795. Ki-chen receives at Canton a decree from Emperor Tao-kwang rejecting the conditions of peace agreed upon by him with the English, 1841.
Sexagesima. 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. Loss
of Messrs. D. Lapraik & Co.'s steamer "Taiwan," in the Formosa Channel, 1879.
Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841.
Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855.
Quinquagesima. Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, was shipwrecked in the
Java Bea, 1817,
1978.
Outrage on Sir Harry Parkes in Japan, 1868. Mr. Hoshi Toru, a Japanese barrister of the Middle Temple, admitted to practise in the Supreme Court of Japan at Yokohama,
Shrove Tuesday, Medical Missionary Society organised at Canton, 183×, Mr. A. R. Margary,
of H.B. M.'s Consular Servic:, was murdered at Manwyne, Yannon, by Chinese, 1875. Ash Wednesday. The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years. Opening of the
case Regins v. Page at Canton, 1881.
**
Several chests of Opium public'y burnt at Canton, 1835. Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841. Steamer "Queen captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1867. Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841.
Captain Da Costs and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong, 1849.
Rewards offered for Englishmen by Lin, 1941.
Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Breumer, 1841. A Chinese Opium Merchant was executed by order of Viceroy of Canton before the factories. The for ign Consuls hauled down their flags, 1841.
Sir MacDonald Stephen on's China railway project published, 1984. Capture of the Sulu
capital by the Spaniards, 1878.
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