THE CALENDAR FOR 1883.
FEBRUARY 28 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
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Full Moon 22 7 54
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First Quarter 14
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Chronology of Remarkable Events.
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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 at Hongkong opened, 1872.
Quinquagesima. Great robbery in the Central Bank discovered, 1865. Outrage on Foreigners at Kobe, Japan, 1868. 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.
Shrove Tuesday. The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction
from the Chinese for the burning of the Spanish brig "Bilbaino," 1840.
Ash Wednesday. The "Therese," 62 days after her departure, while in sight of land, was
taken by the coolies, who killed the officers and crew, 1869.
The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the
purpose of taking Formosa, 1626, Great Fire at Foochow, 1868.
The Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, crew,
and 250 coolies missing, 1857.
1st in Lent. 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.
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. Tung Wah Hospital, Hongkong, opened by Sir R. G. MacDonnell, 1872.
Loss of Messrs. D. Lapraik & Co.'s steamer "Taiwan," in the Formosa Chanuel, 1879.
Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1941.
Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855.
2nd in Lent. Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, was shipwrecked in the
Java Sea, 1817.
1878.
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, Medical Missionary Society organised at Canton, 1838. Mr. A. R. Margary, of H,B,M,'a
Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yunnan, by Chinese, 1875. The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years). Opening of the case Regina v.
Page at Canton, 1881.
Several chests of Opium publicly burnt at Canton, 1835.
China recommenced, 1841.
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Hostilities between England and
Steamer "Queen' captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1867. Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841.
3rd in Lent. Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in
Hongkong, 1849. Rewards offered for Englishmen by Lin, 1841.
Bogue For s (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremmo 1841. 1 Chinese Opium merchant was executed by order of Viceroy of Cauton before the factories. The foreign Consuls hauled down their flags, 1841.
Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at Koka, 1876.
Sir MacDonald Stephenson's China railway project published, 1864. Capture of the Sulu
capital by the Spaniards, 1876,
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