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THE CALENDAR FOR 1886.
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d.
h. n.
d.
h.
sec.
M. sec.
New Moon
4 10 51 40
A.M.
Full Moon
19
1 51 40
A.M.
First Quarter 11 10 22 42
A.M.
Last Quarter 26 0 47 43
A.M.
APOGEE, 3 days, 7 hours, P.M.
PERIGEE, 18 days, 10 hours, A.M.
DAYS
DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
12th & 1st
WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Mon.
1
28
Tues.
2
29
Wed.
Co
3
30
Thur.
4
1
Frid.
5
2
Sat.
6
3
Sun.
7
4
Mon.
8
5
Tues.
9
6
Wed. 10
7
Thur. 11
8
Frid.
12
9
Sat.
13
10
Sun.
14
11
Mon.
15
12
Tues.
16
13
Wed.
17
14
Thur.
18
15
Frid. 19
16
Sat.
20 17
Sun. 21 Mon. 22
18
19
Tues. 23
20
Wed.
Thur. 25
24
21
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.
Great robbery in the Central Bank discovered, 1885.
The Spanish brig "Nuevo Lepanto," on her way from Hongkong to Macao, was taken
by two pirate junks near Lantao, 1885.
The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction from the Chinese
for the burning of the Spanish brig "Bilbaino," 1840.
5th after Epiphany. The "Therese," 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 Formosa, 1626.
The "Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, crow,
and 250 coolies missing, 1857.
Death of Emperor Kien-lung in the 60th year of his reign, 1795. Ki-chen received 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.
6th after Epiphany. 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 Channel, 1879.
Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841. Telegraph cable between Japan and Corca opened to traffic, 1881. The Chinese frigate Yu-yuen and corvette Chin-cheng sunk by the French in Sheipoo harbour, 1885.
Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong,
founded, 1884.
The U. S. paddle man-of-war "Ashuelot" wrecked on the East Lammock Rock, near Swatow, 1883, Telegraphic communication between Haiphong and Saigon established, 1884. Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, was shipwrecked in the Java Sea, 1817,
Outrage on Sir Harry Parkes in Japan, 1888.
Septuagesima. Medical Missionary Society organised at Canton, 1838. Mr. A. R. Margary,
ot H.B.M.'s Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yunnan, by Chinese, 1875. The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years). Several chests of Opium publicly burnt at Canton, 1835. Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1811. Steamer "Queen" captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1867. Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boiler of the str. Yotsai" between Hongkong and Macao; sir Europeans and thirteen Chinese killed and vessel destroyed, 1884,
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Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong, 1849,
Rewards offered for Englishmen by Lin, 1841.
Frid.
26
23
Sat.
Sun.
Q2 2
27
24
28
25
Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremmer, 1841. A Chinese Opium merchant was executed by order of Viceroy of Canton before the factories. The foreign Consuls hauled down their flags, 1811. Hongkong police chop burnt, 1881.
Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at Kökwa, 1976.
Sexagesima, Capture of the Sula capital by the Spaniards, 1876.
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