14
d.
h.
m.
sec.
New Moon
6
5 40 43
A.M.
Full Moon
THE CALENDAR FOR 1886.
MARCH-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES,
d. h. m. sec.
20 0 13 47
ja
P.M.
First Quarter 13
8 53 42
P.M.
Last Quarter 27
6
20 42
P.M.
APOGEE, 2 days, 11 hours, P.M.
PERIGEE, 18 days, 7 hours, P.M.
APOGEE, 30 days, 5 hours, P.M.
DAYS
DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE
OF THE
1st & 2nd
WEEK.
|MONTH.|MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Mon.
1
26
Tues.
2
Q
27
Wed.
3
28
Thur.
4
29
Frid.
5
30
Sat.
6
1
Sun.
7
2
Mon.
8
3
Tues.
9
4
Wed.
10
5
Thur.
11
6
Frid.
12
7
13
8
Sat.
14
9
Sun.
15
10
Mon.
Tues.
16
11
Wed.
17
12
Thur. 18
13
Frid.
19
14
Sat.
20
15
Sun.
21
16
Mon.
22
17
Tues.
23
18
Wed.
24
19
Thur. 25
20
St. David's day. H.M. steamer "Inflexible,” with Viceroy Yeh on board arrived at Singapore en route for Calcutta, 1858. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-of-war, 1885. First Dutch Embassy left China, 1857.
Imperial Decree sentencing Ch'ung How to death by decapitation, 1880.
Collision between the "Ocean" and "Fusing," and loss of the latter with many lives,
1875.
Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849.
Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the English, 1841,
Quinquagesima. Departure of Governor Sir J. P. Hennessy from Hongkong, 1882. Commercial treaty concluded between the United States and Japan, 1854, The "Jeddo,”
after passing Anjer, was burnt at sea by the coolies, 1887,
Shrove Tuesday. Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1872.
Ash Wednesday. Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the
English in Ningpo and Chin-hai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842. Governor Sir R. G. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1866.
Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner 1841. Opening of new German Bethesda Chapel, Hongkong, 1881. Capture of Bacninb, Tonquin, by the French, 1884.
Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849.
lat in Lent. 8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi, with great slaughter,
1842. Outrage on French Sailors in Japan, 1868,
Governor Sir H, Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1865.
The "Napoleon
Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1866. St. Patrick's Day. Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.
Canevaro" burnt at sea by the coolies, 1866. Governor of Canton accedes to the request of Captain Elliot to reside in that city, 1837.
Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839.
Governor Sir. G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848. Mutiny on board the coolie
ship 'Robert Brown," captain and part of the crew murdered, 1852,
C
2nd in Lent. British ship "Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834. H.M.S. "Salamis" and II.M. gunboat "Opossum," with the Shanghai Chamber Deputies, left Hankow to explore the Upper Yangtze, 1869.
Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H.B.M. Minister to China, 1885, Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839. Death of Major-General Brunker, commander-in-chief of H.M.'s forces in China and Japan, 1869. Death of Mr. W. F. Mayers, Chinese Secretary of H.B.M.'s Legation at Peking, at Shanghai, 1878,
Captain Elliot demands passports for himself and all the British subjects imprisoned in
Canton, 1839.
Frid. 26
21
Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.
Sat.
27
22
Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1875.
Whampoa, C.M.G., M.L.C., at Singapore, 1880.
Death of the Hon. H. A. K,
Sun. 28
23
Mon. 29
24
Tues.
80
25
Wed.
31
2
3rd in Lent. 20,289 Chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1839. Wreck of the" Yuen-tze-fee"
near Amoy, 1875.
Memorial of Shanghai Chamber of Commerce to Lord Elgin, 1858. Seizure and occupa-
tion of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.
Attack upon the British bark "Elizabeth Childs," by Chinese pirates about 40 miles from Hongkong, 1879. Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., in Hongkong, 1883. Inauguration of new British Consulate at Shanghai, 1873. Abolition of the Coolie trade
at Macao, 1874. Great Fire at Foochow; 500 houses destroyed, 1879,
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