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THE CALENDAR FOR 1886.
AUGUST-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d.
New Moon 29
h. m. 8 30 44
sec.
d.
h. m. sec.
P.M.
Full Moon
15
2 0 42
A.M.
First Quarter 7 4 42 43
A.M.
Last Quarter 23 3 17 48
A.M.
PERIGEE, 1 day, 5 hours, A.M. APOGEE, 15 days, 10 hours, P.M. PERIGEE, 29 days, 5 hours, P.M.
DAYS DAYS DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
7th & 8th
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
2
Mon.
3
Tues.
4
Victims of Massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.
Wed.
4
5
British fleet arrived before Nanking, 1842.
Thur.
5
6
WEEK. MONTH. MOONS..
Sun.
1 2 3 20
6th after Trinity. Mr. T. F. Wade, C.B., appointed H.B.M. Minister at Peking, 1871. Poh-tang occupied by the A lied forces, 1859. Re-purchase by he China Merchants' S. N. Co. of their fleet from Russell & Co.
Frid.
6
Sat.
7
8
Sun.
8
9
Mon.
9
10
Tues. 10
11
Wed.
11
12
Thur. 12
13
Frid. 13
14
Sat.
14
15
Sun.
15
16
Mon. 16
17
Macartney's Embassy entered Peiho, 1796, Bombardment of Kelung by French, 1884. Serious Flood at Tientsin, 1871. Loss of the British steamer "Hongkong" at entrance to
Haitan Straits, 1882.
British squadron arrived off the Peiho, 1840.
7th after Trinity, Assassination of Mr. Haber, German Consul at Hakodate, 1874. British troops landed at Nanking, 1842.
Sir H. Pottinger and Admiral Parker arrived, 1841.
First public meeting of British merchants in Canton, called by Lord Napier, who sug-
gested the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce, 1834.
Imperial decree ordering release of Ch'ung How out of deference to Russia, 1880. Fracas between Customs officers and Chinese at Honam; a Chinese boy shot by Logan, 1883. 174 British prisoners executed in Formosa, 1842. Death of Sir John Smale, late Chief
Justice of Hongkong, in London, 1882,
Tong-ur-ku taken, 1860.
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8th after Trinity. Viceroy of Canton tried to starve the foreigners in China, 1839. Kago- shima burnt by Admiral Kuper in the Euryalus, 1863. Great Fire on French Con. cession, Shanghai; 991 houses destroyed; loss Tls. 1,500,000, 1879.
Second public meeting of British merchants in Canton, British trade stopped by Hong
merchants, 1834. French treaty with Siam signed, 1856,
Tues.
17
18
Wed. 18
19
Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave Canton, 1834. Dutch treaty with Japan
signed, 1858. Great fire in Hongkong, 1888.
Thur.
19
20
Frid. 20
21
Sat.
21
22
Sun.
22
23
Mon.
23
Tues.
24
2 2
24
25
Wed. 25
26
Thur. 26
27
First conference between Sir Henry Pottinger and Ki-ying on board the "Cornwallis,”
at Nanking, 1812. Taku forts taken by the Allied forces, 1860. Emperor Hien Fung died, 1861. Treaty between Japan and Peru signed at Tokyo,
1873. Typhoon at Nagasaki, 1874.
9th after Trinity. Governor Amaral (Macao) assassinated, 1849. Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, stabbed, 1870. Seizure of steamer "Spark" by pirates between Canton and Macao, 1874. Telegraph line to Peking opened, 1881. Typhoon at Amoy, 1884.
Large meeting in Hongkong to protest against the military contribution, 1884. Chinese
fleet at Pagoda Anchorage destroyed by French, 1884.
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St. Bartholomew, Burning of the P. M. 8. S. America," at Yokohama, 1872. British Chamber of Commerce established at Canton, 1834. Treaty between Great Britain
and Japan sigued, 1858. Typhicon in Southern Japan, 1884. British left Macao, 1839.
Frid.
27
28
Amoy taken by the English, 296 guns captured, 1841.
Sat.
28
29
Lord Amherst's Embassy left for Yuen-ming-yuen, 1816, Slavery abolished in British
possessions, 1833. Kimpai forts silenced by French, 1881.
Sun.
29
1
10th after Trinity. Treaty of Nanking signed, 1842.
Mon.
30
2
Conference at Tientsin with Ki-shen, 1840,
Tues.
31
3
Severe typhoon on Coast of China, many lives lost, and much damage done to shipping
at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1848, Typhoon in China Sea, 1861.
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