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THE CALENDAR FOR 1886.
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d.
h.
d.
m.
sec.
h. m.
sec.
First Quarter 4
0
41 42 A.M.
Last Quarter 19
6 16
16 43
A.M.
Full Moon 12
2
42 45
A.M.
New Moon 26
2 54 45
A.M.
APOGEE, 6 days, 2 hours, A.M. PERIGEE, 21 days, 3 hours, P.M.
DAYS DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
10th&11th
WEEK. MONTH,Į MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Mou.
1
6
All Saints. The port of Quin-hon, Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1876,
Tues.
2
7
All Souls. Chinese lighthouse tender "Fei-hoo" captured by French, 1884.
Wed.
3
8
Thur.
4
9
Frid.
5
10
Sat.
6
11
Sun.
7
12
Mon.
8
13
Tues.
9
14
Wed. 10
15
Thur. 11
16
Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the naval action of Chuen-pee, 1839,
Hongkong Jockey Club formed, 1884.
Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1860,
English and French treaties promulgated by the Peking Gazette, 1860.
20th after Trinity. Capt. Garcia y Garcia and Dr. Elmore appointed by the President of
Peru on a Special Mission to Japan and China, 1874.
The French repulsed at Cores, 1866. Loss of steamer "Glengyle" on Namoa Island
with the captain and several of the crew, 1875.
H.M.S."Racehorse" wrecked off Chefoo, out of a crew of 108 only 9 saved, 1884.
Frid. 12
17
Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1864.
Sat.
13
18
Sun.
14
19
Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847.
21st after Trinity, Loss of Messrs. D. Lapraik & Co.'s str. "Douglas" in the Haitan
Strait, 1990. Convention signed between Russia and China, 1860.
Mon. 15
20
II. M. gunboat "Gnat" lost on the Palawan, 1868,
Tues.
16
21
II.R.II. Prince Alfred left Hongkong, 1869.
Wed. 17
22
Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1843.
Thur.
18
23
Frid.
19
24
Great Fire in Ilongkong, 1867. Ch'ung How arrived in Hongkong en route for France
as special Ambassador, to explain the Tientsin Massacre, 1870. Collision on the Yangtsze between the stra.
Sat.
20
25
Sun.
21
26
Mon.
22
27
Tucs. 23
28
Wed. 24
29
Thur. 25
30
Frid.
26
1
Sat.
27
2
Sun.
28
3
Mon.
29
4
vessels lost, 1880.
14
'Kungwo" and Hanyang; " both
Portuguese Custom house at Macao closed, 1815. Lord Elgin died 1863. Gunpowder
explosion at Hankow, 1867.
22nd after Trinity. Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird, of H.M.'s 20th Regt., murdered in
apan, 1864.
Great fire at Canton, 1,400 houses destroyed, 1835. Terrible boiler explosion on board
the steamer "Yesso" in Hongkong harbour, 86 lives lost, 1877.
Arrival of the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales in the "Bacchante" at
Woosung, 1881,
Ship "Omar Pacha "lost in China Sea, 1867.
1
Tremendous fire at Yokohama, 1866. Capture of A ping, Formosa, 1888, H.E. Marquis Tseng, Chinese Ambassador to England, arrived in Hongkong, on his way to London, 1878,
Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British ships, 1839.
M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch'ung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder
of the French at Tientsin, June 21st, 1870-1871.
Advent, Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1856, Great fire in Hongkong, 1867. Murder of the captain and four men of the British barque "Crofton," near Ku-lan,
1869, Sir George Bowen appointed Governor of Hongkong, 1882.
Tues.
30
5
St. Andrew's day. St. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecrated, 1872.
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