THE CALENDAR FOR 1900
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JULY-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
.5h. 20m.
6h. 47m.
1898
1899
15th
...5h. 25m.
6h. 45m.
Maximum
....88.7
91.5
MOON'S PHASES
Minimum
.76.3
74.7
d. h. m.
sec.
Mean
...81.7
82.9
First Quarter 5 7
49
46 A.M.
Full Moon
12
8
57
49
P.M.
Last Quarter 19
1
7
44
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1899
New Moon
26 9 18 49
P.M.
Mean.........
...29.65
APOGEE, 3 days, 10.41 hours, P.M.
PERIGEE, 15 days, 8.43 hours, P.M.
1898
RAINFALL
1899
7.055 inches
10.125 inches
APOGEE, 31 days,
3.44 hours, P.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF
WEEK
MONTH
6 and 7 MOONS
Sun.
1
5
Mon.
2
6
Tues.
7
Wed.
8
Thur.
5
9
Frid.
6
10
Sat.
7
11
CHRONOLOGy of Remarkable EvenTS
3D AFTER TRINITY. Hakodate, Kanagawa, and Nagasaki (Japan) opened to trade, 1857.
Two Swedish missionaries murdered at Sungpu, 1893.
Amoy forts and many junks destroyed by H.M.S. “ Blode," 1840. French Expedition
from the Hoongkiang arrived in Hongkong, 1873.
Steamer “Don Juan” burnt at sen near Philippines; 145 persons perished, 1893.
Declaration American Independence, 1776. Telegraph cable laid between Hongkong
and Macao, 1884.
Tinghai first taken, 1840. Attack on British Einbassy at Tokyo, 1861.
Order of nobility instituted in Japan, 1884,
Sun.
12
4TH AFTER TRINITY. Canton factories attacked by Chinese, 1846.
Mon.
13
First Dutch embassy arrived at Tientsin, 1656.
Tues. 10
14
Wed. 11
15
Thur. 12
16
Frid.
13
17
14
Sat.
18
15
19
Sun.
16
20
Mon.
Tues.
17
21
Werl.
18
22
Portuguese fleet left Malacca for China, 1522. The Yangtsze blockaded by British
fleet, 1840.
Engagement between the American Naval Forces and the Coreans; the Expedition
leave to await instructions, 1871. Amherst's embassy arrived in China, 1816. Foreign Inspectorate of Customs established in Shanghai, 1854, Suspension of Hongkong
Police Officers for accepting bribes, 1897. First English ship reached China, 1635.
Paknam, 1893.
Statue of Paul Bert unveiled at Hanoi, 1890, 5th after TriNITY.
aquadrons, 1873.
French gunboats fired on by Siamese at
Shimonoseki forts bombarded by the English, French, and American
Eruption of Bandai-san volcano, Japan; 500 persons killed, 1888. British trade with China re-opened, 1842. The King of Cambodia arrived on a visit to
Hongkong, 1872.
Ningpo Joss-house Riots, Shanghai ; 15 killed and many wounded, 1898,
Terrible earthquake at Manila, 1880. Additional Article to Chefoo Convention signed in
London, 1885.
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
Frid.
27
Sat.
28
Sun.
29
Mon.
30
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19
23
Nanking captured by the Imperialists, 1863.
20
24
21
25
22
26
23
27
24
28
25
29
26
1
2
3
5
Wreck of the C. M. 8. N. Co.'s str. "Pautah" on Shanfung Promontory, 1887.
GTH AFTER TRINITY. Yellow River burst its banks at Chang-klu, Shantung; greas
inundation, 1880.
Armed attack on Japanese Legation at Seoul, Corea, and eight inmates killed, 1882. British trade prohibited at Canton, 1834. Anglo-Chinese Burmah Convention signed.
at Peking, 1886.
Kowshing," British steamer, carrying Chinese troops, sunk by Japanese, with loss of about 1,000 lives, 1894. Defeat of British forces at Taku, Admiral Hope wounded, 1859.
Canton opened to British trate, 1813. Terrific typhoon at Canton, Macao, Hongkong, and
Whampoa : loss of life estimated at 40,000 persons, 1862, Nanking re-taken by Imperialists, 1964.
7th Apter TrixITT. German Gunboat
but eleven or the crew perished, 1896. Severe typhoon at Macao, 1836,
“Iltis” wrecked off Shantung Promontory; all
Outbreak of rebellion at Manila, 1896.
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