THE CALENDAR FOR 1915
MAY-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st......5h. 52m.
6h. 48m.
1913
1914
15th
.........5h. 44m. 6h. 54m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum
.82.5
82.8
Minimum
.73.8 75.3
Mean
....77.2
78.5
d. h. m.
Last Quarter
6 1
23
P.M.
New Moon
14
11
31
A.M.
First Quarter
22
0
50
P.M.
Full Moon
29
5 33
A.M.
Barometer, 1914
Mean
.29.777
1913
RAINFALL
1914
9.300 inches
12.620 inches
15,
Tucs. 11
28
Wed. 12
29
Thur.
13
3)
Frid. 14
1
Sat.
15
Sun.
16
Mon. 17
4
Tues. 18
5
Wed. 19
6
Thur.
20
7
DAYS OF DAYS OF 3 & 4
WEEK MONTH
MOONS
Sat.
1
18
Sun.
2
19
Mon.
3
20
Tues. 4
21
Wed. 5
22
Thur. 6
23
Frid.
7
24
Sat.
8
25
Sun.
9
26
Mon. 10
27
23 2
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
First number of "Hongkong Gazette" published, 1841. Telegraphic communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines, 1880. Spanish fleet destroyed by U.S. fleet at Cavite, 1898. Emperor Kwang Hsu buried, 1909.
4th after EASTER. Ratification at Tientsin of the Treaty between Portugal and China,
1888. United States formally recognised Republic of China, 1913 Suspension of Oriental Bank, 1884.
Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874. Roman Catholic Cathedral at Peking
inaugurated, 1884. Aomori devastated by fire, 1910.
British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842. Imperial Government ordered steps to be taken
at Hongkong to close opium divans, 1908.
King Edward VII. died, 1910. Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokyo, 1874. Departure of Governor Sir William Des Vœux from Hongkong, 1891.
ROGATION DAY. New Town Hall at Tientsin opened, 1890. Waglan Lighthouse opened, 1893. Hongkong declared infected with plague, 1894. Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1864. Occupation of Port Hamilton by the British Squadron, 1885. Meeting of Chinese merchants at Shanghai instituted a boycott of American products as a protest against the Chinese Immigration Act, the movement eventually spreading extensively in China, 1905. Attempted assassination of the Tsarevitch by a Japanese at Otsu, Japan, 1891. Execution of fifteen pirates (including leader of "Namoa" pirates) at Kowloon, 1891. Portuguese cruiser Adamastor struck rock near Hongkong, 1913.
East India Co.'s garden at Canton destroyed by the Mandarins, 1831. Swedish str. Nippon
wrecked on Scarborough Reef, 1913. ASCENSION DAY. A corporal of the British Legation murdered by Chinese soldiers at
Peking, 1864. Anti-foreign riot at Wuhu, 1891. Arrival of Sir John Walsham, Bart., in Hongkong, on his way to Peking to assume
the functions of British Minister, 1886.
Ratification at Peking of the amended Treaty between Russia and China, 1881.
Anti-foreign riot in the Hochow district, 1891.
SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION.
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Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer 'Izere, 1860. Arrival of General Grant
in Shanghai, 1879. Kowloon walled city occupied, 1899.
The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1842. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891. Disastrous surprise of a French sortie in Tonkin led by Commandant Riviere and death
of the latter, 1883. Hongkong Daily Press" enlarged, 1900.
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Forts at mouth of Peiho captured by British and French forces, 1858. The Canton Mint
commenced striking silver coins, 1890.
Frid. 21
8
Loss of M.M. str. “Menzaleh" while on her passage from Hongkong to Yokohama, 1887. Imperial_Edict respecting anti-Christian literature, 1892. Ministers' Joint Note to Chinese Government on the Boxer agitation, 1900.
Sat.
22
Sun.
Mon. 24
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
*** * **
9
Foreign factories at Canton pillaged, 1841.
23
10
WHIT SUNDAY. U.S. Legation at Tokyo burned down, 1863.
11
25
12
26
13
Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.
27
14
Fri. 28
15
Sat.
Sun.
3838
29
16
30
17
Mon.
31
18
WHIT MONDAY AND EMPIRE DAY. Captain Elliot and all the British subjects left Canton
for Macao, 1839. British flag hoisted at Weihaiwei, 1898.
The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891,
Forniosa Republic declared, 1895.
Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841. Boxers burn station on Lu-Han line, 1900,
of Kinchau (Russo-Japan War); Japanese stormed Nanshan and captured 78 guns, 1904. Battle of the Japan Sea; Admiral Togo practically annihilates Admiral Roshdes- vensky's fleet, 1905.
Queen's Statue, Hongkong, unveiled, 1896. Great rain storm in Hongkong, serious damage, 1889. Anti-foreign riots in Szechuen, 1895. H. M. Queen Mother of Siam visited. Hongkong, 1911.
44
Empress of Ireland” sunk and 600 lives lost, including several prominent Far Eastern residents, in the St. Lawrence River, 1914.
TRINITY SUNDAY, II.B.M. screw sloop "Reynard" lost on the Pratas shoal in trying to rescue remainder of crew of “Velocipede," 1851. Opening of the Peak Tramway, Hongkong, 1888. Chinese Postal Service transferred to Board of Communications, 1911. Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao; loss of the "Poyang," with 100 lives near Macao, 1874.
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