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RICHARD FROTSCHER’S 
ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 
12th Month. DECEMBER. 31 Days. 
Calculated for the Latitude of the nes States. 
MOON’ S PHASES. 
Ma USE OOM ee BW OSL pak aye eres 7d. 4h. 32m. Morning. 
HMastgoua rier! G2 yee. ya he ance ere eae 15d. 9h. 38m. Morning. 
NG we MOO. 35 es disci eel At ae ee uae 22d. the som Morning. 
HIS EMO UATCED 2 es 8) tee cae ae 29d. 1lh. 56m. Evening. 
DAY Sun Sun Moon CHRONOLOGY 
OF rises. sets. | r.&s. —or— 
Month and Week. Ha eee tane hee 
TUPORTANT EVENTS. 
48) ist Sunday in Advent, Matth. 21. Day’s length, 9h. 50m. 
1, Sunday §7 5 145511290] Princess A. Comnena, Historian, born, 1083. 
2 | Monday 7 6|454! 121. Hernan Cortez, died, 1547. 
3 | Tuesday ( 6-| 4°54 |" 2 99.1% Robert Bloomfield, Poet, born, 1776. 
4 | Wednesday | 7 7 | 452] 3 28 | Pope John XXIf, died, 1334, 
> | Dhursday 20%. 37 |. 4053) 4320) (Carlyle. born i79a 
6 | Friday 7 71453) 5 36! St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra, 342. 
7 | Saturday 7 8 | 452) rises} Cicero, Roman orator, assassinated, 43 B. C. 
49) 2d Sunday in Advent. Luke 21. Dav’s leng th, ae 44m. 
8 | Sunday l7 8|452| 559 ne eaealane Conception of Blood Virgin. 
9 | Monday 7 8|452{ 6411] Milton, born, 1608. 
10 | Tuesday id ; h4cote |) Wo s8e. outs Napoleon, elected President, 1848. 
11 | Wednesday | 7 451 | 8 34+ Louis, Prince of Conde. died 1686. 
12 | Thursday 7 : 4 51 9 32 | St. Columba, Abbot in Ireland, 584. 
13 | Friday 7 9| 451) 1029 | Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862. 
14 | Saturday 7 10 | 450 | 11 32, Washington, died, 1799. 
30) 3d Sunday in Advent. Matth. 11. Day’ Ss fener ‘oh. 40m. 
15 | Sumday | 710/450] morn; David Don, Botanist, died, 1841. 
16 | Monday 719/450 |12 21 Great Fire in New York; 1835. 
17 | Tuesday A) 0) 1 24 | Ludw. Beethoven, emin. comp., born, 1770. 
18 | Wednesday | 711/449] 230} St. Winebald, Abbot and Confessor, 760. 
19 | Thursday 711|449 {| 340, Capt. W. Ed. Parry, Arct. Nav., born, 1790. 
20 | Friday 711);449) 450 Secession ord. passed in 8. Carolina, 186). 
21 | Saturday 712 | 448} 558; St. Thomas, Apostle. 
51) 4th Sunday in Advent John 1. Day’s length, oh. 38m. 
22 | Sunday 7 i1| 449] sets.| Emp. Vitellius, beheaded at Rome, 69 A. D. 
23 | Monday 711/449] 6 9| Newton, born, 1642. 
24 | Tuesday CAL 4 490) = 7-20 |) 'Ereaty of Ghent fst: 
25 | Wednesday | 711] 449] 8 30| Nativity of our Lord. Christmas Day. 
26 | Thursday 710 | 4650] 9 40] Battle of Trenton, 1776. 
27 | Friday 710} 450 | 10 45 | St. John, Apostle and Evangelist. 
28 | Saturday | CC AOR eee 50m 54 | Macauley, died, 1859. 
92) Sunday after Christmas. Luke 2. Day’s length, 9h. 42m, 
29 | Sunday 7 9{|4 51} morn}| Union repulsed at Vicksburg, Miss., 1862. 
30 | Monday 7 9| 4 51./°12 39 | Titus, Roman Emperor, born, 41 A. D. 
31 | Tuesday Ceo) | 4a 137] Battle of Murfreesboro, 1862. 
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Jewish Festivals and Fasts,—5650.—December 18., Chanukah. 
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23. and 24., Rosh Chodesh Thebet. 
