RICHARD FROTSCHER'S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 



1st Month. 



JANUARY. 



31 Days. 



Calcixlated for the Latitude of tlie So\atliern States. 



MOON'S PHASES. 



Last Quarter 3d. 



New Moon lOd. 



First Quarter 17d. 



Full Moon 24d. 



4h. 52m. Morning. 



9h. 43m. Morning. 



12h. 57m. Morning. 



7h. 5m. Evening. 



DAY 



OF 



Month and Week. 



Sun 

 rises. 



h. m. 



Sun 



sets. 



li. m. 



Moon 

 r. & s. 



h. m. 



CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. 



1 

 2 

 3 



Thursday, 



Friday, 



Saturday, 



7 9 

 7 8 

 7 8 



4 51 

 4 52 

 4 52 



10 52 



11 39 

 morn 



New Year's Day. 



Gen. Wolf born, Westerham, Kent, 1727. 



Eliot Warburton, Hist. Novelist, died, 1852. 



1) Sunday after New Year. 



Matth. 2. Day's length, 9h. 54m. 



4 Sunday, 



5 Monday, 



6 Tuesday, 



7 Wednesday 

 Thursday, 

 Friday, 



10 Saturday, 



7 8 



4 52 



12 24 



7 7 



4 53 



1 24 



7 7 



4 53 



2 36 



7 7 



4 53 



3 39 



7 6 



4 54 



4 49 



7 6 



4 54 



5 52 



7 6 



4 54 



sets 



Introduction of Silk manuf'es into Europe, 1536 



Vigil of Epiphany. 



Epiphany, or 12th day, old Christmas Day. 



Kobert Nicoll, poet, born, 1814. 



Battle of N. O., 1815 & Inaug. Gov. Nicholls 



Car. Lucr. Herschel, Astrono'r, died, 1848. 



1st Steamboat New Orleans from Pittsburgh 



1877. 



1812. 



2) 1st Sunday after Epiphany. 



Luke 2. 



Day's length, 9h. 50m. 



Sunday, 



Monday, 



Tuesday, 



Wednesday, 



Thursday, 



Friday, 



Saturday, 



7 5 



4 55 



6 24 



7 4 



4 56 



7 34 



7 3 



4 57 



8 46 



7 3 



4 57 



10 10 



7 2 



4 58 



11 25 



7 1 



4 59 



morn 



7 



5 



12 2 



First Lottery drawn in England, 1569. 



St. Arcadius, MartjT. 



G. Fox, Founder Sect of Quakers, died, 1690. 



"Great Frost" in England, began 1205. 



Thomas Crofton Croker, born, 1798. 



Edmond Spencer, Poet, died, 1599. 



Mozart, Musician, born, 1756. 



3) 2nd Sunday after Epiphany. 



John 2. 



Day's length, lOh. 00m. 



18 



Sunday, 



7 



5 



1 4 



Festival of St. Peter's Chair at Rome. 



19 



Monday, 



6 59 



5 1 



2 6 



James Watt, born, 1736. 



20 



Tuesday, 



6 58 



5 2 



3 8 



Coldest day in the century, 1838. 



21 



Wednesday, 



6 58 



5 2 



4 10 



St. Agnes, Virgin Martyr, 304. 



22 



Thursday, 



6 57 



5 3 



5 14 



Francis Bacon, born 1561. 



23 



Friday, 



6 56 



5 4 



5 48 



Thanksgiving for victory of 8th, 1815. 



24 



Saturday, 



6 56 



5 4 



rises 



Frederick the Great, born, 1712. 



4) Septuagesima Sunday. 



Matth. 20. 



Day's length, lOh. 10m. 



25 



Sunday, 



6 55 



5 5 



6 2 



St. Paul's Day. 





26 



Monday, 



6 54 



5 6 



7 2 



Louisiana seceded, 1861. 





27 



Tuesday, 



6 53 



5 7 



7 59 



Admiral Lord Hood, died, 1816. 





28 



Wednesday, 



6 52 



5 8 



8 59 



Henry VIH, died, 1547. 





29 



Thursday, 



6 51 



5 9 



9 51 



Emanuel de Swedenborg, born, 1688-89. 



30 



Friday, 



6 50 



5 10 



10 58 



King Charies I, beheaded, 1649. 





31 



Saturday, 



6 50 



5 10 



11 43 



Ben. Johnston, born, 1574. 





Jewish Festivals and Fasts,— 5651.— January 10, Rosh Chodeeh Shebat; 

 24. Chamisho Osor. 



