18 RICHARD FROTSCHER’S aLMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 
12th Month. DECEMBER. 31 Days. 
Calculated for the Latitude of the Southern States. 
New MOON ine: thse ere Ty eae Beas (0 4h. 45m. Morning. 
Pirst Quartere: os cece. SP ee os eg 10d. ih. 25m. Morning. 
iBall Moons aes eee ae ke ee aif Heals saae Ey see 8d. dh. 20m. Morning. 
Rast: Quarteric. <i. neon ee ee ere 26d. 12h. 39m. Morning. 
DAY Sun Sun Moon CHRONOLOGY 
OF rises. sets. | 5. & 8: pera 
Month and Week. Tera | ave Gee elie: ite IMPORTANT EVENTS. 
1 ; Saturday | 7 5: 4 58 : 4 59 Princess A. Comnena, Historian, born, 1083. 
A9) Ist Sunday in Advent. Matth. 21. Day’s length, 9h. 48m. 
2) Sunday C26 | 454 \ 5 59 | Hernan Cortez, died 1547. 
3 | Monday 7 6|4 54) sets | Robert Bloomfield, Poet, born, 1776. 
4| Tuesday 7 71453} 610} Pope John XXII, died 1334. 
5 | Wednesday | 7 7 | AS5S |) tel aCaclvle zborne Woe 
6 | Thursday CEN as 53s | BOs QUE emote Nicholas, ‘Archbishop of Myra, 342. 
7 | Friday 7 8 | 4527 9 28) Cicero, Roman orator, assassinated, 43 B. C. 
8 | Saturday (8 | 452 | 10 39 Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin. 
om 2nd Sunday in Advent. Luke 21. Day’s length, 9h. 44m. 
| Sumday |7 8 | 452/11 48| Milton. born, 1608. , 
io | Monday | 7 9}|4 51! morn; Louis Napoleon, elected President, 1848. 
11 | Tuesday 7 9{|451 | 1247 {| Louis, Prince of Conde, died 1686. 
19 RW. ednesday 7 814 5b) 155 | St: Columba, Abbot in Ireland, 584 
13 | Thursday | 7 9/451] 245 Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862. 
14 | Friday | 710 | 450 |. 3 21 | Washington, died, 1799, 
15 | Saturday | 710} 450) 411) David Don, Botanist, died, 1841. 
358) 3rd Sunday in Advent. Matth. 11. _Day’s length, 9h. 40m. 
16 | Sunday '710|450| 459| Great Fire in New York, 1835. a 
17 | Monday 7101|450' 558}; Ludw. Beethoven, emin. comp., born, 1770, 
18 | Tuesday (711) 4 49] rises | St. Winebald, Abbot and Confessor, 760. 
19 | Wednesday | 711 |449{] 559) Capt. W. Ed. Parry, Aret. Nav; born=4790; 
20 | Thursday | 711 | 4 49) 6 47 | Secession ord. passed in S. Carolina, 1560. 
21 | Friday |7121448| 752) St. Thomas, Apostle. 
22 | Saturday 711 | 4 49 | 8 51 | Emp. Vitellius, beheaded at Rome, 69 A, D. 
a2) 4th Sunday in Advent. John 1. Day’s length, 9h. 38m. 
23 | Sunday 7th | 4 49 955 | Newton, born, 1642. : 
24 | Monday | 711 | 4 49 | 10 59 | Treaty of Ghent, 1814. 
25 | Tuesday | 7 11 |-4 49 | 11 59 Nativity of our Lord. Christmas Day. 
26 | Wednesday | 7 10 | 4 50 | morn! “Battle of Trenton, 1776. 
27 | Thursday | 7 10 | 4 50 | 12 39 | St. John, Apostle ‘and Evangelist. 
28 | Friday ot LON 24250 1 49 | Macauley, died, 1849. 
29 | Saturday ee, rol 2.39 | Union repulsed at Vicksburg, Miss., 1862. — 
53) Sunday after Christmas. é Luke 2. ¥ | Day’s length, 9h. 421. 
| Sunday (a9) | 4 51 BBY Titus, Roman Emperor, born, 41 A. D. . 
31 | Monday 7 9|451| 436] Battle of Murfreesboro, 1862. 
Jewish Festivals and Fasts.—5649.—1. December, Chanukah. 4. and 5. December, 
Rosh-Chodesh Thebet. 
