Foe the Southern States. 



17 



12th Month. 



DECEMBER. 



31 Days. 



Calculated for tl:\e Latitude of Soutl\err\ States. 



MOON'S PHASES. 



Full Moon 5d. llh. 52m. Forenoon. 



Last Quarter 13d. 2h. 43m. Forenoon. 



New Moon 20d. 12h, 46m. Evening. 



First Quarter 27d. 3h. 20m. Afternoon. 



Month & Week h, m. 



Sun 



sets. 



h. m. 



Moou 

 r. &8. 



h. m. 



CHRONOLOGY 



—OP- 

 IMPORTANT EVENTS. 



1 

 2 

 3 



Thurs. 



Frid. 



Sat. 



7 5 

 7 6 

 7 6 



4 55 

 4 54 

 4 54 



2 50 



3 50 

 5 3 



Princess A. Comnenaf Historian, born, 1083. 



Hernan Cortes, died, 1547. 



Robert Bloomfield, Poet, born, 1776. 



49) 2iid Sunday in Advent. 



Luke 21. 



Day's length, 9h. 46m. 



4 



Sun. 



7 7 



4 53 



6 19 



5 



Mon. 



7 7 



4 53 



rises. 



6 



Tues. 



7 7 



4 53 



5 35 



7 



Wed. 



7 8 



4 52 



6 57 



8 



Thurs. 



7 8 



4 52 



7 53 



9 



Frid. 



7 8 



4 52 



8 49 



10 



Sat. 



7 9 



4 51 



9 47 



Pope John, XXII, died, 1334. 



Carlyle, born, 1795. 



St. Nicholas, Archbishop, of Myra, 342. 



Cicero, Roman Orator, assassinated, 43 B. C. 



Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin. 



Milton, born, 1608. 



Louis Napoleon, elected President, 1848. 



50) 3rd Sunday in Advent. 



Matth. 11. 



Day's length, 9h. 42m. 



Sun, 



Mon. 



Tues. 



Wed. 



Thurs. 



Frid. 



Sat. 



10 45 



11 42 

 morn. 



12 38 



1 33 



2 31 



3 29 



Louis, Prince of Cond^, died, 1686. 



St. Columba, Abbot in Ireland, 584. 



Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862. 



Washington, died, 1799. 



David Don, Botanist, died, 1841. 



Great Fire in New York, 1835. 



Ludw. Beethoven, emin. Compos., born, 1770. 



31) 4th Sunday in Advent. 



John 1, 



Day's length, 9ht 38m , 



18 



Sun. 



7 11 



4 49 



4 27 



19 



Mon. 



7 11 



4 49 



5 26 



20 



Tues. 



7 11 



4 49 



6 23 



21 



Wed. 



7 12 



4 48 



sets. 



22 



Thurs. 



7 11 



4 49 



6 53 



23 



Frid. 



7 11 



4 49 



8 6 



24 



Sat. 



7 11 



4 49 



9 19 



St. Winebald, Abbot and Confessor, 760. 



Capt. W. Ed. Parry, Arct. Nav., born, 1790. 



Secession ordinance passed in S. Carolina, '60. 



St. Thomas, Apostle. 



Emp. Vetellius, beheaded at Rome, 69 A. D. 



Newton, born, 1642. 



Treaty of Ghent, 1814. 



52) Sunday on Christmas. 



Luke 2. 



Day's length, 9h. 40m. 



25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 



Sun. 



Mon. 



Tues. 



Wed. 



Thurs. 



Frid. 



Sat. 



50 



10 28 



50 



11 29 



50 



morn. 



50 



12 24 



51 



1 19 



51 



2 20 



51 



3 19 



Nativity of our Lord. Christmas Day. 



Battle of Trenton, 1776. 



St. John, Apostle and Evangelist. 



Macauley, died, 1859. 



Union repulse at Vicksburg, Miss., 1862. 



Titus, Roman Emperor, born, 41, A. D. 



Battle of Murfreesboro, 1862. 



Jewish Festivals and Fasts.— 5642— December 17. Chanukah ; 22. and 23. 

 Eosh-Chodesh Thebeth. 



