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Frotscher's Almanac and Garden Manual 



4th Month. 





APRIL. 30 Days. 



Calculated 



for tf\e Latitude of Southern States. 



MOON'S PHASES. 



Last Quarter 2d. 12h. 51m. Morning. 



New Moon ...» 9d. 9h. 46m. Forenoon. 



First Quarter 17d. lh. 53m. Afternoon. 



Full Moon 24d. 5h. 29m. Evening. 



CHRONOLOGY 



— OF — 



IMPORTANT EVENTS. 



DAY 

 OP 



Month & Week 



Sun 



rises. 



la. m. 



Sun 



sets. 



h. m. 



Moon 

 r. &s. 



la. m. 



1 



2 

 3 



Thurs. l 

 Frid. 



Sat. 



5 47 

 5 46 

 5 45 



6 13 

 6 14 

 6 15 



12 30 



1 18 



2 01 



Earthquake at Melbourne, 1871. 

 Jefferson, born, 1743. 

 Washington Irving, born, 1783. 



14) 1st Sunday after Easter. 



John 20. 



Day's length, 12h. 34m. 



4 



Sun. 



5 43 



6 17 



2 34 



Oliver Goldsmith, died, 1774. 



5 



Mori. 



5 42 



6 18 



3 13 



St. Irgernach, of Ireland, 550. 



6 



Tues. 



5 41 



6 19 



3 52 



Battle of Shiloh, 1862. 



7 



Wed. 



5 40 



6 20 



4 19 



St. Francis Xavier, Missionary, born, 1506. 



8 



Thurs. 



5 39 



6 21 



4 41 



Louisiana admitted to the Union, 1812. 



9 



Frid. 



5 38 



6 22 



sets. 



General R. E. Lee, surrendered, 1865. 



10 



Sat. 



5 37 



6 23 



7 57 



St. Bademus, Abbot, Martyr, 376. 



15) 2d Sunday after Easter. 



John 10. Day's length, 12h. 48m. 



11 



Sun. 



5 36 



12 



Mon. 



5 35 



13 



Tues. 



5 34 



14 



Wed. 



5 33 



15 



Thurs. 



5 32 



16 



Frid. 



5 31 



17 



Sat'. 



5 30 



6 24 

 6 25 

 6 26 

 6 27 

 6 28 

 6 29 

 6 30 



8 55 



9 41 



10 39 



11 32 

 morn. 



12 33 

 1 19 



Geo. Canning, born, 1770. . [Sumter. 



First gun of the Civil War fired, 1861, at Fort 



Sydney Lady Morgan, died, 1859. 



Lincoln, assassinated, 1865. 



George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, died, 1632. 



Battle of Culloden, 1746. 



Dr. Benjamin Franklin, died, 1790. 



16) 3d Sunday after Easter. 



John 16. 



Day's length, 13h. 2m. 



18 



Sun. 



5 29 



6 31 



1 51 



Shakespeare, born, 1564. 







19 



Mon. 



5 28 



6 32 



2 20 



Battle of Lexington, 1775. 







20 



Tues. 



5 27 



6 33 



2 53 



E. Barton, "Maid of Kent," executed 



, 1534. 



21 



Wed. 



5 26 



6 34 



3 20 



Confederate Victory at Plymouth, 



N. 



C, 1863. 



22 



Thurs. 



5 25 



6 35 



3 45 



Madam De Stael, born, 1766. 







23 



Frid. 



5 24 



6 36 



4 13 



Shakespeare, died, 1616. 







24 



Sat. 



5 23 



6 37 



rises. 



Oliver Cromwell, born, 1599. 







17) 4th Sunday after Easter. John 16. Day's length, 13h. 16m. 



25 



Sun. 



5 22 



6 38 



8 12 



St. Mark's Day. 



26 



Mon. 



5 21 



6 39 



9 25 



David Hume, born, 1711. 



27 



Tues. 



5 20 



6 40 



10 32 



Sir Wm. Jones, Poet and Scholar, died, 1794. 



28 



Wed. 



5 19 



6 49 



11 29 



Monroe, born, 1758. 



29 



Thurs. 



5 18 



6 48 



morn. 



King Edward, IV, of England, born, 1441. 



30 



Frid. 



5 17 



6 47 



12 21 



; Louisiana purchased from France by the U. S. 



Jewish Festivals and Fasts.— 5640— April 2. 3. Last days of Pesah : 11. 12. 

 Eosh-codesh Iyar ; 29. Lag Leomor. . 



