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January 1837
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 centenary
30 birthdays

2

1 marriage
31 birthdays

3

30 birthdays

4

28 birthdays

5

30 birthdays

6

3 births
28 birthdays

7

1 birth
1 death
20 birthdays

8

1 death
1 centenary
43 birthdays

9

2 births
22 birthdays

10

1 centenary
33 birthdays

11

2 births
20 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 death
24 birthdays

13

22 birthdays

14

33 birthdays

15

3 births
25 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 marriage
25 birthdays

17

29 birthdays

18

31 birthdays

19

23 birthdays

20

1 birth
33 birthdays

21

1 birth
27 birthdays

22

17 birthdays

23

2 centenaries
22 birthdays

24

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
18 birthdays

25

3 births
1 centenary
10 birthdays

26

1 death
29 birthdays

27

1 birth
20 birthdays

28

3 births
1 centenary
19 birthdays

29

25 birthdays

30

1 birth
23 birthdays

31

27 birthdays


February 1837
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

25 birthdays

2

1 birth
25 birthdays

3

26 birthdays

4

1 birth
28 birthdays

5

1 birth
23 birthdays

6

1 birth
21 birthdays

7

2 births
23 birthdays

8

1 birth
26 birthdays

9

2 births
25 birthdays

10

2 births
32 birthdays

11

1 birth
37 birthdays

12

1 centenary
30 birthdays

13

1 birth
23 birthdays

14

1 birth
35 birthdays

15

14 birthdays

16

16 birthdays

17

1 birth
24 birthdays

18

1 marriage
1 death
42 birthdays

19

1 birth
22 birthdays

20

3 births
1 death
32 birthdays

21

1 birth
21 birthdays

22

1 birth
42 birthdays

23

16 birthdays

24

23 birthdays

25

27 birthdays

26

1 centenary
23 birthdays

27

1 marriage
1 death
1 transition
24 birthdays

28

1 marriage
32 birthdays


March 1837
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
22 birthdays

2

1 centenary
31 birthdays

3

1 marriage
1 centenary
29 birthdays

4

1 centenary
27 birthdays

5

28 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 election
26 birthdays

7

2 births
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
24 birthdays

8

1 birth
27 birthdays

9

1 death
25 birthdays

10

19 birthdays

11

1 centenary
27 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
33 birthdays

13

3 births
22 birthdays

14

22 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 death
25 birthdays

16

28 birthdays

17

2 births
31 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
23 birthdays

19

1 birth
1 death
18 birthdays

20

27 birthdays

21

17 birthdays

22

24 birthdays

23

1 birth
19 birthdays

24

24 birthdays

25

1 birth
22 birthdays

26

1 birth
14 birthdays

27

2 births
17 birthdays

28

2 births
1 death
24 birthdays

29

3 births
19 birthdays

30

1 birth
21 birthdays

31

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
21 birthdays


April 1837
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

34 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 centenary
26 birthdays

3

25 birthdays

4

22 birthdays

5

31 birthdays

6

2 births
27 birthdays

7

1 centenary
18 birthdays

8

28 birthdays

9

22 birthdays

10

1 death
29 birthdays

11

1 election
23 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 death
36 birthdays

13

16 birthdays

14

2 births
1 centenary
26 birthdays

15

1 birth
29 birthdays

16

12 birthdays

17

1 death
25 birthdays

18

1 birth
17 birthdays

19

17 birthdays

20

25 birthdays

21

17 birthdays

22

1 death
28 birthdays

23

14 birthdays

24

2 births
23 birthdays

25

2 births
20 birthdays

26

22 birthdays

27

1 marriage
1 centenary
22 birthdays

28

20 birthdays

29

20 birthdays

30

19 birthdays


May 1837
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 marriage
1 centenary
20 birthdays

2

4 births
17 birthdays

3

18 birthdays

4

24 birthdays

5

1 birth
19 birthdays

6

2 births
22 birthdays

7

1 birth
2 centenaries
17 birthdays

8

24 birthdays

9

2 births
20 birthdays

10

2 births
26 birthdays

11

1 marriage
16 birthdays

12

23 birthdays

13

21 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 centenary
18 birthdays

15

2 births
18 birthdays

16

2 births
31 birthdays

17

1 birth
17 birthdays

18

2 births
26 birthdays

19

17 birthdays

20

28 birthdays

21

23 birthdays

22

1 birth
28 birthdays

23

1 birth
1 marriage
33 birthdays

24

3 births
21 birthdays

25

16 birthdays

26

21 birthdays

27

17 birthdays

28

3 births
1 death
27 birthdays

29

16 birthdays

30

16 birthdays

31

1 birth
17 birthdays


June 1837
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

20 birthdays

2

19 birthdays

3

19 birthdays

4

26 birthdays

5

13 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 death
16 birthdays

7

13 birthdays

8

3 births
24 birthdays

9

1 birth
1 marriage
19 birthdays

10

28 birthdays

11

12 birthdays

12

31 birthdays

13

19 birthdays

14

30 birthdays

15

16 birthdays

16

1 birth
21 birthdays

17

1 birth
21 birthdays

18

2 births
24 birthdays

19

1 birth
21 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 centenary
31 birthdays

21

19 birthdays

22

3 births
1 death
18 birthdays

23

1 birth
17 birthdays

24

20 birthdays

25

2 births
19 birthdays

26

24 birthdays

27

9 birthdays

28

1 birth
26 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 death
16 birthdays

30

22 birthdays


July 1837
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 death
23 birthdays

2

18 birthdays

3

1 birth
20 birthdays

4

38 birthdays

5

14 birthdays

6

25 birthdays

7

1 birth
16 birthdays

8

16 birthdays

9

23 birthdays

10

2 births
1 death
1 election
29 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 centenary
22 birthdays

12

1 birth
21 birthdays

13

1 birth
17 birthdays

14

10 birthdays

15

21 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 death
16 birthdays

17

1 death
21 birthdays

18

16 birthdays

19

1 death
1 centenary
2 transitions
18 birthdays

20

15 birthdays

21

23 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 death
21 birthdays

23

1 centenary
21 birthdays

24

26 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 marriage
23 birthdays

26

17 birthdays

27

2 marriages
20 birthdays

28

1 death
16 birthdays

29

21 birthdays

30

19 birthdays

31

1 birth
19 birthdays


August 1837
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

23 birthdays

2

21 birthdays

3

2 marriages
19 birthdays

4

1 centenary
27 birthdays

5

1 birth
21 birthdays

6

19 birthdays

7

23 birthdays

8

2 births
21 birthdays

9

1 birth
23 birthdays

10

2 births
1 death
34 birthdays

11

1 birth
18 birthdays

12

1 centenary
22 birthdays

13

1 birth
21 birthdays

14

26 birthdays

15

19 birthdays

16

21 birthdays

17

1 death
18 birthdays

18

2 deaths
1 transition
18 birthdays

19

22 birthdays

20

2 deaths
1 transition
26 birthdays

21

15 birthdays

22

2 deaths
1 election
21 birthdays

23

20 birthdays

24

15 birthdays

25

29 birthdays

26

2 deaths
18 birthdays

27

1 centenary
25 birthdays

28

1 birth
16 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 death
28 birthdays

30

18 birthdays

31

3 births
18 birthdays


September 1837
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
21 birthdays

2

1 birth
16 birthdays

3

23 birthdays

4

26 birthdays

5

14 birthdays

6

26 birthdays

7

30 birthdays

8

25 birthdays

9

23 birthdays

10

29 birthdays

11

22 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 centenary
15 birthdays

13

2 births
20 birthdays

14

1 death
32 birthdays

15

2 births
28 birthdays

16

1 birth
27 birthdays

17

23 birthdays

18

30 birthdays

19

1 centenary
18 birthdays

20

26 birthdays

21

1 marriage
30 birthdays

22

27 birthdays

23

20 birthdays

24

2 births
1 death
18 birthdays

25

1 death
23 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 death
11 birthdays

27

22 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 death
28 birthdays

29

1 centenary
27 birthdays

30

1 birth
25 birthdays


October 1837
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 death
30 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 centenary
1 election
22 birthdays

3

27 birthdays

4

1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
29 birthdays

5

1 marriage
1 centenary
24 birthdays

6

1 death
26 birthdays

7

1 death
17 birthdays

8

1 birth
34 birthdays

9

1 death
27 birthdays

10

1 birth
30 birthdays

11

1 death
27 birthdays

12

2 births
1 death
18 birthdays

13

1 birth
29 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 death
23 birthdays

15

1 birth
21 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
43 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 marriage
22 birthdays

18

34 birthdays

19

22 birthdays

20

1 death
34 birthdays

21

2 births
22 birthdays

22

2 births
22 birthdays

23

24 birthdays

24

2 births
29 birthdays

25

24 birthdays

26

1 birth
26 birthdays

27

1 birth
28 birthdays

28

19 birthdays

29

1 birth
13 birthdays

30

1 birth
28 birthdays

31

1 centenary
24 birthdays


November 1837
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

22 birthdays

2

1 birth
19 birthdays

3

2 births
17 birthdays

4

28 birthdays

5

2 births
32 birthdays

6

17 birthdays

7

32 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 marriage
18 birthdays

9

1 birth
1 death
22 birthdays

10

38 birthdays

11

19 birthdays

12

1 death
20 birthdays

13

2 births
1 election
28 birthdays

14

1 birth
20 birthdays

15

1 death
1 transition
25 birthdays

16

2 births
23 birthdays

17

1 birth
31 birthdays

18

1 birth
29 birthdays

19

25 birthdays

20

18 birthdays

21

15 birthdays

22

2 births
20 birthdays

23

1 birth
31 birthdays

24

2 births
1 death
2 transitions
21 birthdays

25

2 births
23 birthdays

26

2 births
26 birthdays

27

1 birth
27 birthdays

28

24 birthdays

29

34 birthdays

30

26 birthdays


December 1837
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

23 birthdays

2

1 birth
19 birthdays

3

1 birth
17 birthdays

4

13 birthdays

5

25 birthdays

6

2 centenaries
31 birthdays

7

1 birth
32 birthdays

8

26 birthdays

9

21 birthdays

10

25 birthdays

11

1 birth
18 birthdays

12

1 birth
33 birthdays

13

27 birthdays

14

1 birth
27 birthdays

15

2 births
33 birthdays

16

2 births
37 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 death
18 birthdays

18

25 birthdays

19

21 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 marriage
19 birthdays

21

1 marriage
1 death
26 birthdays

22

3 births
1 centenary
30 birthdays

23

2 births
19 birthdays

24

3 births
1 marriage
1 centenary
22 birthdays

25

3 births
1 death
1 transition
55 birthdays

26

2 births
1 marriage
20 birthdays

27

21 birthdays

28

1 birth
22 birthdays

29

25 birthdays

30

14 birthdays

31

24 birthdays


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