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January 1839
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
32 birthdays

2

32 birthdays

3

1 birth
31 birthdays

4

1 death
1 centenary
29 birthdays

5

1 birth
30 birthdays

6

32 birthdays

7

1 birth
22 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 marriage
43 birthdays

9

1 birth
24 birthdays

10

1 centenary
33 birthdays

11

1 birth
22 birthdays

12

26 birthdays

13

1 centenary
1 transition
22 birthdays

14

33 birthdays

15

1 birth
27 birthdays

16

28 birthdays

17

1 birth
29 birthdays

18

1 birth
32 birthdays

19

2 births
23 birthdays

20

34 birthdays

21

28 birthdays

22

16 birthdays

23

24 birthdays

24

19 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 centenary
14 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 death
29 birthdays

27

2 births
22 birthdays

28

1 birth
22 birthdays

29

1 centenary
22 birthdays

30

24 birthdays

31

26 birthdays


February 1839
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

25 birthdays

2

2 deaths
1 transition
25 birthdays

3

1 birth
1 death
27 birthdays

4

2 transitions
29 birthdays

5

24 birthdays

6

22 birthdays

7

1 birth
1 death
25 birthdays

8

25 birthdays

9

2 births
27 birthdays

10

35 birthdays

11

39 birthdays

12

2 births
2 deaths
1 centenary
32 birthdays

13

1 birth
24 birthdays

14

1 birth
36 birthdays

15

2 births
1 centenary
14 birthdays

16

1 birth
17 birthdays

17

1 death
25 birthdays

18

1 birth
43 birthdays

19

1 centenary
22 birthdays

20

35 birthdays

21

25 birthdays

22

1 birth
44 birthdays

23

1 birth
1 marriage
16 birthdays

24

23 birthdays

25

1 birth
26 birthdays

26

1 birth
23 birthdays

27

1 birth
23 birthdays

28

1 marriage
32 birthdays


March 1839
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
24 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
31 birthdays

3

1 birth
29 birthdays

4

1 birth
28 birthdays

5

1 birth
1 centenary
27 birthdays

6

1 election
29 birthdays

7

1 birth
28 birthdays

8

1 birth
28 birthdays

9

1 birth
25 birthdays

10

1 birth
19 birthdays

11

1 birth
27 birthdays

12

34 birthdays

13

1 birth
25 birthdays

14

2 deaths
1 transition
21 birthdays

15

28 birthdays

16

1 centenary
30 birthdays

17

1 birth
34 birthdays

18

1 birth
24 birthdays

19

1 death
19 birthdays

20

1 birth
29 birthdays

21

21 birthdays

22

2 births
24 birthdays

23

20 birthdays

24

24 birthdays

25

26 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 death
15 birthdays

27

3 births
20 birthdays

28

1 transition
27 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 centenary
22 birthdays

30

1 centenary
21 birthdays

31

2 births
20 birthdays


April 1839
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 deaths
1 transition
35 birthdays

2

1 birth
27 birthdays

3

1 birth
25 birthdays

4

1 death
1 transition
23 birthdays

5

3 births
1 centenary
31 birthdays

6

1 death
28 birthdays

7

1 birth
19 birthdays

8

29 birthdays

9

1 birth
1 election
21 birthdays

10

1 birth
30 birthdays

11

23 birthdays

12

1 death
39 birthdays

13

1 centenary
16 birthdays

14

1 birth
30 birthdays

15

1 death
1 transition
30 birthdays

16

1 birth
13 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
25 birthdays

18

20 birthdays

19

1 death
17 birthdays

20

1 birth
25 birthdays

21

19 birthdays

22

1 marriage
1 death
29 birthdays

23

1 birth
14 birthdays

24

1 marriage
25 birthdays

25

1 birth
21 birthdays

26

1 birth
22 birthdays

27

1 death
23 birthdays

28

1 birth
20 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 death
20 birthdays

30

1 birth
19 birthdays


May 1839
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 centenary
1 transition
21 birthdays

2

1 birth
22 birthdays

3

19 birthdays

4

1 birth
24 birthdays

5

21 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 death
25 birthdays

7

2 deaths
1 transition
18 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
22 birthdays

9

1 birth
22 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 centenary
28 birthdays

11

3 births
17 birthdays

12

24 birthdays

13

1 birth
21 birthdays

14

1 centenary
18 birthdays

15

20 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 death
33 birthdays

17

1 birth
18 birthdays

18

1 birth
29 birthdays

19

1 birth
17 birthdays

20

28 birthdays

21

2 births
23 birthdays

22

1 birth
29 birthdays

23

33 birthdays

24

3 births
26 birthdays

25

16 birthdays

26

20 birthdays

27

17 birthdays

28

30 birthdays

29

1 birth
16 birthdays

30

15 birthdays

31

20 birthdays


June 1839
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

20 birthdays

2

19 birthdays

3

2 births
22 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 centenary
27 birthdays

5

2 births
14 birthdays

6

1 marriage
17 birthdays

7

1 birth
13 birthdays

8

1 birth
26 birthdays

9

2 births
21 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 marriage
27 birthdays

11

2 births
12 birthdays

12

29 birthdays

13

1 marriage
20 birthdays

14

1 birth
28 birthdays

15

16 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 death
22 birthdays

17

1 birth
22 birthdays

18

2 births
26 birthdays

19

22 birthdays

20

32 birthdays

21

1 birth
1 death
20 birthdays

22

1 birth
22 birthdays

23

18 birthdays

24

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
19 birthdays

25

21 birthdays

26

23 birthdays

27

1 birth
9 birthdays

28

27 birthdays

29

17 birthdays

30

2 births
1 death
22 birthdays


July 1839
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
24 birthdays

2

1 death
1 centenary
17 birthdays

3

1 death
20 birthdays

4

1 birth
40 birthdays

5

13 birthdays

6

1 birth
25 birthdays

7

18 birthdays

8

1 birth
17 birthdays

9

1 death
1 transition
23 birthdays

10

1 birth
31 birthdays

11

1 centenary
25 birthdays

12

1 birth
24 birthdays

13

1 centenary
19 birthdays

14

10 birthdays

15

3 births
21 birthdays

16

18 birthdays

17

21 birthdays

18

1 death
17 birthdays

19

1 centenary
18 birthdays

20

1 birth
15 birthdays

21

1 centenary
23 birthdays

22

1 death
23 birthdays

23

1 birth
22 birthdays

24

27 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 marriage
24 birthdays

26

2 births
1 centenary
18 birthdays

27

19 birthdays

28

18 birthdays

29

1 birth
22 birthdays

30

1 birth
1 marriage
20 birthdays

31

1 birth
21 birthdays


August 1839
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
23 birthdays

2

22 birthdays

3

1 birth
19 birthdays

4

1 death
27 birthdays

5

23 birthdays

6

1 birth
19 birthdays

7

2 births
24 birthdays

8

2 births
24 birthdays

9

1 birth
24 birthdays

10

38 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 death
18 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 marriage
23 birthdays

13

23 birthdays

14

1 birth
25 birthdays

15

19 birthdays

16

1 birth
19 birthdays

17

18 birthdays

18

16 birthdays

19

22 birthdays

20

1 centenary
27 birthdays

21

1 birth
15 birthdays

22

1 centenary
21 birthdays

23

1 birth
22 birthdays

24

1 birth
16 birthdays

25

28 birthdays

26

2 births
1 marriage
18 birthdays

27

2 births
1 centenary
25 birthdays

28

1 birth
17 birthdays

29

1 marriage
30 birthdays

30

1 birth
1 centenary
20 birthdays

31

22 birthdays


September 1839
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

22 birthdays

2

1 birth
17 birthdays

3

2 births
1 centenary
24 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 centenary
27 birthdays

5

1 birth
15 birthdays

6

27 birthdays

7

1 death
30 birthdays

8

1 birth
26 birthdays

9

23 birthdays

10

1 birth
29 birthdays

11

21 birthdays

12

2 births
17 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 centenary
23 birthdays

14

1 birth
31 birthdays

15

1 death
30 birthdays

16

28 birthdays

17

24 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 centenary
30 birthdays

19

1 birth
19 birthdays

20

1 death
27 birthdays

21

1 birth
31 birthdays

22

1 birth
27 birthdays

23

3 births
2 centenaries
21 birthdays

24

1 birth
1 death
21 birthdays

25

23 birthdays

26

1 birth
12 birthdays

27

2 deaths
2 transitions
24 birthdays

28

1 centenary
28 birthdays

29

1 birth
27 birthdays

30

1 birth
26 birthdays


October 1839
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

31 birthdays

2

1 birth
23 birthdays

3

28 birthdays

4

1 birth
29 birthdays

5

24 birthdays

6

25 birthdays

7

18 birthdays

8

1 birth
38 birthdays

9

3 births
1 transition
27 birthdays

10

2 births
32 birthdays

11

1 death
1 transition
28 birthdays

12

1 death
20 birthdays

13

1 birth
30 birthdays

14

1 birth
24 birthdays

15

2 births
23 birthdays

16

1 birth
44 birthdays

17

1 birth
24 birthdays

18

3 births
34 birthdays

19

2 deaths
22 birthdays

20

2 births
2 centenaries
35 birthdays

21

22 birthdays

22

1 birth
25 birthdays

23

1 birth
27 birthdays

24

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
31 birthdays

25

2 births
24 birthdays

26

1 birth
27 birthdays

27

1 centenary
30 birthdays

28

2 births
1 death
1 transition
19 birthdays

29

14 birthdays

30

1 birth
30 birthdays

31

1 centenary
24 birthdays


November 1839
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

20 birthdays

2

20 birthdays

3

19 birthdays

4

2 births
28 birthdays

5

1 marriage
33 birthdays

6

19 birthdays

7

34 birthdays

8

23 birthdays

9

24 birthdays

10

2 deaths
1 centenary
36 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 marriage
1 transition
1 election
19 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 death
24 birthdays

13

1 marriage
1 centenary
29 birthdays

14

1 birth
22 birthdays

15

1 birth
25 birthdays

16

1 birth
25 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 centenary
34 birthdays

18

29 birthdays

19

2 births
24 birthdays

20

1 marriage
1 centenary
19 birthdays

21

1 birth
15 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 centenary
22 birthdays

23

32 birthdays

24

3 births
23 birthdays

25

25 birthdays

26

28 birthdays

27

26 birthdays

28

26 birthdays

29

1 birth
34 birthdays

30

1 death
25 birthdays


December 1839
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

24 birthdays

2

1 birth
20 birthdays

3

18 birthdays

4

1 birth
14 birthdays

5

26 birthdays

6

31 birthdays

7

33 birthdays

8

26 birthdays

9

21 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 centenary
24 birthdays

11

3 births
19 birthdays

12

34 birthdays

13

1 birth
27 birthdays

14

2 births
28 birthdays

15

2 births
35 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 transition
39 birthdays

17

20 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 death
24 birthdays

19

1 birth
21 birthdays

20

20 birthdays

21

1 birth
26 birthdays

22

1 death
34 birthdays

23

1 birth
1 death
21 birthdays

24

1 birth
1 centenary
25 birthdays

25

1 birth
58 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 death
23 birthdays

27

21 birthdays

28

1 death
23 birthdays

29

25 birthdays

30

1 birth
1 death
14 birthdays

31

23 birthdays


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