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January 1842
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
38 birthdays

2

2 births
34 birthdays

3

1 birth
33 birthdays

4

1 centenary
30 birthdays

5

33 birthdays

6

32 birthdays

7

1 birth
24 birthdays

8

46 birthdays

9

24 birthdays

10

1 birth
34 birthdays

11

23 birthdays

12

27 birthdays

13

1 birth
2 deaths
1 transition
21 birthdays

14

1 birth
35 birthdays

15

2 births
1 death
31 birthdays

16

28 birthdays

17

31 birthdays

18

1 birth
33 birthdays

19

2 births
25 birthdays

20

1 birth
36 birthdays

21

1 death
28 birthdays

22

1 birth
16 birthdays

23

1 birth
1 centenary
24 birthdays

24

19 birthdays

25

1 birth
15 birthdays

26

32 birthdays

27

1 marriage
24 birthdays

28

1 birth
24 birthdays

29

1 death
1 transition
20 birthdays

30

1 death
24 birthdays

31

1 birth
1 death
27 birthdays


February 1842
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
24 birthdays

2

1 centenary
26 birthdays

3

1 birth
1 death
27 birthdays

4

27 birthdays

5

1 birth
26 birthdays

6

1 marriage
24 birthdays

7

1 centenary
2 transitions
29 birthdays

8

1 death
26 birthdays

9

1 birth
28 birthdays

10

1 centenary
36 birthdays

11

1 birth
39 birthdays

12

36 birthdays

13

1 birth
26 birthdays

14

2 births
1 centenary
38 birthdays

15

1 birth
18 birthdays

16

20 birthdays

17

26 birthdays

18

4 births
1 centenary
46 birthdays

19

1 birth
23 birthdays

20

3 births
1 death
1 centenary
35 birthdays

21

1 birth
1 centenary
26 birthdays

22

46 birthdays

23

1 death
1 transition
17 birthdays

24

1 death
24 birthdays

25

27 birthdays

26

24 birthdays

27

2 births
25 birthdays

28

2 births
33 birthdays


March 1842
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
27 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
33 birthdays

3

31 birthdays

4

1 death
31 birthdays

5

1 birth
29 birthdays

6

1 marriage
29 birthdays

7

1 birth
30 birthdays

8

1 birth
31 birthdays

9

2 births
26 birthdays

10

1 birth
19 birthdays

11

29 birthdays

12

34 birthdays

13

1 birth
26 birthdays

14

1 death
1 transition
23 birthdays

15

2 births
28 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 marriage
29 birthdays

17

1 marriage
36 birthdays

18

1 birth
24 birthdays

19

1 birth
19 birthdays

20

1 birth
30 birthdays

21

1 centenary
20 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 death
27 birthdays

23

2 births
20 birthdays

24

26 birthdays

25

30 birthdays

26

19 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 death
26 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
27 birthdays

29

1 birth
24 birthdays

30

1 marriage
22 birthdays

31

3 births
2 marriages
22 birthdays


April 1842
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 transition
36 birthdays

2

26 birthdays

3

3 births
25 birthdays

4

1 marriage
1 centenary
26 birthdays

5

1 death
35 birthdays

6

28 birthdays

7

1 centenary
21 birthdays

8

32 birthdays

9

1 birth
1 centenary
22 birthdays

10

1 birth
32 birthdays

11

1 marriage
1 death
24 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 death
1 election
41 birthdays

13

18 birthdays

14

32 birthdays

15

2 births
1 centenary
31 birthdays

16

1 birth
15 birthdays

17

1 death
1 transition
26 birthdays

18

1 birth
23 birthdays

19

1 birth
19 birthdays

20

2 births
26 birthdays

21

1 marriage
19 birthdays

22

1 birth
29 birthdays

23

2 births
1 death
16 birthdays

24

1 birth
26 birthdays

25

1 death
22 birthdays

26

2 births
1 death
1 transition
23 birthdays

27

22 birthdays

28

1 death
24 birthdays

29

20 birthdays

30

3 births
21 birthdays


May 1842
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

25 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
24 birthdays

3

21 birthdays

4

2 births
28 birthdays

5

1 birth
22 birthdays

6

27 birthdays

7

1 birth
19 birthdays

8

21 birthdays

9

4 births
22 birthdays

10

2 births
1 centenary
29 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 death
23 birthdays

12

1 centenary
23 birthdays

13

1 centenary
24 birthdays

14

1 death
1 centenary
20 birthdays

15

3 births
24 birthdays

16

2 deaths
36 birthdays

17

3 births
2 marriages
19 birthdays

18

2 births
31 birthdays

19

17 birthdays

20

29 birthdays

21

26 birthdays

22

1 death
31 birthdays

23

1 birth
33 birthdays

24

1 transition
32 birthdays

25

1 transition
18 birthdays

26

1 birth
20 birthdays

27

19 birthdays

28

2 deaths
31 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 death
16 birthdays

30

16 birthdays

31

21 birthdays


June 1842
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 marriage
20 birthdays

2

21 birthdays

3

25 birthdays

4

28 birthdays

5

1 birth
19 birthdays

6

1 birth
19 birthdays

7

1 birth
1 death
16 birthdays

8

1 birth
25 birthdays

9

1 death
23 birthdays

10

1 marriage
28 birthdays

11

15 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 death
30 birthdays

13

21 birthdays

14

3 births
30 birthdays

15

1 birth
16 birthdays

16

2 births
24 birthdays

17

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
25 birthdays

18

30 birthdays

19

1 birth
22 birthdays

20

32 birthdays

21

2 births
2 marriages
22 birthdays

22

1 death
24 birthdays

23

2 births
19 birthdays

24

2 births
22 birthdays

25

1 birth
22 birthdays

26

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
25 birthdays

27

11 birthdays

28

28 birthdays

29

1 birth
17 birthdays

30

26 birthdays


July 1842
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
1 death
26 birthdays

2

17 birthdays

3

21 birthdays

4

1 centenary
42 birthdays

5

1 birth
1 marriage
14 birthdays

6

2 births
25 birthdays

7

20 birthdays

8

18 birthdays

9

1 marriage
24 birthdays

10

2 births
33 birthdays

11

26 birthdays

12

2 births
24 birthdays

13

20 birthdays

14

12 birthdays

15

25 birthdays

16

1 birth
20 birthdays

17

1 marriage
21 birthdays

18

18 birthdays

19

2 births
18 birthdays

20

16 birthdays

21

1 birth
1 centenary
24 birthdays

22

1 centenary
27 birthdays

23

1 centenary
25 birthdays

24

2 births
26 birthdays

25

28 birthdays

26

22 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
22 birthdays

28

1 marriage
1 centenary
18 birthdays

29

23 birthdays

30

2 births
22 birthdays

31

23 birthdays


August 1842
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 election
27 birthdays

2

23 birthdays

3

1 death
20 birthdays

4

2 births
27 birthdays

5

22 birthdays

6

21 birthdays

7

27 birthdays

8

1 birth
26 birthdays

9

1 centenary
26 birthdays

10

1 birth
40 birthdays

11

1 birth
22 birthdays

12

23 birthdays

13

2 births
23 birthdays

14

2 births
29 birthdays

15

1 birth
20 birthdays

16

3 births
24 birthdays

17

1 death
19 birthdays

18

15 birthdays

19

1 transition
21 birthdays

20

2 births
27 birthdays

21

16 birthdays

22

1 birth
22 birthdays

23

24 birthdays

24

19 birthdays

25

1 birth
27 birthdays

26

20 birthdays

27

1 birth
29 birthdays

28

1 birth
19 birthdays

29

1 marriage
30 birthdays

30

24 birthdays

31

2 births
23 birthdays


September 1842
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

24 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 death
20 birthdays

3

1 birth
25 birthdays

4

29 birthdays

5

2 births
1 marriage
16 birthdays

6

1 election
28 birthdays

7

2 births
33 birthdays

8

1 marriage
28 birthdays

9

2 births
25 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
31 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
20 birthdays

12

1 birth
22 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 marriage
26 birthdays

14

1 marriage
1 centenary
31 birthdays

15

1 birth
31 birthdays

16

1 marriage
28 birthdays

17

25 birthdays

18

1 birth
29 birthdays

19

2 births
23 birthdays

20

1 centenary
26 birthdays

21

1 death
31 birthdays

22

28 birthdays

23

29 birthdays

24

1 death
22 birthdays

25

25 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 death
15 birthdays

27

26 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 marriage
29 birthdays

29

1 marriage
1 death
28 birthdays

30

1 birth
1 centenary
28 birthdays


October 1842
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 centenary
33 birthdays

2

25 birthdays

3

1 death
1 election
27 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 marriage
32 birthdays

5

27 birthdays

6

2 births
1 marriage
27 birthdays

7

1 birth
1 centenary
19 birthdays

8

39 birthdays

9

1 birth
31 birthdays

10

1 birth
36 birthdays

11

1 birth
28 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
21 birthdays

13

2 births
1 death
31 birthdays

14

2 births
28 birthdays

15

1 birth
26 birthdays

16

1 birth
45 birthdays

17

25 birthdays

18

38 birthdays

19

2 births
1 death
23 birthdays

20

1 birth
39 birthdays

21

1 birth
22 birthdays

22

1 birth
27 birthdays

23

28 birthdays

24

32 birthdays

25

1 birth
26 birthdays

26

1 birth
29 birthdays

27

1 birth
32 birthdays

28

24 birthdays

29

17 birthdays

30

31 birthdays

31

26 birthdays


November 1842
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

20 birthdays

2

20 birthdays

3

19 birthdays

4

2 births
1 marriage
1 death
32 birthdays

5

1 birth
37 birthdays

6

1 birth
21 birthdays

7

33 birthdays

8

1 election
25 birthdays

9

24 birthdays

10

36 birthdays

11

2 births
19 birthdays

12

1 birth
25 birthdays

13

1 birth
33 birthdays

14

24 birthdays

15

2 births
26 birthdays

16

1 marriage
26 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 marriage
35 birthdays

18

2 births
29 birthdays

19

1 birth
26 birthdays

20

20 birthdays

21

1 birth
18 birthdays

22

1 birth
22 birthdays

23

1 birth
1 death
33 birthdays

24

3 births
28 birthdays

25

1 birth
26 birthdays

26

1 birth
2 deaths
32 birthdays

27

26 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 death
1 election
28 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 transition
37 birthdays

30

27 birthdays


December 1842
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
24 birthdays

2

1 birth
2 deaths
2 transitions
20 birthdays

3

18 birthdays

4

17 birthdays

5

1 birth
27 birthdays

6

33 birthdays

7

1 birth
35 birthdays

8

1 centenary
29 birthdays

9

20 birthdays

10

25 birthdays

11

23 birthdays

12

3 births
1 centenary
36 birthdays

13

2 centenaries
28 birthdays

14

1 marriage
32 birthdays

15

37 birthdays

16

1 birth
40 birthdays

17

1 birth
2 marriages
21 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 centenary
25 birthdays

19

1 birth
23 birthdays

20

22 birthdays

21

1 birth
28 birthdays

22

2 births
37 birthdays

23

24 birthdays

24

1 birth
29 birthdays

25

1 birth
63 birthdays

26

1 birth
28 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 centenary
22 birthdays

28

1 centenary
23 birthdays

29

1 marriage
1 death
26 birthdays

30

15 birthdays

31

1 death
25 birthdays


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