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January 1844
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

40 birthdays

2

1 birth
37 birthdays

3

1 death
35 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 death
31 birthdays

5

3 births
32 birthdays

6

1 birth
34 birthdays

7

24 birthdays

8

3 births
48 birthdays

9

1 birth
25 birthdays

10

1 centenary
36 birthdays

11

2 marriages
24 birthdays

12

27 birthdays

13

1 birth
2 deaths
1 centenary
22 birthdays

14

1 birth
36 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 death
34 birthdays

16

2 births
28 birthdays

17

1 birth
30 birthdays

18

33 birthdays

19

2 births
28 birthdays

20

38 birthdays

21

1 birth
28 birthdays

22

2 births
1 death
17 birthdays

23

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
26 birthdays

24

17 birthdays

25

17 birthdays

26

1 marriage
1 death
32 birthdays

27

1 birth
23 birthdays

28

26 birthdays

29

1 birth
22 birthdays

30

1 birth
23 birthdays

31

1 birth
1 marriage
27 birthdays


February 1844
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

25 birthdays

2

28 birthdays

3

1 birth
31 birthdays

4

1 birth
28 birthdays

5

27 birthdays

6

24 birthdays

7

1 birth
29 birthdays

8

2 births
1 death
26 birthdays

9

1 death
1 transition
31 birthdays

10

37 birthdays

11

2 births
41 birthdays

12

1 birth
37 birthdays

13

1 centenary
27 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 marriage
40 birthdays

15

18 birthdays

16

21 birthdays

17

2 births
27 birthdays

18

50 birthdays

19

25 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 death
37 birthdays

21

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
27 birthdays

22

2 births
2 marriages
44 birthdays

23

1 birth
17 birthdays

24

2 births
24 birthdays

25

28 birthdays

26

2 births
23 birthdays

27

28 birthdays

28

4 deaths
2 transitions
35 birthdays

29

8 birthdays


March 1844
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 deaths
1 transition
28 birthdays

2

1 birth
34 birthdays

3

2 births
1 death
1 centenary
31 birthdays

4

1 marriage
32 birthdays

5

1 birth
1 death
30 birthdays

6

1 death
30 birthdays

7

1 birth
1 marriage
33 birthdays

8

1 death
35 birthdays

9

2 births
28 birthdays

10

22 birthdays

11

1 birth
29 birthdays

12

2 births
33 birthdays

13

28 birthdays

14

23 birthdays

15

2 births
29 birthdays

16

30 birthdays

17

1 birth
35 birthdays

18

1 birth
26 birthdays

19

20 birthdays

20

1 death
32 birthdays

21

1 birth
20 birthdays

22

1 death
30 birthdays

23

1 birth
1 transition
23 birthdays

24

2 births
27 birthdays

25

30 birthdays

26

19 birthdays

27

28 birthdays

28

28 birthdays

29

1 birth
25 birthdays

30

1 death
22 birthdays

31

1 birth
26 birthdays


April 1844
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
36 birthdays

2

3 births
1 election
27 birthdays

3

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
29 birthdays

4

1 birth
29 birthdays

5

35 birthdays

6

1 birth
28 birthdays

7

1 marriage
1 death
21 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
32 birthdays

9

1 election
26 birthdays

10

1 centenary
32 birthdays

11

2 deaths
24 birthdays

12

2 births
41 birthdays

13

1 birth
17 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 marriage
32 birthdays

15

2 births
35 birthdays

16

17 birthdays

17

27 birthdays

18

2 marriages
23 birthdays

19

1 birth
21 birthdays

20

27 birthdays

21

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
19 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 centenary
29 birthdays

23

1 birth
19 birthdays

24

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
27 birthdays

25

1 birth
23 birthdays

26

2 births
1 death
26 birthdays

27

21 birthdays

28

1 birth
23 birthdays

29

1 birth
20 birthdays

30

1 death
1 transition
24 birthdays


May 1844
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
24 birthdays

2

27 birthdays

3

22 birthdays

4

30 birthdays

5

1 birth
22 birthdays

6

28 birthdays

7

1 birth
1 centenary
20 birthdays

8

21 birthdays

9

2 births
1 death
26 birthdays

10

1 birth
31 birthdays

11

1 birth
24 birthdays

12

1 death
25 birthdays

13

1 death
24 birthdays

14

1 birth
21 birthdays

15

1 birth
30 birthdays

16

36 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 death
22 birthdays

18

1 birth
34 birthdays

19

17 birthdays

20

1 birth
29 birthdays

21

27 birthdays

22

32 birthdays

23

2 births
33 birthdays

24

1 birth
33 birthdays

25

1 birth
18 birthdays

26

1 birth
22 birthdays

27

21 birthdays

28

1 birth
33 birthdays

29

3 births
17 birthdays

30

16 birthdays

31

21 birthdays


June 1844
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
21 birthdays

2

21 birthdays

3

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
24 birthdays

4

1 centenary
29 birthdays

5

1 centenary
21 birthdays

6

2 births
1 marriage
20 birthdays

7

1 centenary
17 birthdays

8

1 birth
27 birthdays

9

22 birthdays

10

1 death
28 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 death
16 birthdays

12

1 marriage
30 birthdays

13

1 birth
21 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 death
33 birthdays

15

17 birthdays

16

26 birthdays

17

1 birth
24 birthdays

18

35 birthdays

19

1 birth
1 centenary
23 birthdays

20

3 births
31 birthdays

21

1 death
24 birthdays

22

1 centenary
24 birthdays

23

1 birth
22 birthdays

24

1 birth
2 deaths
24 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
23 birthdays

26

1 marriage
26 birthdays

27

1 marriage
12 birthdays

28

1 marriage
29 birthdays

29

19 birthdays

30

1 birth
25 birthdays


July 1844
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
28 birthdays

2

1 birth
17 birthdays

3

1 marriage
1 death
21 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
42 birthdays

5

14 birthdays

6

27 birthdays

7

1 birth
21 birthdays

8

1 birth
18 birthdays

9

1 death
24 birthdays

10

1 death
1 centenary
35 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 centenary
26 birthdays

12

1 death
1 centenary
25 birthdays

13

1 death
1 transition
21 birthdays

14

1 birth
12 birthdays

15

27 birthdays

16

1 birth
22 birthdays

17

1 centenary
25 birthdays

18

1 marriage
19 birthdays

19

21 birthdays

20

1 birth
2 centenaries
17 birthdays

21

25 birthdays

22

2 births
28 birthdays

23

1 birth
25 birthdays

24

29 birthdays

25

2 births
1 centenary
28 birthdays

26

1 birth
22 birthdays

27

23 birthdays

28

1 birth
19 birthdays

29

1 birth
25 birthdays

30

2 births
25 birthdays

31

2 births
23 birthdays


August 1844
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

3 births
27 birthdays

2

23 birthdays

3

2 births
21 birthdays

4

2 births
1 death
1 centenary
28 birthdays

5

1 death
1 election
24 birthdays

6

1 birth
21 birthdays

7

27 birthdays

8

1 birth
27 birthdays

9

1 birth
26 birthdays

10

1 death
1 centenary
43 birthdays

11

2 births
2 deaths
23 birthdays

12

2 births
25 birthdays

13

1 centenary
26 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 death
30 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
23 birthdays

16

1 death
1 transition
27 birthdays

17

1 birth
18 birthdays

18

1 birth
15 birthdays

19

1 death
21 birthdays

20

2 deaths
1 transition
29 birthdays

21

16 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 marriage
24 birthdays

23

23 birthdays

24

1 birth
1 death
20 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
28 birthdays

26

20 birthdays

27

31 birthdays

28

1 centenary
20 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 marriage
31 birthdays

30

1 birth
1 centenary
25 birthdays

31

1 centenary
26 birthdays


September 1844
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

24 birthdays

2

1 marriage
23 birthdays

3

1 birth
25 birthdays

4

29 birthdays

5

1 marriage
18 birthdays

6

28 birthdays

7

3 births
34 birthdays

8

29 birthdays

9

1 birth
1 death
26 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 marriage
33 birthdays

11

1 birth
21 birthdays

12

1 birth
24 birthdays

13

2 births
27 birthdays

14

31 birthdays

15

1 centenary
32 birthdays

16

1 birth
28 birthdays

17

1 birth
25 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 marriage
30 birthdays

19

1 birth
1 marriage
25 birthdays

20

1 death
26 birthdays

21

1 birth
31 birthdays

22

1 birth
28 birthdays

23

30 birthdays

24

22 birthdays

25

25 birthdays

26

1 birth
16 birthdays

27

1 death
26 birthdays

28

1 birth
30 birthdays

29

2 births
28 birthdays

30

3 births
28 birthdays


October 1844
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 centenary
33 birthdays

2

2 births
1 death
25 birthdays

3

1 death
25 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 death
32 birthdays

5

1 birth
28 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 centenary
29 birthdays

7

2 births
21 birthdays

8

2 births
1 marriage
1 death
2 elections
39 birthdays

9

1 death
32 birthdays

10

1 birth
37 birthdays

11

1 death
1 transition
29 birthdays

12

1 birth
22 birthdays

13

1 death
33 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 centenary
30 birthdays

15

27 birthdays

16

1 centenary
47 birthdays

17

1 birth
26 birthdays

18

37 birthdays

19

3 births
26 birthdays

20

1 birth
39 birthdays

21

23 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 death
29 birthdays

23

1 marriage
29 birthdays

24

1 birth
32 birthdays

25

27 birthdays

26

1 centenary
30 birthdays

27

31 birthdays

28

1 birth
24 birthdays

29

18 birthdays

30

29 birthdays

31

1 birth
26 birthdays


November 1844
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

21 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 death
21 birthdays

3

1 birth
1 death
20 birthdays

4

1 birth
34 birthdays

5

1 election
36 birthdays

6

1 birth
24 birthdays

7

1 birth
33 birthdays

8

3 births
25 birthdays

9

24 birthdays

10

2 births
34 birthdays

11

1 birth
2 elections
23 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 death
26 birthdays

13

1 death
1 centenary
34 birthdays

14

1 birth
25 birthdays

15

1 birth
2 centenaries
26 birthdays

16

1 birth
26 birthdays

17

1 death
37 birthdays

18

30 birthdays

19

27 birthdays

20

1 death
19 birthdays

21

3 births
2 marriages
21 birthdays

22

2 centenaries
25 birthdays

23

36 birthdays

24

30 birthdays

25

26 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 transition
34 birthdays

27

27 birthdays

28

1 birth
28 birthdays

29

39 birthdays

30

27 birthdays


December 1844
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

27 birthdays

2

1 centenary
21 birthdays

3

1 birth
18 birthdays

4

2 births
19 birthdays

5

2 births
27 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 transition
32 birthdays

7

34 birthdays

8

1 transition
29 birthdays

9

20 birthdays

10

2 births
1 marriage
24 birthdays

11

1 marriage
1 death
23 birthdays

12

41 birthdays

13

1 birth
28 birthdays

14

33 birthdays

15

37 birthdays

16

44 birthdays

17

3 births
2 marriages
24 birthdays

18

1 birth
26 birthdays

19

24 birthdays

20

22 birthdays

21

1 centenary
29 birthdays

22

1 birth
39 birthdays

23

25 birthdays

24

1 birth
31 birthdays

25

2 centenaries
66 birthdays

26

1 marriage
1 death
30 birthdays

27

23 birthdays

28

2 births
23 birthdays

29

1 birth
27 birthdays

30

16 birthdays

31

1 birth
3 centenaries
27 birthdays


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