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January 1847
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
1 death
2 centenaries
40 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 centenary
38 birthdays

3

37 birthdays

4

2 births
32 birthdays

5

36 birthdays

6

37 birthdays

7

1 birth
25 birthdays

8

1 centenary
53 birthdays

9

26 birthdays

10

36 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 centenary
26 birthdays

12

1 marriage
30 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 death
24 birthdays

14

1 birth
37 birthdays

15

2 births
34 birthdays

16

1 birth
31 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
32 birthdays

18

32 birthdays

19

2 births
2 deaths
1 transition
32 birthdays

20

2 births
41 birthdays

21

1 birth
31 birthdays

22

20 birthdays

23

1 birth
27 birthdays

24

17 birthdays

25

1 birth
17 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 death
31 birthdays

27

25 birthdays

28

1 birth
27 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 centenary
26 birthdays

30

25 birthdays

31

1 birth
28 birthdays


February 1847
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 centenary
26 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 centenary
30 birthdays

3

1 birth
35 birthdays

4

29 birthdays

5

1 birth
29 birthdays

6

25 birthdays

7

1 centenary
31 birthdays

8

1 birth
29 birthdays

9

1 birth
1 death
31 birthdays

10

39 birthdays

11

46 birthdays

12

38 birthdays

13

1 death
28 birthdays

14

1 birth
40 birthdays

15

23 birthdays

16

2 births
22 birthdays

17

31 birthdays

18

1 birth
49 birthdays

19

26 birthdays

20

1 birth
38 birthdays

21

1 birth
29 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 death
48 birthdays

23

1 marriage
2 deaths
18 birthdays

24

2 births
26 birthdays

25

30 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 centenary
27 birthdays

27

29 birthdays

28

1 centenary
35 birthdays


March 1847
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 death
30 birthdays

2

2 deaths
1 centenary
36 birthdays

3

1 birth
1 transition
32 birthdays

4

2 births
34 birthdays

5

31 birthdays

6

31 birthdays

7

1 birth
35 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 centenary
36 birthdays

9

32 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 death
22 birthdays

11

29 birthdays

12

1 birth
36 birthdays

13

2 births
1 death
28 birthdays

14

1 birth
24 birthdays

15

1 marriage
33 birthdays

16

1 birth
31 birthdays

17

2 births
1 marriage
37 birthdays

18

2 births
1 centenary
28 birthdays

19

2 births
20 birthdays

20

34 birthdays

21

21 birthdays

22

1 centenary
32 birthdays

23

1 birth
25 birthdays

24

1 birth
1 centenary
30 birthdays

25

3 births
31 birthdays

26

1 birth
19 birthdays

27

1 centenary
29 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 centenary
34 birthdays

29

1 birth
26 birthdays

30

23 birthdays

31

29 birthdays


April 1847
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 marriage
38 birthdays

2

2 births
34 birthdays

3

32 birthdays

4

1 birth
31 birthdays

5

2 births
34 birthdays

6

1 death
30 birthdays

7

1 death
21 birthdays

8

34 birthdays

9

2 births
25 birthdays

10

2 births
33 birthdays

11

1 birth
28 birthdays

12

2 births
1 death
43 birthdays

13

2 births
1 election
18 birthdays

14

2 births
1 death
33 birthdays

15

38 birthdays

16

1 centenary
18 birthdays

17

28 birthdays

18

1 death
26 birthdays

19

1 birth
1 centenary
23 birthdays

20

1 centenary
26 birthdays

21

1 birth
20 birthdays

22

32 birthdays

23

2 births
22 birthdays

24

2 births
1 election
28 birthdays

25

1 marriage
1 death
23 birthdays

26

29 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
25 birthdays

28

1 birth
25 birthdays

29

1 marriage
21 birthdays

30

2 births
1 centenary
24 birthdays


May 1847
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 death
1 transition
26 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 marriage
26 birthdays

3

23 birthdays

4

2 births
31 birthdays

5

1 birth
3 marriages
24 birthdays

6

28 birthdays

7

22 birthdays

8

21 birthdays

9

27 birthdays

10

35 birthdays

11

1 centenary
26 birthdays

12

26 birthdays

13

25 birthdays

14

1 centenary
24 birthdays

15

1 birth
31 birthdays

16

38 birthdays

17

24 birthdays

18

35 birthdays

19

17 birthdays

20

3 births
32 birthdays

21

1 birth
26 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 election
33 birthdays

23

1 birth
36 birthdays

24

1 centenary
34 birthdays

25

1 death
19 birthdays

26

3 births
24 birthdays

27

2 births
21 birthdays

28

1 birth
34 birthdays

29

1 birth
20 birthdays

30

1 birth
17 birthdays

31

2 births
21 birthdays


June 1847
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

23 birthdays

2

1 death
21 birthdays

3

1 marriage
26 birthdays

4

28 birthdays

5

20 birthdays

6

1 marriage
1 death
22 birthdays

7

18 birthdays

8

1 birth
28 birthdays

9

1 birth
25 birthdays

10

30 birthdays

11

1 centenary
19 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 death
32 birthdays

13

2 births
22 birthdays

14

1 marriage
34 birthdays

15

1 birth
17 birthdays

16

27 birthdays

17

2 births
26 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 centenary
35 birthdays

19

23 birthdays

20

34 birthdays

21

24 birthdays

22

1 death
25 birthdays

23

1 marriage
24 birthdays

24

25 birthdays

25

2 centenaries
28 birthdays

26

1 birth
28 birthdays

27

1 birth
12 birthdays

28

1 death
1 transition
28 birthdays

29

2 births
20 birthdays

30

1 birth
2 marriages
28 birthdays


July 1847
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

29 birthdays

2

20 birthdays

3

23 birthdays

4

2 births
44 birthdays

5

15 birthdays

6

1 birth
2 deaths
29 birthdays

7

24 birthdays

8

1 birth
2 marriages
19 birthdays

9

24 birthdays

10

1 birth
36 birthdays

11

31 birthdays

12

26 birthdays

13

1 birth
22 birthdays

14

2 births
1 centenary
15 birthdays

15

1 centenary
27 birthdays

16

2 births
24 birthdays

17

27 birthdays

18

19 birthdays

19

2 births
23 birthdays

20

1 birth
18 birthdays

21

27 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 death
30 birthdays

23

1 birth
26 birthdays

24

33 birthdays

25

1 birth
29 birthdays

26

1 death
23 birthdays

27

1 birth
24 birthdays

28

2 births
21 birthdays

29

1 birth
26 birthdays

30

27 birthdays

31

24 birthdays


August 1847
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
32 birthdays

2

24 birthdays

3

1 centenary
25 birthdays

4

30 birthdays

5

1 death
1 transition
24 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 death
24 birthdays

7

1 death
1 centenary
28 birthdays

8

1 death
29 birthdays

9

26 birthdays

10

43 birthdays

11

3 births
27 birthdays

12

1 marriage
1 death
1 transition
28 birthdays

13

4 births
27 birthdays

14

1 death
31 birthdays

15

26 birthdays

16

28 birthdays

17

19 birthdays

18

18 birthdays

19

1 marriage
2 deaths
24 birthdays

20

1 death
29 birthdays

21

2 births
16 birthdays

22

1 marriage
26 birthdays

23

1 centenary
25 birthdays

24

21 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 centenary
34 birthdays

26

1 birth
23 birthdays

27

1 death
32 birthdays

28

1 birth
21 birthdays

29

34 birthdays

30

1 birth
27 birthdays

31

26 birthdays


September 1847
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
26 birthdays

2

23 birthdays

3

26 birthdays

4

32 birthdays

5

1 marriage
20 birthdays

6

1 centenary
28 birthdays

7

1 birth
1 death
37 birthdays

8

1 marriage
29 birthdays

9

27 birthdays

10

4 births
1 death
35 birthdays

11

1 birth
22 birthdays

12

27 birthdays

13

31 birthdays

14

1 centenary
31 birthdays

15

1 marriage
33 birthdays

16

1 birth
29 birthdays

17

1 birth
26 birthdays

18

1 birth
30 birthdays

19

1 birth
26 birthdays

20

1 birth
27 birthdays

21

2 births
1 marriage
32 birthdays

22

28 birthdays

23

1 birth
1 centenary
30 birthdays

24

21 birthdays

25

1 birth
25 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
18 birthdays

27

27 birthdays

28

30 birthdays

29

1 marriage
30 birthdays

30

2 births
1 centenary
33 birthdays


October 1847
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
34 birthdays

2

1 death
28 birthdays

3

1 centenary
25 birthdays

4

2 births
1 death
32 birthdays

5

31 birthdays

6

32 birthdays

7

2 births
1 death
1 centenary
23 birthdays

8

43 birthdays

9

35 birthdays

10

1 birth
2 deaths
1 centenary
41 birthdays

11

1 death
31 birthdays

12

27 birthdays

13

1 birth
33 birthdays

14

1 marriage
33 birthdays

15

1 death
28 birthdays

16

49 birthdays

17

1 birth
30 birthdays

18

39 birthdays

19

30 birthdays

20

1 marriage
1 centenary
40 birthdays

21

24 birthdays

22

1 birth
31 birthdays

23

31 birthdays

24

1 birth
2 deaths
34 birthdays

25

1 birth
29 birthdays

26

1 birth
32 birthdays

27

1 marriage
1 death
32 birthdays

28

1 marriage
29 birthdays

29

19 birthdays

30

1 birth
27 birthdays

31

27 birthdays


November 1847
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
23 birthdays

2

2 births
1 marriage
3 elections
22 birthdays

3

1 birth
23 birthdays

4

2 births
35 birthdays

5

38 birthdays

6

1 marriage
27 birthdays

7

1 death
33 birthdays

8

1 death
1 election
30 birthdays

9

1 birth
28 birthdays

10

35 birthdays

11

3 births
24 birthdays

12

27 birthdays

13

35 birthdays

14

1 centenary
27 birthdays

15

1 birth
29 birthdays

16

1 marriage
27 birthdays

17

1 marriage
38 birthdays

18

1 birth
2 marriages
1 death
29 birthdays

19

2 births
29 birthdays

20

3 births
20 birthdays

21

1 birth
23 birthdays

22

2 births
28 birthdays

23

2 births
1 marriage
37 birthdays

24

32 birthdays

25

25 birthdays

26

1 centenary
34 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 marriage
28 birthdays

28

1 death
31 birthdays

29

1 birth
39 birthdays

30

32 birthdays


December 1847
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 centenary
27 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 death
22 birthdays

3

1 birth
1 death
21 birthdays

4

1 birth
22 birthdays

5

2 births
29 birthdays

6

32 birthdays

7

3 marriages
34 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 death
30 birthdays

9

1 centenary
20 birthdays

10

1 birth
28 birthdays

11

22 birthdays

12

1 death
43 birthdays

13

1 birth
30 birthdays

14

2 births
36 birthdays

15

1 death
38 birthdays

16

1 birth
43 birthdays

17

27 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 death
30 birthdays

19

25 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 death
23 birthdays

21

30 birthdays

22

38 birthdays

23

1 birth
1 marriage
25 birthdays

24

1 birth
2 deaths
2 transitions
31 birthdays

25

1 birth
68 birthdays

26

34 birthdays

27

1 birth
26 birthdays

28

27 birthdays

29

1 birth
29 birthdays

30

3 births
15 birthdays

31

2 births
1 death
30 birthdays


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