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January 1848
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
42 birthdays

2

1 birth
39 birthdays

3

1 death
37 birthdays

4

1 death
34 birthdays

5

36 birthdays

6

36 birthdays

7

26 birthdays

8

53 birthdays

9

25 birthdays

10

3 births
2 centenaries
36 birthdays

11

27 birthdays

12

2 births
30 birthdays

13

25 birthdays

14

38 birthdays

15

2 births
35 birthdays

16

2 births
1 death
1 transition
32 birthdays

17

1 birth
32 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 centenary
32 birthdays

19

34 birthdays

20

1 birth
43 birthdays

21

31 birthdays

22

2 centenaries
20 birthdays

23

1 birth
28 birthdays

24

1 marriage
16 birthdays

25

18 birthdays

26

1 birth
32 birthdays

27

2 births
25 birthdays

28

28 birthdays

29

2 births
1 marriage
1 death
27 birthdays

30

2 births
1 centenary
24 birthdays

31

2 births
1 death
29 birthdays


February 1848
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
26 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 marriage
31 birthdays

3

1 birth
1 centenary
36 birthdays

4

29 birthdays

5

1 birth
1 death
29 birthdays

6

1 birth
25 birthdays

7

1 birth
1 death
31 birthdays

8

4 births
1 death
30 birthdays

9

31 birthdays

10

1 death
38 birthdays

11

1 centenary
46 birthdays

12

1 birth
37 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 death
28 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 marriage
41 birthdays

15

23 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 marriage
24 birthdays

17

1 death
31 birthdays

18

1 birth
50 birthdays

19

1 birth
26 birthdays

20

2 births
1 centenary
39 birthdays

21

2 births
30 birthdays

22

1 birth
49 birthdays

23

1 death
1 transition
18 birthdays

24

1 marriage
28 birthdays

25

1 birth
30 birthdays

26

1 birth
28 birthdays

27

1 centenary
28 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 death
34 birthdays

29

8 birthdays


March 1848
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 death
30 birthdays

2

36 birthdays

3

31 birthdays

4

2 births
35 birthdays

5

31 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 centenary
31 birthdays

7

1 birth
36 birthdays

8

2 births
1 death
1 transition
37 birthdays

9

1 centenary
32 birthdays

10

23 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 death
29 birthdays

12

1 birth
37 birthdays

13

1 death
29 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
24 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 transition
33 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 death
32 birthdays

17

1 birth
2 centenaries
39 birthdays

18

30 birthdays

19

22 birthdays

20

2 deaths
2 transitions
34 birthdays

21

2 births
1 centenary
21 birthdays

22

32 birthdays

23

1 centenary
26 birthdays

24

1 birth
31 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 death
33 birthdays

26

3 births
1 death
19 birthdays

27

1 centenary
29 birthdays

28

2 births
35 birthdays

29

2 births
27 birthdays

30

1 birth
23 birthdays

31

1 birth
29 birthdays


April 1848
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
39 birthdays

2

1 birth
36 birthdays

3

1 death
1 transition
31 birthdays

4

31 birthdays

5

36 birthdays

6

2 births
30 birthdays

7

21 birthdays

8

3 births
34 birthdays

9

1 birth
27 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 centenary
34 birthdays

11

1 centenary
1 election
28 birthdays

12

45 birthdays

13

20 birthdays

14

1 birth
34 birthdays

15

3 births
38 birthdays

16

18 birthdays

17

1 birth
2 deaths
1 transition
28 birthdays

18

1 death
26 birthdays

19

1 birth
1 marriage
24 birthdays

20

26 birthdays

21

1 birth
21 birthdays

22

32 birthdays

23

1 birth
24 birthdays

24

1 birth
30 birthdays

25

1 death
23 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 death
1 election
28 birthdays

27

26 birthdays

28

2 births
25 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
21 birthdays

30

26 birthdays


May 1848
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
26 birthdays

2

27 birthdays

3

23 birthdays

4

33 birthdays

5

1 birth
25 birthdays

6

1 centenary
27 birthdays

7

2 births
22 birthdays

8

2 births
1 election
21 birthdays

9

1 birth
27 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 marriage
35 birthdays

11

1 birth
26 birthdays

12

25 birthdays

13

24 birthdays

14

24 birthdays

15

2 births
1 centenary
32 birthdays

16

1 marriage
38 birthdays

17

1 birth
24 birthdays

18

35 birthdays

19

1 birth
17 birthdays

20

3 births
35 birthdays

21

27 birthdays

22

34 birthdays

23

1 marriage
1 centenary
37 birthdays

24

1 marriage
33 birthdays

25

3 births
1 death
19 birthdays

26

1 birth
27 birthdays

27

23 birthdays

28

1 birth
35 birthdays

29

3 births
1 transition
21 birthdays

30

18 birthdays

31

23 birthdays


June 1848
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

22 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 transition
21 birthdays

3

2 births
1 centenary
25 birthdays

4

1 death
1 centenary
28 birthdays

5

20 birthdays

6

1 birth
21 birthdays

7

1 birth
18 birthdays

8

1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
29 birthdays

9

26 birthdays

10

2 births
30 birthdays

11

1 birth
19 birthdays

12

1 birth
33 birthdays

13

24 birthdays

14

1 marriage
34 birthdays

15

1 birth
18 birthdays

16

1 transition
27 birthdays

17

2 births
1 death
28 birthdays

18

36 birthdays

19

23 birthdays

20

1 birth
34 birthdays

21

1 birth
24 birthdays

22

1 birth
25 birthdays

23

23 birthdays

24

1 birth
1 death
25 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
28 birthdays

26

1 death
1 transition
29 birthdays

27

13 birthdays

28

1 death
28 birthdays

29

2 births
22 birthdays

30

1 birth
29 birthdays


July 1848
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

29 birthdays

2

1 death
1 centenary
20 birthdays

3

1 birth
23 birthdays

4

46 birthdays

5

15 birthdays

6

1 birth
30 birthdays

7

1 death
1 transition
24 birthdays

8

1 birth
20 birthdays

9

1 centenary
24 birthdays

10

35 birthdays

11

1 marriage
30 birthdays

12

2 births
26 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 death
23 birthdays

14

1 birth
17 birthdays

15

2 births
27 birthdays

16

1 death
1 centenary
26 birthdays

17

27 birthdays

18

1 birth
19 birthdays

19

1 birth
25 birthdays

20

1 death
19 birthdays

21

27 birthdays

22

1 death
31 birthdays

23

2 births
27 birthdays

24

1 birth
32 birthdays

25

2 births
30 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 death
23 birthdays

27

25 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 death
23 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 centenary
27 birthdays

30

27 birthdays

31

1 birth
23 birthdays


August 1848
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 centenary
34 birthdays

2

1 birth
24 birthdays

3

25 birthdays

4

2 births
1 death
30 birthdays

5

2 births
24 birthdays

6

3 births
25 birthdays

7

1 birth
3 elections
27 birthdays

8

29 birthdays

9

1 birth
1 death
26 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 marriage
43 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 centenary
30 birthdays

12

28 birthdays

13

1 death
1 transition
31 birthdays

14

31 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 marriage
26 birthdays

16

1 birth
28 birthdays

17

2 births
19 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
18 birthdays

19

24 birthdays

20

1 birth
29 birthdays

21

1 marriage
18 birthdays

22

1 marriage
26 birthdays

23

1 birth
25 birthdays

24

1 death
21 birthdays

25

1 marriage
35 birthdays

26

1 death
1 transition
24 birthdays

27

1 birth
32 birthdays

28

2 births
1 death
1 centenary
22 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 centenary
33 birthdays

30

1 birth
1 marriage
28 birthdays

31

1 birth
1 marriage
26 birthdays


September 1848
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

27 birthdays

2

23 birthdays

3

1 birth
26 birthdays

4

1 birth
32 birthdays

5

1 birth
1 centenary
20 birthdays

6

1 birth
28 birthdays

7

2 births
1 centenary
38 birthdays

8

29 birthdays

9

2 births
27 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 death
39 birthdays

11

1 birth
23 birthdays

12

1 birth
27 birthdays

13

1 birth
31 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
31 birthdays

15

33 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 death
30 birthdays

17

2 births
27 birthdays

18

1 birth
31 birthdays

19

27 birthdays

20

1 centenary
28 birthdays

21

1 centenary
34 birthdays

22

1 birth
28 birthdays

23

31 birthdays

24

2 births
21 birthdays

25

2 births
1 centenary
26 birthdays

26

19 birthdays

27

1 birth
2 deaths
27 birthdays

28

3 births
30 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 centenary
30 birthdays

30

1 birth
35 birthdays


October 1848
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
2 deaths
36 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 marriage
27 birthdays

3

25 birthdays

4

3 births
34 birthdays

5

2 births
1 marriage
31 birthdays

6

1 birth
32 birthdays

7

1 birth
25 birthdays

8

2 births
1 death
42 birthdays

9

1 birth
35 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 election
42 birthdays

11

29 birthdays

12

27 birthdays

13

3 births
34 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 death
33 birthdays

15

1 marriage
28 birthdays

16

1 birth
49 birthdays

17

2 births
31 birthdays

18

2 births
39 birthdays

19

30 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 centenary
40 birthdays

21

1 birth
24 birthdays

22

1 death
31 birthdays

23

1 transition
31 birthdays

24

1 birth
35 birthdays

25

1 birth
2 deaths
1 transition
30 birthdays

26

2 births
32 birthdays

27

32 birthdays

28

2 deaths
29 birthdays

29

1 centenary
19 birthdays

30

1 marriage
28 birthdays

31

27 birthdays


November 1848
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 death
23 birthdays

2

2 births
1 centenary
24 birthdays

3

2 births
1 death
24 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 death
37 birthdays

5

2 births
38 birthdays

6

2 births
27 birthdays

7

2 births
1 death
2 elections
33 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
30 birthdays

9

1 birth
29 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
34 birthdays

11

2 births
27 birthdays

12

27 birthdays

13

35 birthdays

14

1 death
27 birthdays

15

1 birth
30 birthdays

16

2 centenaries
27 birthdays

17

1 birth
37 birthdays

18

30 birthdays

19

31 birthdays

20

3 births
23 birthdays

21

1 birth
24 birthdays

22

29 birthdays

23

1 death
38 birthdays

24

1 birth
32 birthdays

25

1 birth
25 birthdays

26

1 birth
34 birthdays

27

28 birthdays

28

1 marriage
31 birthdays

29

2 births
40 birthdays

30

1 death
32 birthdays


December 1848
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
27 birthdays

2

1 death
23 birthdays

3

22 birthdays

4

2 births
23 birthdays

5

1 death
31 birthdays

6

1 birth
32 birthdays

7

1 birth
34 birthdays

8

1 death
31 birthdays

9

1 birth
20 birthdays

10

2 births
29 birthdays

11

1 marriage
1 centenary
21 birthdays

12

1 birth
42 birthdays

13

1 death
30 birthdays

14

38 birthdays

15

38 birthdays

16

2 centenaries
44 birthdays

17

1 birth
2 centenaries
27 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 marriage
31 birthdays

19

24 birthdays

20

24 birthdays

21

2 deaths
30 birthdays

22

1 death
1 transition
38 birthdays

23

26 birthdays

24

32 birthdays

25

1 birth
69 birthdays

26

32 birthdays

27

1 birth
26 birthdays

28

27 birthdays

29

1 birth
29 birthdays

30

1 transition
18 birthdays

31

1 birth
1 death
32 birthdays


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