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January 1851
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

3 births
1 centenary
47 birthdays

2

1 birth
38 birthdays

3

2 births
36 birthdays

4

3 births
37 birthdays

5

36 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
37 birthdays

7

1 birth
1 centenary
27 birthdays

8

2 births
1 centenary
51 birthdays

9

2 births
26 birthdays

10

1 death
1 transition
38 birthdays

11

1 birth
2 centenaries
29 birthdays

12

37 birthdays

13

26 birthdays

14

38 birthdays

15

37 birthdays

16

1 marriage
1 death
36 birthdays

17

34 birthdays

18

1 birth
35 birthdays

19

1 birth
36 birthdays

20

2 births
1 death
44 birthdays

21

31 birthdays

22

22 birthdays

23

3 births
1 marriage
29 birthdays

24

3 births
17 birthdays

25

18 birthdays

26

1 marriage
34 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 death
28 birthdays

28

1 birth
33 birthdays

29

1 centenary
28 birthdays

30

4 births
1 death
26 birthdays

31

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
32 birthdays


February 1851
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
27 birthdays

2

3 births
1 centenary
33 birthdays

3

1 death
36 birthdays

4

1 birth
30 birthdays

5

2 centenaries
32 birthdays

6

25 birthdays

7

4 births
34 birthdays

8

34 birthdays

9

2 births
30 birthdays

10

1 death
1 transition
38 birthdays

11

2 births
43 birthdays

12

2 births
38 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 death
29 birthdays

14

1 birth
42 birthdays

15

2 births
1 death
24 birthdays

16

1 birth
28 birthdays

17

1 birth
31 birthdays

18

1 marriage
50 birthdays

19

1 death
24 birthdays

20

2 births
41 birthdays

21

33 birthdays

22

50 birthdays

23

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
17 birthdays

24

28 birthdays

25

1 birth
34 birthdays

26

32 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 centenary
34 birthdays

28

1 birth
2 centenaries
37 birthdays


March 1851
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
30 birthdays

2

36 birthdays

3

1 birth
32 birthdays

4

2 births
1 death
38 birthdays

5

33 birthdays

6

1 birth
34 birthdays

7

40 birthdays

8

41 birthdays

9

1 birth
33 birthdays

10

25 birthdays

11

1 birth
3 deaths
33 birthdays

12

2 births
1 death
38 birthdays

13

1 birth
2 deaths
29 birthdays

14

3 births
25 birthdays

15

1 birth
38 birthdays

16

2 centenaries
35 birthdays

17

46 birthdays

18

1 birth
31 birthdays

19

1 birth
24 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 centenary
34 birthdays

21

2 births
22 birthdays

22

2 births
1 death
33 birthdays

23

26 birthdays

24

1 birth
31 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
1 transition
34 birthdays

26

2 births
24 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 centenary
30 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 death
38 birthdays

29

32 birthdays

30

24 birthdays

31

1 birth
32 birthdays


April 1851
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
1 centenary
40 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 election
37 birthdays

3

1 birth
30 birthdays

4

30 birthdays

5

1 marriage
34 birthdays

6

2 deaths
31 birthdays

7

1 birth
1 centenary
2 elections
23 birthdays

8

1 birth
36 birthdays

9

1 birth
1 death
29 birthdays

10

35 birthdays

11

1 transition
29 birthdays

12

2 deaths
1 centenary
45 birthdays

13

21 birthdays

14

36 birthdays

15

41 birthdays

16

1 birth
20 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 death
13 transitions
31 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 death
26 birthdays

19

3 births
26 birthdays

20

1 birth
26 birthdays

21

1 birth
1 centenary
24 birthdays

22

1 birth
33 birthdays

23

29 birthdays

24

2 births
1 marriage
31 birthdays

25

1 death
24 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 transition
31 birthdays

27

25 birthdays

28

27 birthdays

29

20 birthdays

30

28 birthdays


May 1851
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

28 birthdays

2

1 marriage
27 birthdays

3

1 birth
23 birthdays

4

34 birthdays

5

1 death
29 birthdays

6

30 birthdays

7

23 birthdays

8

2 marriages
1 centenary
23 birthdays

9

1 death
31 birthdays

10

36 birthdays

11

2 births
2 deaths
1 centenary
28 birthdays

12

2 births
27 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
25 birthdays

14

24 birthdays

15

35 birthdays

16

38 birthdays

17

24 birthdays

18

3 births
34 birthdays

19

1 birth
19 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 death
38 birthdays

21

3 births
28 birthdays

22

1 birth
33 birthdays

23

2 births
38 birthdays

24

34 birthdays

25

1 marriage
22 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 death
28 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 election
28 birthdays

28

1 birth
37 birthdays

29

2 births
26 birthdays

30

24 birthdays

31

1 birth
24 birthdays


June 1851
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 marriage
22 birthdays

2

1 birth
2 elections
23 birthdays

3

28 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 centenary
30 birthdays

5

1 marriage
20 birthdays

6

1 centenary
25 birthdays

7

1 birth
20 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 marriage
30 birthdays

9

1 birth
28 birthdays

10

1 death
1 centenary
32 birthdays

11

20 birthdays

12

34 birthdays

13

24 birthdays

14

33 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 death
19 birthdays

16

1 centenary
28 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 death
32 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 centenary
38 birthdays

19

22 birthdays

20

1 centenary
36 birthdays

21

2 births
1 death
24 birthdays

22

27 birthdays

23

1 birth
23 birthdays

24

2 births
1 marriage
26 birthdays

25

30 birthdays

26

30 birthdays

27

13 birthdays

28

1 birth
27 birthdays

29

1 birth
26 birthdays

30

1 birth
34 birthdays


July 1851
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

32 birthdays

2

20 birthdays

3

25 birthdays

4

1 birth
49 birthdays

5

18 birthdays

6

32 birthdays

7

1 death
2 centenaries
26 birthdays

8

22 birthdays

9

26 birthdays

10

1 birth
37 birthdays

11

1 centenary
31 birthdays

12

2 births
1 death
31 birthdays

13

25 birthdays

14

1 centenary
19 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 marriage
28 birthdays

16

1 birth
27 birthdays

17

1 birth
29 birthdays

18

2 births
21 birthdays

19

27 birthdays

20

23 birthdays

21

1 birth
28 birthdays

22

32 birthdays

23

1 birth
30 birthdays

24

33 birthdays

25

33 birthdays

26

1 transition
27 birthdays

27

26 birthdays

28

2 births
1 centenary
23 birthdays

29

2 births
1 death
30 birthdays

30

1 centenary
26 birthdays

31

1 birth
23 birthdays


August 1851
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

35 birthdays

2

1 death
28 birthdays

3

27 birthdays

4

2 elections
35 birthdays

5

1 centenary
25 birthdays

6

26 birthdays

7

31 birthdays

8

1 birth
29 birthdays

9

2 births
28 birthdays

10

1 birth
43 birthdays

11

1 birth
32 birthdays

12

1 birth
27 birthdays

13

30 birthdays

14

32 birthdays

15

2 births
27 birthdays

16

3 births
31 birthdays

17

1 birth
24 birthdays

18

2 births
1 death
19 birthdays

19

25 birthdays

20

32 birthdays

21

1 marriage
1 centenary
21 birthdays

22

1 birth
28 birthdays

23

30 birthdays

24

3 births
1 death
21 birthdays

25

38 birthdays

26

1 death
26 birthdays

27

34 birthdays

28

1 birth
27 birthdays

29

1 birth
34 birthdays

30

29 birthdays

31

2 births
1 centenary
29 birthdays


September 1851
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
1 death
28 birthdays

2

2 births
24 birthdays

3

2 deaths
1 transition
1 election
28 birthdays

4

2 deaths
1 transition
32 birthdays

5

21 birthdays

6

1 centenary
30 birthdays

7

2 births
1 centenary
40 birthdays

8

1 birth
29 birthdays

9

2 marriages
1 centenary
29 birthdays

10

2 births
1 marriage
1 centenary
41 birthdays

11

1 centenary
26 birthdays

12

29 birthdays

13

1 birth
33 birthdays

14

2 births
1 death
33 birthdays

15

33 birthdays

16

2 births
35 birthdays

17

3 births
2 centenaries
30 birthdays

18

1 marriage
1 death
33 birthdays

19

1 death
28 birthdays

20

3 births
1 centenary
29 birthdays

21

1 birth
1 marriage
36 birthdays

22

1 transition
30 birthdays

23

1 birth
34 birthdays

24

1 death
23 birthdays

25

1 death
28 birthdays

26

1 birth
21 birthdays

27

1 transition
31 birthdays

28

38 birthdays

29

1 birth
31 birthdays

30

36 birthdays


October 1851
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
1 death
39 birthdays

2

2 births
27 birthdays

3

26 birthdays

4

2 births
38 birthdays

5

1 centenary
32 birthdays

6

2 births
33 birthdays

7

27 birthdays

8

1 death
43 birthdays

9

37 birthdays

10

1 birth
44 birthdays

11

2 births
30 birthdays

12

1 death
28 birthdays

13

36 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 election
36 birthdays

15

2 marriages
2 deaths
29 birthdays

16

1 birth
47 birthdays

17

1 birth
36 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 death
41 birthdays

19

1 centenary
31 birthdays

20

40 birthdays

21

27 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 marriage
32 birthdays

23

1 birth
1 marriage
34 birthdays

24

38 birthdays

25

3 births
32 birthdays

26

1 birth
35 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
33 birthdays

28

29 birthdays

29

1 marriage
19 birthdays

30

1 marriage
28 birthdays

31

27 birthdays


November 1851
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

23 birthdays

2

27 birthdays

3

29 birthdays

4

2 centenaries
3 elections
39 birthdays

5

1 death
40 birthdays

6

2 births
1 marriage
31 birthdays

7

1 transition
34 birthdays

8

31 birthdays

9

30 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 election
37 birthdays

11

1 centenary
29 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 transition
26 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
37 birthdays

14

28 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 death
31 birthdays

16

1 birth
26 birthdays

17

1 birth
39 birthdays

18

2 births
30 birthdays

19

1 birth
33 birthdays

20

1 marriage
1 death
27 birthdays

21

26 birthdays

22

29 birthdays

23

2 births
1 centenary
39 birthdays

24

1 birth
2 deaths
34 birthdays

25

1 birth
26 birthdays

26

1 centenary
37 birthdays

27

28 birthdays

28

1 death
34 birthdays

29

1 birth
44 birthdays

30

35 birthdays


December 1851
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

28 birthdays

2

2 births
23 birthdays

3

1 birth
1 centenary
23 birthdays

4

1 birth
26 birthdays

5

31 birthdays

6

1 centenary
37 birthdays

7

1 birth
36 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
33 birthdays

9

2 births
23 birthdays

10

1 birth
31 birthdays

11

2 births
1 marriage
22 birthdays

12

2 deaths
45 birthdays

13

1 birth
32 birthdays

14

1 birth
37 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
39 birthdays

16

43 birthdays

17

30 birthdays

18

1 marriage
32 birthdays

19

26 birthdays

20

2 births
1 marriage
26 birthdays

21

2 births
29 birthdays

22

1 birth
38 birthdays

23

27 birthdays

24

35 birthdays

25

2 births
1 centenary
71 birthdays

26

2 deaths
1 centenary
1 transition
32 birthdays

27

2 births
30 birthdays

28

2 births
26 birthdays

29

2 births
29 birthdays

30

1 birth
20 birthdays

31

1 birth
1 marriage
32 birthdays


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