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January 1865
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
1 death
1 centenary
71 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 centenary
50 birthdays

3

1 marriage
48 birthdays

4

1 birth
46 birthdays

5

2 births
1 marriage
45 birthdays

6

1 birth
56 birthdays

7

2 births
1 death
35 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
60 birthdays

9

39 birthdays

10

2 births
49 birthdays

11

1 birth
41 birthdays

12

2 births
1 death
46 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
41 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 death
44 birthdays

15

4 deaths
50 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
45 birthdays

17

1 birth
44 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 centenary
44 birthdays

19

44 birthdays

20

1 death
56 birthdays

21

1 birth
1 centenary
37 birthdays

22

2 births
37 birthdays

23

1 centenary
41 birthdays

24

2 births
26 birthdays

25

30 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 marriage
49 birthdays

27

2 births
39 birthdays

28

1 birth
44 birthdays

29

1 death
1 centenary
35 birthdays

30

1 death
34 birthdays

31

46 birthdays


February 1865
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

3 births
36 birthdays

2

1 birth
2 centenaries
49 birthdays

3

46 birthdays

4

3 births
1 centenary
38 birthdays

5

1 birth
1 death
41 birthdays

6

2 births
1 death
34 birthdays

7

53 birthdays

8

2 births
1 marriage
43 birthdays

9

1 birth
1 centenary
38 birthdays

10

1 birth
43 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 centenary
50 birthdays

12

2 deaths
1 centenary
48 birthdays

13

1 election
39 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
52 birthdays

15

3 births
43 birthdays

16

1 death
33 birthdays

17

1 birth
37 birthdays

18

1 death
58 birthdays

19

31 birthdays

20

1 birth
47 birthdays

21

1 birth
40 birthdays

22

3 births
1 centenary
62 birthdays

23

2 marriages
24 birthdays

24

1 birth
33 birthdays

25

2 births
1 death
41 birthdays

26

43 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 death
43 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 centenary
57 birthdays


March 1865
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
2 deaths
1 transition
48 birthdays

2

48 birthdays

3

1 death
38 birthdays

4

1 birth
53 birthdays

5

2 births
41 birthdays

6

1 centenary
42 birthdays

7

52 birthdays

8

53 birthdays

9

1 birth
45 birthdays

10

2 births
33 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 death
42 birthdays

12

1 centenary
45 birthdays

13

1 marriage
1 death
1 transition
39 birthdays

14

1 birth
44 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 centenary
47 birthdays

16

49 birthdays

17

1 birth
61 birthdays

18

2 births
45 birthdays

19

1 death
36 birthdays

20

1 birth
50 birthdays

21

2 births
30 birthdays

22

1 birth
2 centenaries
43 birthdays

23

2 births
1 death
33 birthdays

24

2 births
39 birthdays

25

39 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 death
29 birthdays

27

43 birthdays

28

2 births
1 death
45 birthdays

29

3 births
40 birthdays

30

1 marriage
3 deaths
1 centenary
33 birthdays

31

1 birth
1 centenary
38 birthdays


April 1865
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 death
1 transition
52 birthdays

2

2 births
43 birthdays

3

1 birth
1 election
37 birthdays

4

2 births
1 marriage
1 election
37 birthdays

5

1 death
42 birthdays

6

1 death
1 election
40 birthdays

7

1 death
29 birthdays

8

1 birth
41 birthdays

9

1 birth
39 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 death
1 election
38 birthdays

11

2 marriages
40 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
49 birthdays

13

3 births
1 marriage
1 centenary
27 birthdays

14

1 centenary
43 birthdays

15

1 death
1 transition
49 birthdays

16

1 death
31 birthdays

17

1 centenary
42 birthdays

18

38 birthdays

19

1 birth
36 birthdays

20

1 centenary
37 birthdays

21

1 centenary
33 birthdays

22

2 births
44 birthdays

23

1 birth
40 birthdays

24

43 birthdays

25

1 birth
2 marriages
1 centenary
31 birthdays

26

1 death
41 birthdays

27

2 births
46 birthdays

28

32 birthdays

29

2 births
25 birthdays

30

2 births
37 birthdays


May 1865
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 marriage
42 birthdays

2

2 births
30 birthdays

3

1 birth
27 birthdays

4

1 death
44 birthdays

5

39 birthdays

6

43 birthdays

7

1 marriage
33 birthdays

8

1 death
1 centenary
26 birthdays

9

1 birth
35 birthdays

10

1 death
43 birthdays

11

1 birth
39 birthdays

12

40 birthdays

13

2 births
1 centenary
29 birthdays

14

33 birthdays

15

1 birth
44 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
49 birthdays

17

32 birthdays

18

1 centenary
46 birthdays

19

1 death
30 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 death
47 birthdays

21

1 birth
40 birthdays

22

2 births
43 birthdays

23

2 marriages
46 birthdays

24

1 centenary
40 birthdays

25

1 death
1 centenary
26 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 centenary
34 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 centenary
39 birthdays

28

1 birth
45 birthdays

29

39 birthdays

30

1 marriage
1 death
1 transition
34 birthdays

31

29 birthdays


June 1865
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 death
23 birthdays

2

1 death
1 centenary
32 birthdays

3

1 centenary
34 birthdays

4

41 birthdays

5

3 births
27 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
34 birthdays

7

1 centenary
25 birthdays

8

1 death
37 birthdays

9

39 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 election
44 birthdays

11

26 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 centenary
40 birthdays

13

1 death
1 transition
28 birthdays

14

46 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 centenary
23 birthdays

16

2 births
1 death
1 centenary
33 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 centenary
42 birthdays

18

4 births
47 birthdays

19

34 birthdays

20

1 birth
47 birthdays

21

35 birthdays

22

1 birth
33 birthdays

23

1 death
30 birthdays

24

1 centenary
49 birthdays

25

1 birth
32 birthdays

26

35 birthdays

27

1 birth
19 birthdays

28

3 deaths
36 birthdays

29

3 births
1 marriage
1 death
36 birthdays

30

2 births
46 birthdays


July 1865
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

46 birthdays

2

2 births
28 birthdays

3

2 deaths
1 centenary
34 birthdays

4

54 birthdays

5

1 birth
1 centenary
25 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
38 birthdays

7

1 death
29 birthdays

8

1 birth
2 centenaries
35 birthdays

9

1 birth
1 death
28 birthdays

10

1 death
1 centenary
44 birthdays

11

1 death
39 birthdays

12

1 birth
43 birthdays

13

2 births
1 death
27 birthdays

14

1 birth
26 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 centenary
39 birthdays

16

4 births
1 death
35 birthdays

17

2 births
1 centenary
31 birthdays

18

3 births
31 birthdays

19

1 centenary
35 birthdays

20

1 centenary
34 birthdays

21

2 births
1 centenary
32 birthdays

22

2 births
41 birthdays

23

2 births
1 death
1 centenary
41 birthdays

24

1 birth
45 birthdays

25

3 births
1 death
46 birthdays

26

4 births
33 birthdays

27

1 birth
36 birthdays

28

1 centenary
31 birthdays

29

39 birthdays

30

1 birth
1 marriage
39 birthdays

31

34 birthdays


August 1865
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 marriage
2 deaths
41 birthdays

2

1 death
1 centenary
27 birthdays

3

31 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 death
45 birthdays

5

2 births
30 birthdays

6

2 births
1 marriage
2 centenaries
32 birthdays

7

1 death
44 birthdays

8

2 births
37 birthdays

9

1 birth
39 birthdays

10

1 marriage
47 birthdays

11

1 birth
37 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 death
39 birthdays

13

41 birthdays

14

2 births
1 death
1 centenary
37 birthdays

15

5 births
2 deaths
43 birthdays

16

1 birth
42 birthdays

17

3 births
1 marriage
33 birthdays

18

1 death
1 centenary
31 birthdays

19

35 birthdays

20

1 birth
38 birthdays

21

1 centenary
31 birthdays

22

1 marriage
43 birthdays

23

2 births
1 death
36 birthdays

24

1 marriage
1 death
1 transition
36 birthdays

25

1 birth
43 birthdays

26

2 births
34 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 marriage
41 birthdays

28

30 birthdays

29

1 death
1 transition
44 birthdays

30

1 death
43 birthdays

31

1 birth
41 birthdays


September 1865
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
40 birthdays

2

2 births
1 death
28 birthdays

3

40 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 death
1 election
37 birthdays

5

4 births
1 centenary
42 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 death
41 birthdays

7

1 birth
45 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 death
36 birthdays

9

1 birth
31 birthdays

10

1 birth
56 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 marriage
2 deaths
2 centenaries
1 election
36 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 centenary
36 birthdays

13

1 birth
44 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 death
41 birthdays

15

4 births
1 centenary
46 birthdays

16

1 death
1 centenary
49 birthdays

17

40 birthdays

18

1 birth
47 birthdays

19

1 birth
1 centenary
35 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 marriage
45 birthdays

21

2 births
46 birthdays

22

1 centenary
37 birthdays

23

49 birthdays

24

1 marriage
2 centenaries
33 birthdays

25

44 birthdays

26

33 birthdays

27

2 marriages
3 deaths
42 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 centenary
46 birthdays

29

1 death
38 birthdays

30

1 centenary
43 birthdays


October 1865
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
47 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 death
34 birthdays

3

1 birth
1 death
36 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 centenary
43 birthdays

5

3 births
2 marriages
43 birthdays

6

2 births
45 birthdays

7

1 birth
1 marriage
43 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 centenary
56 birthdays

9

2 births
43 birthdays

10

1 marriage
2 elections
63 birthdays

11

1 birth
37 birthdays

12

1 birth
43 birthdays

13

2 births
42 birthdays

14

42 birthdays

15

2 births
38 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 death
50 birthdays

17

2 births
1 marriage
47 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 death
56 birthdays

19

2 births
1 marriage
36 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 centenary
54 birthdays

21

1 birth
40 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
47 birthdays

23

1 birth
39 birthdays

24

1 death
50 birthdays

25

2 births
48 birthdays

26

2 births
2 marriages
1 death
43 birthdays

27

1 birth
50 birthdays

28

3 births
37 birthdays

29

1 death
28 birthdays

30

1 birth
1 centenary
35 birthdays

31

1 marriage
38 birthdays


November 1865
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

3 births
1 death
1 centenary
36 birthdays

2

2 births
33 birthdays

3

2 births
1 centenary
38 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 death
2 transitions
51 birthdays

5

2 births
52 birthdays

6

1 death
53 birthdays

7

1 marriage
1 death
6 elections
48 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
40 birthdays

9

2 marriages
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
40 birthdays

10

2 centenaries
52 birthdays

11

1 centenary
40 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
32 birthdays

13

55 birthdays

14

38 birthdays

15

1 centenary
1 election
38 birthdays

16

1 birth
35 birthdays

17

2 centenaries
43 birthdays

18

2 births
1 marriage
41 birthdays

19

46 birthdays

20

1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
38 birthdays

21

35 birthdays

22

1 birth
35 birthdays

23

2 births
52 birthdays

24

44 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 centenary
39 birthdays

26

3 births
1 centenary
45 birthdays

27

30 birthdays

28

2 births
43 birthdays

29

1 marriage
1 death
48 birthdays

30

1 death
1 centenary
40 birthdays


December 1865
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
1 death
38 birthdays

2

2 births
32 birthdays

3

1 centenary
36 birthdays

4

1 death
36 birthdays

5

2 births
1 election
43 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 marriage
46 birthdays

7

1 birth
2 marriages
42 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 death
39 birthdays

9

2 births
30 birthdays

10

2 births
48 birthdays

11

1 birth
32 birthdays

12

57 birthdays

13

1 marriage
1 death
2 centenaries
46 birthdays

14

1 birth
2 marriages
1 death
1 centenary
52 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
49 birthdays

16

1 death
1 centenary
45 birthdays

17

1 centenary
32 birthdays

18

4 births
1 death
41 birthdays

19

1 death
34 birthdays

20

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
36 birthdays

21

2 births
2 marriages
1 death
35 birthdays

22

1 birth
51 birthdays

23

1 birth
38 birthdays

24

1 death
50 birthdays

25

2 births
82 birthdays

26

3 marriages
1 death
41 birthdays

27

1 birth
2 marriages
40 birthdays

28

1 birth
39 birthdays

29

2 births
41 birthdays

30

1 death
33 birthdays

31

1 birth
1 centenary
41 birthdays


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