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January 1866
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 marriage
72 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 centenary
51 birthdays

3

1 death
1 centenary
48 birthdays

4

2 births
1 centenary
46 birthdays

5

1 centenary
46 birthdays

6

3 births
1 death
57 birthdays

7

36 birthdays

8

3 births
2 marriages
60 birthdays

9

1 birth
1 death
39 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 marriage
51 birthdays

11

41 birthdays

12

1 centenary
47 birthdays

13

2 births
42 birthdays

14

2 births
2 deaths
45 birthdays

15

1 centenary
50 birthdays

16

46 birthdays

17

2 births
45 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
45 birthdays

19

1 birth
41 birthdays

20

1 birth
56 birthdays

21

3 births
1 centenary
38 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
39 birthdays

23

2 births
1 death
40 birthdays

24

1 death
28 birthdays

25

1 birth
30 birthdays

26

1 death
49 birthdays

27

1 birth
41 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 death
45 birthdays

29

2 births
1 centenary
35 birthdays

30

1 marriage
34 birthdays

31

2 births
1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
46 birthdays


February 1866
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

38 birthdays

2

2 births
1 centenary
50 birthdays

3

1 birth
2 centenaries
45 birthdays

4

41 birthdays

5

42 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
35 birthdays

7

53 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 marriage
45 birthdays

9

1 birth
39 birthdays

10

1 birth
2 centenaries
42 birthdays

11

1 birth
50 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 centenary
46 birthdays

13

2 marriages
39 birthdays

14

1 birth
53 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 centenary
46 birthdays

16

1 birth
33 birthdays

17

2 births
37 birthdays

18

1 birth
57 birthdays

19

2 births
1 death
31 birthdays

20

1 birth
48 birthdays

21

2 births
1 death
2 centenaries
41 birthdays

22

1 marriage
1 centenary
64 birthdays

23

1 death
1 transition
23 birthdays

24

3 births
34 birthdays

25

3 births
1 death
1 centenary
43 birthdays

26

2 births
42 birthdays

27

2 births
44 birthdays

28

2 centenaries
58 birthdays


March 1866
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
49 birthdays

2

3 births
48 birthdays

3

3 births
38 birthdays

4

1 centenary
54 birthdays

5

2 births
42 birthdays

6

2 births
42 birthdays

7

1 birth
52 birthdays

8

1 death
53 birthdays

9

1 birth
1 death
46 birthdays

10

35 birthdays

11

1 birth
2 deaths
43 birthdays

12

4 births
1 death
45 birthdays

13

39 birthdays

14

1 birth
45 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 death
48 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 centenary
49 birthdays

17

2 births
62 birthdays

18

2 births
1 death
1 centenary
47 birthdays

19

1 birth
36 birthdays

20

2 births
51 birthdays

21

1 birth
1 marriage
32 birthdays

22

1 birth
44 birthdays

23

1 birth
1 death
34 birthdays

24

41 birthdays

25

1 death
1 centenary
39 birthdays

26

1 birth
30 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 marriage
43 birthdays

28

1 birth
2 deaths
1 transition
47 birthdays

29

2 births
43 birthdays

30

1 death
32 birthdays

31

1 birth
2 centenaries
39 birthdays


April 1866
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
52 birthdays

2

1 birth
9 elections
45 birthdays

3

1 centenary
38 birthdays

4

3 births
1 death
39 birthdays

5

2 births
42 birthdays

6

1 death
1 centenary
40 birthdays

7

3 births
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
29 birthdays

8

1 birth
42 birthdays

9

3 births
1 centenary
1 election
39 birthdays

10

2 births
1 election
39 birthdays

11

2 births
1 marriage
1 centenary
39 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
1 transition
50 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 centenary
30 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
43 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
48 birthdays

16

1 centenary
31 birthdays

17

1 birth
41 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
38 birthdays

19

1 birth
37 birthdays

20

1 birth
37 birthdays

21

1 birth
33 birthdays

22

1 death
1 centenary
46 birthdays

23

1 birth
41 birthdays

24

2 births
43 birthdays

25

2 births
31 birthdays

26

2 births
41 birthdays

27

2 births
47 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 death
32 birthdays

29

1 birth
2 deaths
26 birthdays

30

1 birth
1 marriage
38 birthdays


May 1866
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 marriages
1 death
2 centenaries
43 birthdays

2

2 births
32 birthdays

3

1 death
1 centenary
28 birthdays

4

1 death
1 centenary
43 birthdays

5

3 births
37 birthdays

6

1 birth
43 birthdays

7

1 death
33 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 marriage
26 birthdays

9

1 birth
2 marriages
1 death
1 centenary
35 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 centenary
42 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 death
40 birthdays

12

40 birthdays

13

3 births
1 marriage
1 centenary
31 birthdays

14

32 birthdays

15

2 births
1 death
45 birthdays

16

49 birthdays

17

2 births
1 marriage
32 birthdays

18

1 centenary
45 birthdays

19

30 birthdays

20

1 birth
47 birthdays

21

1 death
1 transition
38 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 marriage
44 birthdays

23

1 marriage
1 death
45 birthdays

24

1 birth
40 birthdays

25

4 births
1 centenary
26 birthdays

26

1 birth
35 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 marriage
40 birthdays

28

2 births
1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
46 birthdays

29

1 death
1 centenary
39 birthdays

30

34 birthdays

31

2 marriages
1 transition
29 birthdays


June 1866
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 death
24 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 election
32 birthdays

3

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
33 birthdays

4

3 births
41 birthdays

5

1 birth
30 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 marriage
35 birthdays

7

2 births
1 marriage
25 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 election
37 birthdays

9

1 birth
39 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
45 birthdays

11

1 death
26 birthdays

12

41 birthdays

13

2 births
1 marriage
2 deaths
1 transition
27 birthdays

14

1 birth
46 birthdays

15

24 birthdays

16

2 deaths
1 centenary
1 transition
35 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 marriage
2 deaths
42 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
50 birthdays

19

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
33 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
48 birthdays

21

34 birthdays

22

2 births
1 death
2 centenaries
34 birthdays

23

1 birth
30 birthdays

24

2 births
49 birthdays

25

1 birth
33 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 death
35 birthdays

27

1 marriage
20 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 marriage
35 birthdays

29

38 birthdays

30

1 centenary
48 birthdays


July 1866
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 centenary
46 birthdays

2

30 birthdays

3

34 birthdays

4

2 centenaries
54 birthdays

5

1 birth
26 birthdays

6

1 birth
39 birthdays

7

28 birthdays

8

36 birthdays

9

29 birthdays

10

1 birth
44 birthdays

11

1 death
1 transition
38 birthdays

12

1 birth
44 birthdays

13

1 birth
29 birthdays

14

2 births
27 birthdays

15

1 birth
40 birthdays

16

1 death
39 birthdays

17

1 death
1 centenary
32 birthdays

18

1 birth
34 birthdays

19

3 births
1 centenary
35 birthdays

20

3 births
1 death
1 centenary
33 birthdays

21

1 transition
34 birthdays

22

43 birthdays

23

2 births
43 birthdays

24

2 births
1 death
46 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 death
49 birthdays

26

1 birth
37 birthdays

27

1 birth
36 birthdays

28

31 birthdays

29

1 centenary
38 birthdays

30

2 births
40 birthdays

31

4 births
2 deaths
34 birthdays


August 1866
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
1 death
1 centenary
41 birthdays

2

2 births
1 marriage
1 death
27 birthdays

3

1 death
31 birthdays

4

46 birthdays

5

1 birth
2 deaths
1 centenary
1 transition
31 birthdays

6

4 births
2 deaths
34 birthdays

7

1 birth
44 birthdays

8

2 births
1 transition
39 birthdays

9

5 births
1 death
40 birthdays

10

2 births
46 birthdays

11

1 death
38 birthdays

12

1 death
2 centenaries
40 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
41 birthdays

14

1 centenary
39 birthdays

15

1 birth
2 marriages
2 deaths
1 centenary
48 birthdays

16

1 marriage
2 centenaries
42 birthdays

17

1 marriage
1 centenary
36 birthdays

18

2 births
31 birthdays

19

35 birthdays

20

3 births
1 death
39 birthdays

21

31 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
43 birthdays

23

2 births
38 birthdays

24

2 births
2 centenaries
36 birthdays

25

2 births
1 centenary
44 birthdays

26

3 births
36 birthdays

27

3 births
2 deaths
42 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 marriage
30 birthdays

29

2 births
2 deaths
44 birthdays

30

1 death
42 birthdays

31

2 births
42 birthdays


September 1866
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 death
40 birthdays

2

1 birth
29 birthdays

3

1 death
1 centenary
40 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 marriage
1 transition
38 birthdays

5

1 marriage
46 birthdays

6

1 centenary
42 birthdays

7

3 deaths
2 centenaries
1 transition
46 birthdays

8

3 births
37 birthdays

9

1 marriage
1 centenary
32 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 election
57 birthdays

11

2 centenaries
36 birthdays

12

37 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 death
44 birthdays

14

1 birth
42 birthdays

15

3 births
49 birthdays

16

49 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 marriage
3 deaths
40 birthdays

18

1 death
1 centenary
48 birthdays

19

2 centenaries
36 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 centenary
46 birthdays

21

1 birth
1 centenary
48 birthdays

22

37 birthdays

23

1 birth
49 birthdays

24

1 birth
33 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
44 birthdays

26

1 marriage
33 birthdays

27

2 births
42 birthdays

28

3 births
1 centenary
46 birthdays

29

38 birthdays

30

43 birthdays


October 1866
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 death
48 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 marriage
35 birthdays

3

3 births
1 death
1 centenary
36 birthdays

4

2 births
1 marriage
44 birthdays

5

1 centenary
45 birthdays

6

47 birthdays

7

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
43 birthdays

8

1 birth
57 birthdays

9

2 births
1 marriage
1 centenary
2 elections
43 birthdays

10

3 births
61 birthdays

11

1 death
1 centenary
37 birthdays

12

44 birthdays

13

1 death
1 centenary
43 birthdays

14

3 births
2 centenaries
39 birthdays

15

5 births
40 birthdays

16

1 birth
50 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 marriage
49 birthdays

18

54 birthdays

19

1 death
37 birthdays

20

2 births
54 birthdays

21

2 births
1 centenary
41 birthdays

22

2 births
47 birthdays

23

2 births
1 centenary
39 birthdays

24

2 births
50 birthdays

25

1 birth
50 birthdays

26

1 centenary
43 birthdays

27

2 births
50 birthdays

28

40 birthdays

29

2 births
1 marriage
1 centenary
28 birthdays

30

1 centenary
36 birthdays

31

1 birth
38 birthdays


November 1866
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 death
1 transition
39 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 death
35 birthdays

3

1 birth
40 birthdays

4

1 death
52 birthdays

5

54 birthdays

6

3 births
2 deaths
1 centenary
7 elections
53 birthdays

7

1 birth
1 centenary
48 birthdays

8

1 birth
2 marriages
1 death
41 birthdays

9

2 births
39 birthdays

10

52 birthdays

11

2 births
1 death
1 transition
40 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 centenary
33 birthdays

13

2 births
1 marriage
1 death
54 birthdays

14

1 marriage
37 birthdays

15

38 birthdays

16

1 birth
36 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 marriage
41 birthdays

18

43 birthdays

19

1 marriage
1 death
45 birthdays

20

2 births
1 death
1 centenary
38 birthdays

21

2 births
1 marriage
35 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 marriage
35 birthdays

23

1 death
54 birthdays

24

1 birth
44 birthdays

25

40 birthdays

26

48 birthdays

27

1 marriage
30 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 death
44 birthdays

29

2 marriages
47 birthdays

30

1 death
1 transition
40 birthdays


December 1866
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
39 birthdays

2

1 death
34 birthdays

3

1 birth
36 birthdays

4

3 births
36 birthdays

5

1 marriage
45 birthdays

6

4 births
1 marriage
46 birthdays

7

1 birth
43 birthdays

8

3 births
39 birthdays

9

1 birth
31 birthdays

10

49 birthdays

11

1 marriage
1 death
33 birthdays

12

55 birthdays

13

1 birth
46 birthdays

14

1 death
53 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 death
49 birthdays

16

3 births
44 birthdays

17

1 birth
30 birthdays

18

2 births
1 marriage
1 election
45 birthdays

19

32 birthdays

20

3 marriages
1 death
1 centenary
36 birthdays

21

2 births
1 death
37 birthdays

22

52 birthdays

23

1 birth
39 birthdays

24

1 birth
1 marriage
50 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 death
84 birthdays

26

2 births
2 deaths
1 transition
41 birthdays

27

2 births
3 marriages
1 centenary
41 birthdays

28

2 births
1 death
1 centenary
40 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
43 birthdays

30

32 birthdays

31

5 births
42 birthdays


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