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1871 by month:

 


January 1871
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
82 birthdays

2

1 centenary
57 birthdays

3

48 birthdays

4

2 births
54 birthdays

5

1 birth
1 marriage
2 centenaries
47 birthdays

6

1 centenary
65 birthdays

7

41 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 death
59 birthdays

9

1 birth
44 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
55 birthdays

11

2 births
1 death
1 transition
43 birthdays

12

2 births
1 transition
56 birthdays

13

2 deaths
1 centenary
1 transition
48 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 death
47 birthdays

15

1 birth
52 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 death
51 birthdays

17

49 birthdays

18

2 births
1 death
47 birthdays

19

1 birth
1 centenary
43 birthdays

20

3 deaths
1 transition
64 birthdays

21

1 death
41 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 centenary
44 birthdays

23

1 birth
43 birthdays

24

1 centenary
32 birthdays

25

1 birth
37 birthdays

26

2 deaths
54 birthdays

27

2 births
43 birthdays

28

1 birth
48 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 death
41 birthdays

30

1 death
37 birthdays

31

1 birth
53 birthdays


February 1871
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

42 birthdays

2

3 centenaries
56 birthdays

3

1 birth
1 centenary
46 birthdays

4

4 births
1 death
1 centenary
42 birthdays

5

1 birth
1 centenary
46 birthdays

6

5 births
1 death
38 birthdays

7

2 births
1 centenary
51 birthdays

8

1 birth
50 birthdays

9

1 birth
2 marriages
44 birthdays

10

1 centenary
54 birthdays

11

55 birthdays

12

49 birthdays

13

1 birth
38 birthdays

14

2 births
58 birthdays

15

1 death
47 birthdays

16

1 centenary
41 birthdays

17

2 births
2 deaths
39 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
64 birthdays

19

1 birth
39 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 death
56 birthdays

21

2 births
1 centenary
44 birthdays

22

3 births
1 marriage
62 birthdays

23

1 birth
1 death
21 birthdays

24

1 birth
1 death
39 birthdays

25

1 birth
50 birthdays

26

1 birth
2 centenaries
47 birthdays

27

2 births
1 centenary
48 birthdays

28

3 births
1 centenary
64 birthdays


March 1871
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

54 birthdays

2

1 birth
54 birthdays

3

3 births
45 birthdays

4

2 births
1 death
60 birthdays

5

1 birth
45 birthdays

6

2 births
44 birthdays

7

3 births
1 marriage
1 death
53 birthdays

8

2 births
53 birthdays

9

2 births
1 centenary
53 birthdays

10

2 births
42 birthdays

11

1 death
48 birthdays

12

3 births
51 birthdays

13

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
39 birthdays

14

2 births
48 birthdays

15

3 births
1 marriage
54 birthdays

16

2 births
1 marriage
53 birthdays

17

2 births
1 death
70 birthdays

18

2 births
1 marriage
2 deaths
1 centenary
53 birthdays

19

1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
38 birthdays

20

1 birth
58 birthdays

21

2 births
1 centenary
38 birthdays

22

44 birthdays

23

33 birthdays

24

3 births
1 centenary
45 birthdays

25

39 birthdays

26

1 birth
35 birthdays

27

2 births
45 birthdays

28

1 birth
49 birthdays

29

3 births
1 death
49 birthdays

30

1 birth
35 birthdays

31

45 birthdays


April 1871
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

55 birthdays

2

3 deaths
47 birthdays

3

1 centenary
1 election
42 birthdays

4

1 birth
3 centenaries
47 birthdays

5

1 death
52 birthdays

6

1 centenary
39 birthdays

7

1 birth
31 birthdays

8

1 centenary
45 birthdays

9

1 birth
1 centenary
44 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 marriage
43 birthdays

11

43 birthdays

12

3 births
51 birthdays

13

2 births
32 birthdays

14

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
45 birthdays

15

52 birthdays

16

1 death
35 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 death
48 birthdays

18

1 marriage
44 birthdays

19

1 marriage
1 centenary
41 birthdays

20

1 marriage
41 birthdays

21

1 birth
1 centenary
34 birthdays

22

2 births
52 birthdays

23

45 birthdays

24

1 birth
46 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
33 birthdays

26

1 birth
46 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 death
50 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 death
35 birthdays

29

2 births
32 birthdays

30

2 births
41 birthdays


May 1871
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 deaths
1 centenary
45 birthdays

2

1 marriage
1 death
36 birthdays

3

4 births
31 birthdays

4

1 birth
47 birthdays

5

42 birthdays

6

40 birthdays

7

37 birthdays

8

29 birthdays

9

1 birth
40 birthdays

10

1 birth
49 birthdays

11

44 birthdays

12

1 death
44 birthdays

13

39 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 centenary
34 birthdays

15

50 birthdays

16

1 death
50 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 death
32 birthdays

18

1 centenary
48 birthdays

19

31 birthdays

20

1 birth
52 birthdays

21

3 births
42 birthdays

22

2 births
1 centenary
44 birthdays

23

1 death
45 birthdays

24

2 births
41 birthdays

25

1 birth
37 birthdays

26

2 births
40 birthdays

27

1 birth
2 centenaries
42 birthdays

28

1 marriage
50 birthdays

29

2 births
1 centenary
41 birthdays

30

36 birthdays

31

1 birth
1 centenary
29 birthdays


June 1871
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
3 marriages
26 birthdays

2

3 births
1 transition
39 birthdays

3

1 centenary
39 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 centenary
46 birthdays

5

34 birthdays

6

1 centenary
39 birthdays

7

1 marriage
28 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 death
37 birthdays

9

1 death
44 birthdays

10

1 death
49 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 death
27 birthdays

12

39 birthdays

13

1 birth
31 birthdays

14

2 births
53 birthdays

15

1 death
28 birthdays

16

2 births
38 birthdays

17

4 births
3 deaths
1 centenary
47 birthdays

18

1 birth
54 birthdays

19

34 birthdays

20

2 births
52 birthdays

21

2 births
32 birthdays

22

1 birth
36 birthdays

23

35 birthdays

24

2 births
55 birthdays

25

35 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
42 birthdays

27

1 death
21 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
34 birthdays

29

1 birth
2 marriages
44 birthdays

30

1 birth
1 centenary
52 birthdays


July 1871
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 centenary
1 transition
54 birthdays

2

2 births
36 birthdays

3

37 birthdays

4

3 births
54 birthdays

5

2 births
27 birthdays

6

45 birthdays

7

2 births
33 birthdays

8

39 birthdays

9

1 birth
30 birthdays

10

2 births
51 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 marriage
1 election
41 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 marriage
49 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 centenary
35 birthdays

14

34 birthdays

15

2 births
1 death
45 birthdays

16

40 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 centenary
34 birthdays

18

1 birth
37 birthdays

19

1 birth
38 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 centenary
40 birthdays

21

4 births
32 birthdays

22

1 death
44 birthdays

23

1 birth
49 birthdays

24

3 births
49 birthdays

25

1 marriage
1 centenary
48 birthdays

26

2 births
40 birthdays

27

3 births
41 birthdays

28

1 birth
35 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
38 birthdays

30

44 birthdays

31

38 birthdays


August 1871
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 death
51 birthdays

2

2 births
32 birthdays

3

34 birthdays

4

3 births
1 centenary
46 birthdays

5

1 death
40 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 death
43 birthdays

7

2 births
1 death
1 election
46 birthdays

8

47 birthdays

9

4 births
1 death
50 birthdays

10

1 birth
50 birthdays

11

1 birth
37 birthdays

12

2 births
46 birthdays

13

2 births
2 deaths
1 transition
45 birthdays

14

2 births
2 centenaries
47 birthdays

15

1 centenary
53 birthdays

16

1 birth
48 birthdays

17

2 marriages
1 death
39 birthdays

18

1 death
36 birthdays

19

1 birth
37 birthdays

20

1 birth
48 birthdays

21

3 births
1 centenary
35 birthdays

22

2 births
1 death
49 birthdays

23

1 death
41 birthdays

24

1 birth
1 death
40 birthdays

25

48 birthdays

26

1 birth
40 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 death
47 birthdays

28

1 centenary
30 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 centenary
48 birthdays

30

1 centenary
48 birthdays

31

3 births
49 birthdays


September 1871
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
44 birthdays

2

1 birth
32 birthdays

3

3 births
1 centenary
41 birthdays

4

45 birthdays

5

1 centenary
49 birthdays

6

2 births
1 death
1 election
44 birthdays

7

3 births
1 centenary
43 birthdays

8

1 marriage
39 birthdays

9

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
33 birthdays

10

2 births
57 birthdays

11

1 election
41 birthdays

12

38 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
48 birthdays

14

3 births
1 centenary
50 birthdays

15

2 births
1 centenary
54 birthdays

16

1 death
56 birthdays

17

1 birth
48 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 death
48 birthdays

19

1 birth
1 marriage
2 deaths
43 birthdays

20

51 birthdays

21

1 birth
2 marriages
2 deaths
1 centenary
50 birthdays

22

1 birth
44 birthdays

23

1 birth
1 death
51 birthdays

24

40 birthdays

25

2 deaths
1 transition
45 birthdays

26

1 birth
33 birthdays

27

2 births
1 marriage
1 death
50 birthdays

28

3 births
52 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 death
41 birthdays

30

1 birth
52 birthdays


October 1871
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 death
53 birthdays

2

3 births
1 marriage
38 birthdays

3

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
42 birthdays

4

1 birth
47 birthdays

5

2 births
1 death
49 birthdays

6

2 births
2 centenaries
49 birthdays

7

46 birthdays

8

1 marriage
62 birthdays

9

2 births
45 birthdays

10

1 centenary
1 election
70 birthdays

11

2 births
1 marriage
1 centenary
40 birthdays

12

1 marriage
1 death
1 transition
49 birthdays

13

3 births
1 centenary
49 birthdays

14

1 birth
2 deaths
45 birthdays

15

2 births
2 centenaries
51 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 death
54 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 marriage
53 birthdays

18

2 births
1 marriage
58 birthdays

19

2 births
43 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
61 birthdays

21

49 birthdays

22

1 birth
50 birthdays

23

44 birthdays

24

1 birth
2 centenaries
55 birthdays

25

1 marriage
1 death
54 birthdays

26

1 birth
2 marriages
1 death
1 centenary
43 birthdays

27

1 birth
57 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 marriage
2 deaths
1 transition
51 birthdays

29

34 birthdays

30

2 births
1 death
1 centenary
37 birthdays

31

1 marriage
46 birthdays


November 1871
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
1 death
40 birthdays

2

1 marriage
41 birthdays

3

1 birth
46 birthdays

4

55 birthdays

5

1 death
1 transition
59 birthdays

6

2 births
61 birthdays

7

1 marriage
14 elections
54 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
48 birthdays

9

1 marriage
1 death
44 birthdays

10

4 births
54 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 death
45 birthdays

12

3 births
38 birthdays

13

62 birthdays

14

1 transition
41 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 centenary
47 birthdays

16

1 birth
40 birthdays

17

42 birthdays

18

2 births
1 death
47 birthdays

19

2 births
1 death
43 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 marriage
47 birthdays

21

43 birthdays

22

1 birth
39 birthdays

23

2 births
1 marriage
56 birthdays

24

47 birthdays

25

44 birthdays

26

3 births
1 marriage
1 death
1 transition
56 birthdays

27

1 birth
32 birthdays

28

2 births
1 marriage
1 centenary
48 birthdays

29

1 death
51 birthdays

30

3 births
1 marriage
1 death
43 birthdays


December 1871
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

4 births
44 birthdays

2

1 birth
39 birthdays

3

2 births
43 birthdays

4

2 births
42 birthdays

5

1 birth
1 marriage
2 deaths
46 birthdays

6

1 death
49 birthdays

7

49 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 death
43 birthdays

9

1 birth
34 birthdays

10

1 centenary
52 birthdays

11

3 births
1 death
38 birthdays

12

56 birthdays

13

2 births
1 death
1 centenary
52 birthdays

14

1 birth
54 birthdays

15

2 births
56 birthdays

16

2 births
1 centenary
50 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 centenary
36 birthdays

18

1 birth
51 birthdays

19

3 births
1 marriage
1 transition
33 birthdays

20

2 births
1 marriage
42 birthdays

21

1 marriage
2 deaths
1 centenary
45 birthdays

22

1 death
1 centenary
54 birthdays

23

43 birthdays

24

2 births
1 centenary
55 birthdays

25

1 birth
86 birthdays

26

1 marriage
45 birthdays

27

2 births
1 marriage
2 centenaries
46 birthdays

28

3 births
1 marriage
49 birthdays

29

4 births
1 centenary
44 birthdays

30

2 births
1 centenary
33 birthdays

31

1 birth
1 centenary
50 birthdays


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