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1800s

1803 (2)1804 (1)

1820s

1826 (4)1827 (1)1828 (4)1829 (10)

1830s

1830 (5)1831 (6)1832 (2)1833 (10)1835 (13)1836 (24)1837 (25)1838 (23)1839 (16)

1840s

1840 (17)1841 (24)1842 (20)1843 (8)1844 (17)1845 (30)1846 (21)1847 (14)1848 (6)1849 (4)

1850s

1850 (15)1851 (59)1852 (21)1853 (45)1854 (44)1855 (46)1856 (41)1857 (40)1858 (47)1859 (43)

1860s

1860 (79)1861 (73)1862 (86)1863 (58)1864 (64)1865 (125)1866 (102)1867 (136)1868 (90)1869 (96)

1870s

1870 (214)1871 (165)1872 (185)1873 (235)1874 (197)1875 (305)1876 (217)1877 (284)1878 (238)1879 (353)

1880s

1880 (367)1881 (486)1882 (657)1883 (530)1884 (912)1885 (697)1886 (710)1887 (561)1888 (1,504)1889 (1,450)

1890s

1890 (1,240)1891 (1,201)1892 (1,458)1893 (1,490)1894 (1,686)1895 (1,997)1896 (1,482)1897 (1,731)1898 (1,632)1899 (1,775)

1900s

1900 (1,641)1901 (2,011)1902 (2,403)1903 (1,918)1904 (1,913)1905 (2,253)1906 (2,123)1907 (2,032)1908 (2,282)1909 (2,354)

1910s

1910 (2,206)1911 (2,759)1912 (2,735)1913 (2,839)1914 (2,696)1915 (2,381)1916 (1,933)1917 (1,358)1918 (1,221)1919 (1,409)

1920s

1920 (1,096)1921 (1,726)1922 (1,908)1923 (2,663)1924 (2,369)1925 (2,065)1926 (3,561)1927 (2,755)1928 (2,408)1929 (2,964)

1930s

1930 (2,577)1931 (1,601)1932 (1,916)1933 (1,807)1934 (1,844)1935 (2,020)1936 (2,399)1937 (1,947)1938 (1,967)1939 (2,356)

1940s

1940 (1,637)1941 (1,760)1942 (2,180)1943 (1,504)1944 (2,173)1945 (1,715)1946 (2,699)1947 (2,769)1948 (2,253)1949 (2,429)

1950s

1950 (2,610)1951 (3,866)1952 (3,308)1953 (2,850)1954 (2,483)1955 (175)1956 (56)1957 (160)1958 (100)1959 (89)

1960s

1960 (70)1961 (46)1962 (44)1963 (19)1964 (23)1965 (23)1966 (18)1967 (46)1968 (19)1969 (21)

1970s

1970 (22)1971 (11)1972 (25)1973 (23)1974 (15)1975 (15)1976 (22)1977 (14)1978 (9)1979 (13)

1980s

1980 (15)1981 (8)1982 (6)1983 (8)1984 (8)1985 (6)1986 (12)1987 (21)1988 (22)1989 (36)

1990s

1990 (10)1991 (12)1992 (8)1993 (13)1994 (30)1995 (16)1996 (18)1997 (8)1998 (17)1999 (11)

2000s

2000 (15)2001 (20)2002 (33)2003 (32)2004 (16)2005 (29)2006 (22)2007 (18)2008 (10)

2010s

2010 (1)2012 (1)2013 (4)