What Happened in January 1735

Famous Birthdays

Paul Revere (1735-1818)

Jan 1 American silversmith and patriot who alerted the colonial militia to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord, born in Boston, Massachusetts

  • Jan 8 John Carroll, American Roman Catholic archbishop, born in Upper Marlboro, Maryland (d. 1815)
  • Jan 21 Johann Gottfried Eckard, German composer, born in Augsburg, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1809)

Famous Deaths

  • Jan 11 Danilo I, Vladika of Montenegro (b. c. 1670)
  • Jan 12 John Eccles, English composer (Master of the King's Musick for four monarchs), dies (b. 1668)
  • Jan 13 Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, Queen consort of Sardinia, dies at 28