What Happened in January 1835

Historical Events

  • Jan 7 HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago
  • Jan 8 US national debt is $0 for the first and only time in history
  • Jan 25 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Puritani" premieres in Paris

First Attempt to Assassinate the President

Jan 30 Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C. in 1st attempted assassination of a US President


Famous Birthdays

  • Jan 2 Charles Russell Lowell Jr, American railroad executive and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1864)
  • Jan 3 Larkin Goldsmith Mead, American sculptor who worked in Florence, born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire (d. 1910)
  • Jan 5 Friedrich Richard Faltin, Finnish composer, born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 1918)
  • Jan 5 Hendrik van Rijgersma, Dutch naturalist and physician, born in Lemmer, Netherlands (d. 1877)
  • Jan 13 Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian jurist and Minister of the Interior (d. 1902)
  • Jan 17 Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian bishop, poet (Anykščių šilelis) and dialectologist, born in Anykščiai, Vilnius Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1902)
  • Jan 17 Johan Filip von Schantz, Finnish violinist, conductor, and composer (Kullervo), born in Ulvila, Finland (d. 1865)
  • Jan 18 César A Cui, Russian composer and fort architect, born in Vilnius, Russian Empire (d. 1918)
  • Jan 18 Jan Ferguut [Jan van Droogenbroeck], Belgian poet, born in Sint-Amands, Belgium (d. 1902)
  • Jan 30 Oliver Edwards, American inventor and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1904)
  • Jan 31 William Charles Lunalilo, Monarch of Hawaii (d. 1874)

Famous Weddings

Maria II

Jan 26 Maria II of Portugal marries Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg