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Historical Events in January 1835

  • 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