What happend on 30th January

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31.01
1900

United Kingdom forces fighting Boers in South Africa ask for reinforcements.

1889

Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, was found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling. How they died remains a mystery.

1862

The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.

1847

Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.

1835

A mentally ill man named Richard Lawrence attempts to assassinate President Andrew Jackson in the United States Capitol -- the first assassination attempt against a President. Both of Lawrence's pistols misfire, and Jackson proceeds to beat his would-be assassin with his cane.

1820

Edward Bransfield lands on the Antarctic mainland.

1790

The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.

1649

King Charles I of England is beheaded.

1648

The Treaty of Münster is signed, ending the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain.