▁Failed ▁assass ination ▁attempt ▁ ▁On ▁July ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 1 8 3 5 , ▁F ies chi ▁attempted ▁to ▁assass inate ▁King ▁Louis ▁Philippe ▁I ▁using ▁the ▁infer nal ▁machine . ▁The ▁gun ▁was ▁position ed ▁on ▁the ▁windows ill ▁in ▁F ies chi ' s ▁three - room ▁lod ging ▁on ▁the ▁third ▁floor ▁of ▁N . ▁ 5 0 ▁Bou lev ard ▁du ▁Temple ▁in ▁Paris , ▁over looking ▁the ▁street ▁on ▁the ▁route ▁that ▁the ▁king ▁and ▁his ▁con voy ▁were ▁expected ▁to ▁take ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁year ly ▁Paris ▁National ▁Guard ▁ins pection . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁con voy ▁was ▁passing ▁directly ▁below , ▁F ies chi , ▁waiting ▁in ▁amb ush , ▁fired ▁the ▁infer nal ▁machine . ▁The ▁gun ▁fired ▁a ▁vol ley ▁of ▁approximately ▁ 4 0 0 ▁project iles , ▁even ▁though ▁four ▁bar rel s ▁mis f ired , ▁four ▁bar rel s ▁burst , ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 5 ▁bar rel s ▁was ▁not ▁loaded ▁as ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁a ▁touch ▁hole ▁and ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁fired . ▁The ▁king ▁only ▁suffered ▁a ▁gra ze ▁to ▁the ▁fore head , ▁a ▁minor ▁injury , ▁but ▁ 1 8 ▁people ▁were ▁either ▁immediately ▁killed ▁or ▁later ▁succ um bed ▁to ▁their ▁w ounds . ▁An ▁additional ▁ 2 2 ▁people ▁were ▁injured , ▁and ▁at ▁least ▁four ▁of ▁these ▁had ▁lim bs ▁am put ated ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁sever ity ▁of ▁their ▁inj uries . ▁ ▁When