Historical Events In December - 30

1817  On this day in history 1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona)  

1818  James Cantey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1874 on this day in history.  

1819  On this day in history john White Geary, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1873  

1821  Angelo Maria Benincori, composer, dies at 42 on December - 30.  

1825  On December - 30 peter Gronland, composer, dies at 64  

1828  On December - 30 mark Perrin Lowrey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885  

1828  On December - 30 waldemar Thrane, composer, dies at 38  

1832  On December - 30 abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies  

1835  On December - 30 after gold discovery in GA, Cherokees forced to move across Mississippi River  

1835  On this day in history after gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R  

1836  Lehman-theater in St Petersburg catches fire; 100s die on December - 30.  

1844  On this day in history opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg)  

1847  On this day in history john Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists  

1848  On this day in history mary Frances Allitsen, composer  

1851  On December - 30 asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola  

1853  Gadsden Purchase 45,000 mi (120,000 km) by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million. Area is now southern Arizona & New Mexico on this day in history.  

1853  On this day in history the US purchases 30,000 square miles of land from Mexico in what is now southern New Mexico and Arizona. The Gadsden Purchase cost the US $10 million.  

1853  On this day in history a dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.  

1853  On December - 30 andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer  

1854  On December - 30 pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, first in US, incorporated in NYC  

1854  On this day in history pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in US, incorporated in NYC  

1855  Heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity) on this day in history.  

1859  On this day in history josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer  

1861  US, banks stops payments in gold on this day in history.  

1864  On December - 30 alessandro Longo, composer  

1865  On this day in history the birth of Rudyard Kipling, British writer  

1865  Rudyard Kipling, Bombay, author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907) on December - 30.  

1867  Simon Guggenheim, philanthropist (died aboard Titanic) on this day in history.  

1869  On this day in history philadelphia Knights of Labor forms  

1869  Adolphe Max, Belgian Rep (Lib) on December - 30.  

1870  ... Prim, Spanish general, murdered on December - 30.  

1872  On December - 30 william A Larned, tennis champ (US Open-1901)  

1873  On this day in history american Metrological Society forms (NYC) weights, measures & money  

1875  Andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms on December - 30.  

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1204  Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282) was born on December - 30.  

1552  On this day in history birth of simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)  

1566  On this day in history birth of alessandro Piccinini, composer  

1569  Georg Quitschreiber, composer was born on this day in history.  

1642  On December - 30 birth of vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)  

1644  Philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral was born on December - 30.  

1673  Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736) was born on December - 30.  

1678  William Croft, composer was born on this day in history.  

0273  Felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274) on this day in history.  

1218  On December - 30 death of richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)  

1460  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)  

1525  On this day in history jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66  

1572  On this day in history galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60  

1573  Death of Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504) on this day in history.  

1591  Innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1621  Death of Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550) on December - 30.