Historical Events In December - 30

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

1818  On this day in history james Cantey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1874  

1819  John White Geary, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1873 on this day in history.  

1821  On this day in history angelo Maria Benincori, composer, dies at 42  

1825  Peter Gronland, composer, dies at 64 on December - 30.  

1828  Mark Perrin Lowrey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on this day in history.  

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

1832  Abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies on this day in history.  

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

1835  After gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R on this day in history.  

1836  On this day in history lehman-theater in St Petersburg catches fire; 100s die  

1844  Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg) on this day in history.  

1847  John Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists on this day in history.  

1848  On December - 30 mary Frances Allitsen, composer  

1851  Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola on this day in history.  

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

1853  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 on this day in history.  

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  Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer on December - 30.  

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

1854  On December - 30 pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in US, incorporated in NYC  

1855  On December - 30 heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity)  

1859  On December - 30 josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer  

1861  On December - 30 uS, banks stops payments in gold  

1864  Alessandro Longo, composer on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1867  On this day in history simon Guggenheim, philanthropist (died aboard Titanic)  

1869  On December - 30 philadelphia Knights of Labor forms  

1869  Adolphe Max, Belgian Rep (Lib) on this day in history.  

1870  ... Prim, Spanish general, murdered on this day in history.  

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

1873  On December - 30 american Metrological Society forms (NYC) weights, measures & money  

1875  On this day in history andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms  

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1204  Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282) was born on this day in history.  

1552  Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611) was born on December - 30.  

1566  Alessandro Piccinini, composer was born on December - 30.  

1569  On this day in history birth of georg Quitschreiber, composer  

1642  Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707) was born on December - 30.  

1644  Philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral was born on this day in history.  

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

1678  On this day in history birth of william Croft, composer  

0273  Felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274) on December - 30.  

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

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

1525  On December - 30 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  On this day in history death of giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504)  

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

1621  On this day in history death of saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)