Historical Events In December - 30

1817  1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona) on December - 30.  

1818  James Cantey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1874 on December - 30.  

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

1828  On this day in history mark Perrin Lowrey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885  

1828  Waldemar Thrane, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

1832  On this day in history abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies  

1835  After gold discovery in GA, Cherokees forced to move across Mississippi River on December - 30.  

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

1847  On December - 30 john Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists  

1848  Mary Frances Allitsen, composer on this day in history.  

1851  On this day in history asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola  

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  On December - 30 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 December - 30 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  Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, first in US, incorporated in NYC on this day in history.  

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 December - 30.  

1859  Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer on this day in history.  

1861  On this day in history uS, banks stops payments in gold  

1864  Alessandro Longo, composer on December - 30.  

1865  On December - 30 the birth of Rudyard Kipling, British writer  

1865  On December - 30 rudyard Kipling, Bombay, author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907)  

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

1869  Philadelphia Knights of Labor forms on December - 30.  

1869  On this day in history adolphe Max, Belgian Rep (Lib)  

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

1872  William A Larned, tennis champ (US Open-1901) on December - 30.  

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

1875  On December - 30 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 this day in history.  

1566  Alessandro Piccinini, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1642  On this day in history birth of vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)  

1644  On this day in history birth of philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral  

1673  On December - 30 birth of ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)  

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

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

1218  Death of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162) on December - 30.  

1460  Death of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411) on December - 30.  

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 December - 30.  

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