Page 2: Historical Events In December - 30

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

1818  On December - 30 james Cantey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1874   

1819  On December - 30 john White Geary, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1873   

1821  On December - 30 angelo Maria Benincori, composer, dies at 42   

1825  Peter Gronland, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1828  On this day in history waldemar Thrane, composer, dies at 38   

1832  Abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies on December - 30.   

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 December - 30.   

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

1848  On December - 30 mary Frances Allitsen, composer   

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

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 December - 30.   

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 December - 30.   

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 this day in history andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer   

1854  Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, first in US, incorporated in NYC on December - 30.   

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

1855  On this day in history heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity)   

1859  Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer on December - 30.   

1861  US, banks stops payments in gold on December - 30.   

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 December - 30 simon Guggenheim, philanthropist (died aboard Titanic)   

1869  On this day in history philadelphia Knights of Labor forms   

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

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

1872  William A Larned, tennis champ (US Open-1901) on this day in history.   

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

1566  On December - 30 birth of alessandro Piccinini, composer   

1569  On December - 30 birth of georg Quitschreiber, composer   

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

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

1673  On this day in history birth of ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)   

1678  William Croft, composer was born on December - 30.   

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

1218  Death of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162) on this day in history.   

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

1525  On December - 30 jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66   

1572  On December - 30 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)