Historical Events In December - 30

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

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

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

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  Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola on December - 30.  

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 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  Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer on this day in history.  

1854  On this day in history 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  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  On December - 30 alessandro Longo, composer  

1865  The birth of Rudyard Kipling, British writer on December - 30.  

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

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

1869  Philadelphia Knights of Labor forms on this day in history.  

1869  On December - 30 adolphe Max, Belgian Rep (Lib)  

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

1872  On this day in history william A Larned, tennis champ (US Open-1901)  

1873  On December - 30 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1642  Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707) was born on this day in history.  

1644  On December - 30 birth of philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral  

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

1678  On December - 30 birth of william Croft, composer  

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  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  Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60 on December - 30.  

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  Death of Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550) on this day in history.