Page 2: Historical Events In December - 30

1817  1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona)   

1818  James Cantey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1874.   

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

1821  Angelo Maria Benincori, composer, dies at 42.   

1825  Peter Gronland, composer, dies at 64   

1828  Mark Perrin Lowrey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885   

1828  Waldemar Thrane, composer, dies at 38   

1832  Abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies   

1835  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.   

1836  Lehman-theater in St Petersburg catches fire; 100s die   

1844  Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg)   

1847  John Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists.   

1848  Mary Frances Allitsen, composer   

1851  Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola.   

1853  Gadsden Purchase 45000 mi (120000 km) by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million. Area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico   

1853  The US purchases 30000 square miles of land from Mexico in what is now southern New Mexico and Arizona. The Gadsden Purchase cost the US $10 million   

1853  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   

1854  Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, inaugural in US, incorporated in NYC   

1854  Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in US, incorporated in NYC   

1855  Heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity).   

1859  Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer.   

1861  US, banks formally ends payments in gold.   

1864  Alessandro Longo, composer   

1865  Rudyard Kipling, British writer is born.   

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

1867  Simon Guggenheim, philanthropist (died aboard Titanic)   

1869  Philadelphia Knights of Labor forms.   

1869  Adolphe Max, Belgian Rep (Lib)   

1870  ... Prim, Spanish general, murdered.   

1872  William A Larned, tennis champ (US Open-1901)   

1873  American Metrological Society forms (NYC) weights, measures and money.   

1875  Andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms.   

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1204  Abû 'uthmân sa'îd hakam al qurashi: Ruler of minorca   

1552  Simon forman: English occultist and astrologer   

1566  Alessandro piccinini: Composer   

1569  Georg quitschreiber: Composer   

1642  Vincenzo da filicaja: Italian poet   

1644  Philips van almonde: Dutch zeeuws lt-admiral   

1673  Ahmed iii: Ottoman sultan   

1678  William croft: Composer   

0273  Death of Felix i: Italian bishop of rome,   

1218  Richard de clare: 4th earl of hertford, english politician (b. 1162)   

1460  Richard plantagenet: 3rd duke of york, claimant to the english throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)   

1525  Death of Jacob fugger: German banker/merchant,   

1572  Death of Galeazzo alessi: Italian architect (palazza marino, milan),   

1573  Death of Giovanni battista giraldi: Italian writer (b. 1504)   

1591  Death of Innocent ix: [giovanni facchinetti], pope, (1591 62 days),   

1621  Saint job of maniava: Ukrainian orthodox saint (b. 1550)