Page 2: 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 this day in history.   

1819  John White Geary, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1873 on December - 30.   

1821  Angelo Maria Benincori, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history 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  On December - 30 after gold discovery in GA, Cherokees forced to move across Mississippi River   

1835  On this day in history after gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R   

1836  On December - 30 lehman-theater in St Petersburg catches fire; 100s die   

1844  Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg) on December - 30.   

1847  John Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists on December - 30.   

1848  On this day in history mary Frances Allitsen, composer   

1851  On December - 30 asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola   

1853  On December - 30 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 this day in history 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  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 on December - 30.   

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 this day in history.   

1859  Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer on December - 30.   

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

1864  Alessandro Longo, composer on December - 30.   

1865  On this day in history the birth of Rudyard Kipling, British writer   

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

1867  Simon Guggenheim, philanthropist (died aboard Titanic) on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history philadelphia Knights of Labor forms   

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 this day in history.   

1873  American Metrological Society forms (NYC) weights, measures & money on December - 30.   

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 December - 30.   

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

1566  On December - 30 birth of alessandro Piccinini, composer   

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  Philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral was born on December - 30.   

1673  Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736) was born on this day in history.   

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

0273  On December - 30 felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274)   

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 this day in history.   

1525  On this day in history jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66   

1572  On December - 30 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 December - 30.   

1621  On December - 30 death of saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)