Historical Events In December - 30

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

1818  On this day in history james Cantey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1874  

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

1821  On this day in history angelo Maria Benincori, composer, dies at 42  

1825  On this day in history peter Gronland, composer, dies at 64  

1828  Mark Perrin Lowrey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on December - 30.  

1828  On December - 30 waldemar Thrane, composer, dies at 38  

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  After gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R on December - 30.  

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  John Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists on this day in history.  

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

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  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  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 December - 30 andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer  

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  Heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity) on this day in history.  

1859  On December - 30 josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer  

1861  US, banks stops payments in gold on this day in history.  

1864  Alessandro Longo, composer on this day in history.  

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

1865  Rudyard Kipling, Bombay, author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907) on this day in history.  

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

1869  On December - 30 philadelphia Knights of Labor forms  

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

1870  ... Prim, Spanish general, murdered on December - 30.  

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

1873  On this day in history american Metrological Society forms (NYC) weights, measures & money  

1875  Andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms on this day in history.  

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1204  On this day in history birth of abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)  

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

1566  Alessandro Piccinini, composer was born on December - 30.  

1569  Georg Quitschreiber, composer was born on December - 30.  

1642  Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707) was born on December - 30.  

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

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

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

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

1218  On December - 30 death of richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)  

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

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  Death of Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504) on December - 30.  

1591  On December - 30 innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72  

1621  Death of Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550) on December - 30.