Page 2: Historical Events In December - 30

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

1818  On this day in history 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  On December - 30 peter Gronland, composer, dies at 64   

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  On December - 30 abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies   

1835  After gold discovery in GA, Cherokees forced to move across Mississippi River on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1847  On this day in history john Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists   

1848  Mary Frances Allitsen, composer on December - 30.   

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

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  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 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  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 December - 30 pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in US, incorporated in NYC   

1855  Heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity) on December - 30.   

1859  Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer on this day in history.   

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 December - 30.   

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  On December - 30 ... Prim, Spanish general, murdered   

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

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 December - 30 birth of abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)   

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  On this day in history 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 December - 30.   

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 December - 30.   

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

1621  On this day in history death of saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)