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  On this day in history john White Geary, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1873  

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  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  Abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies on this day in history.  

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  Lehman-theater in St Petersburg catches fire; 100s die on December - 30.  

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

1847  On December - 30 john Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists  

1848  Mary Frances Allitsen, composer on December - 30.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 December - 30 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 this day in history.  

1864  On December - 30 alessandro Longo, composer  

1865  The birth of Rudyard Kipling, British writer on this day in history.  

1865  On this day in history rudyard Kipling, Bombay, author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907)  

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

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

1869  Adolphe Max, Belgian Rep (Lib) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1875  On December - 30 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 this day in history.  

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  On December - 30 birth of vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)  

1644  On December - 30 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 this day in history.  

0273  On this day in history felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274)  

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  Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66 on December - 30.  

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  On this day in history 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)