Page 2: Historical Events In December - 30

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

1818  On December - 30 james Cantey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1874   

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

1821  On December - 30 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 this day in history.   

1828  On this day in history waldemar Thrane, composer, dies at 38   

1832  Abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies on December - 30.   

1835  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history lehman-theater in St Petersburg catches fire; 100s die   

1844  On this day in history opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg)   

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  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 this day in history.   

1853  Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer on December - 30.   

1854  Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, first in US, incorporated in NYC on December - 30.   

1854  Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in US, incorporated in NYC on December - 30.   

1855  On December - 30 heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity)   

1859  Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer on December - 30.   

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

1864  On this day in history 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 December - 30.   

1869  On this day in history philadelphia Knights of Labor forms   

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

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

1872  On December - 30 william A Larned, tennis champ (US Open-1901)   

1873  American Metrological Society forms (NYC) weights, measures & money on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)   

1566  On December - 30 birth of alessandro Piccinini, composer   

1569  On December - 30 birth of georg Quitschreiber, composer   

1642  Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707) was born on this day in history.   

1644  On December - 30 birth of philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral   

1673  Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736) was born on December - 30.   

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

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  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  Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60 on December - 30.   

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)