Historical Events In December - 30

1817  1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona) on December - 30.  

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  Peter Gronland, composer, dies at 64 on December - 30.  

1828  On this day in history mark Perrin Lowrey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885  

1828  On December - 30 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 December - 30.  

1836  On December - 30 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  On this day in history mary Frances Allitsen, composer  

1851  Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola on December - 30.  

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 December - 30 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  Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer  

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

1864  On this day in history alessandro Longo, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1867  On this day in history simon Guggenheim, philanthropist (died aboard Titanic)  

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

1869  On this day in history adolphe Max, Belgian Rep (Lib)  

1870  On this day in history ... Prim, Spanish general, murdered  

1872  William A Larned, tennis champ (US Open-1901) on this day in history.  

1873  On December - 30 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  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 this day in history.  

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  Felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1525  Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66 on December - 30.  

1572  On this day in history galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60  

1573  Death of Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504) on December - 30.  

1591  Innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72 on December - 30.  

1621  Death of Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550) on this day in history.