Page 2: Historical Events In December - 30

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

1818  James Cantey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1874 on this day in history.   

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 December - 30 peter Gronland, composer, dies at 64   

1828  On December - 30 mark Perrin Lowrey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885   

1828  Waldemar Thrane, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

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 December - 30.   

1836  Lehman-theater in St Petersburg catches fire; 100s die on December - 30.   

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

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

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

1851  On this day in history asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola   

1853  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1854  Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in US, incorporated in NYC on this day in history.   

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

1859  On December - 30 josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer   

1861  On December - 30 uS, banks stops payments in gold   

1864  On December - 30 alessandro Longo, composer   

1865  On December - 30 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 December - 30.   

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

1869  On December - 30 adolphe Max, Belgian Rep (Lib)   

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

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

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  Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history birth of alessandro Piccinini, composer   

1569  On December - 30 birth of georg Quitschreiber, composer   

1642  On this day in history birth of vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)   

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 this day in history.   

0273  On December - 30 felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274)   

1218  On this day in history death of richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)   

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  Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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  On December - 30 death of saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)