Historical Events In December - 30

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

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

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

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  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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1847  John Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists on December - 30.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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  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 December - 30.  

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

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

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

1859  Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer on December - 30.  

1861  US, banks stops payments in gold on December - 30.  

1864  On December - 30 alessandro Longo, composer  

1865  The birth of Rudyard Kipling, British writer on December - 30.  

1865  On December - 30 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  On this day in history adolphe Max, Belgian Rep (Lib)  

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 December - 30.  

1875  On this day in history andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms  

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1204  On this day in history 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 December - 30 birth of georg Quitschreiber, composer  

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  On December - 30 birth of ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)  

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

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  Death of Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504) on this day in history.  

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

1621  Death of Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550) on December - 30.