Historical Events In December - 30
Saturday, 09 December 2023
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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