Page 2: 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 this day in history john White Geary, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1873   

1821  Angelo Maria Benincori, composer, dies at 42 on December - 30.   

1825  Peter Gronland, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1828  Waldemar Thrane, composer, dies at 38 on December - 30.   

1832  On this day in history abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies   

1835  After gold discovery in GA, Cherokees forced to move across Mississippi River on December - 30.   

1835  On December - 30 after gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R   

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

1844  On December - 30 opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg)   

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

1848  On December - 30 mary Frances Allitsen, composer   

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 December - 30.   

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 December - 30 josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer   

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

1864  Alessandro Longo, composer on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 30.   

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

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

1872  On this day in history william A Larned, tennis champ (US Open-1901)   

1873  On December - 30 american Metrological Society forms (NYC) weights, measures & money   

1875  Andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms on December - 30.   

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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 December - 30 birth of simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)   

1566  Alessandro Piccinini, composer was born on December - 30.   

1569  Georg Quitschreiber, composer was born on December - 30.   

1642  Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707) was born on December - 30.   

1644  Philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral was born on this day in history.   

1673  On December - 30 birth of ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)   

1678  William Croft, composer was born on this day in history.   

0273  On this day in history 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  On December - 30 death of richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)   

1525  On December - 30 jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66   

1572  On December - 30 galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60   

1573  On this day in history death of giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504)   

1591  On December - 30 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.