Page 2: 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  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 this day in history.   

1825  On December - 30 peter Gronland, composer, dies at 64   

1828  Mark Perrin Lowrey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on this day in history.   

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  After gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R on December - 30.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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 December - 30.   

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 December - 30.   

1853  Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer on this day in history.   

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  Heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity) on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer   

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

1864  Alessandro Longo, composer on December - 30.   

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 December - 30.   

1867  Simon Guggenheim, philanthropist (died aboard Titanic) on December - 30.   

1869  On this day in history philadelphia Knights of Labor forms   

1869  Adolphe Max, Belgian Rep (Lib) on this day in history.   

1870  ... Prim, Spanish general, murdered on December - 30.   

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

1873  On this day in history american Metrological Society forms (NYC) weights, measures & money   

1875  On December - 30 andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms   

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1204  Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282) was born on December - 30.   

1552  Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611) was born on December - 30.   

1566  On December - 30 birth of alessandro Piccinini, composer   

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

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 December - 30.   

1673  Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736) was born on December - 30.   

1678  On December - 30 birth of william Croft, composer   

0273  Felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274) on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.