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 December - 30 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  Mark Perrin Lowrey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on this day in history.  

1828  On this day in history waldemar Thrane, composer, dies at 38  

1832  Abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies on December - 30.  

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

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  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  Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola on December - 30.  

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  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 this day in history andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer  

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

1854  On December - 30 pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in US, incorporated in NYC  

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

1859  On December - 30 josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer  

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

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 December - 30.  

1869  On December - 30 philadelphia Knights of Labor forms  

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

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

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

1873  American Metrological Society forms (NYC) weights, measures & money on December - 30.  

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

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

1642  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162) on this day in history.  

1460  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)  

1525  On this day in history jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66  

1572  Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60 on December - 30.  

1573  On December - 30 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  On this day in history death of saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)