Historical Events In December - 30
Saturday, 03 January 2026
0039 Titus, 10th Roman emperor (79-81), conqueror of Jerusalem on this day in history. 

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

0274 St Felix I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history. 

0987 On December - 30 french King Hugo Capet crowns his son Robert the compassionate king 

1317 Pontifical degree "Sancta Romania" against spiritualists on this day in history. 

1460 On December - 30 wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 

1525 Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66 on December - 30. 

1566 On this day in history alessandro Piccinini, composer 

1569 Georg Quitschreiber, composer on December - 30. 

1572 On this day in history galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60 

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

1621 On this day in history english king James I cracks Protestation of Parliament 

1644 On this day in history philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral 

1665 On this day in history "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi departs to Constantinople 

1666 Abraham Crijnssen departs to Suriname on this day in history. 

1672 On December - 30 baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden Neth 

1678 On December - 30 william Croft, composer 

1685 On this day in history don Francisco de Agurto installed as land guardian of S Netherlands 

1689 On December - 30 henry Purcell & Tates opera "Dido & Aeneas," premieres in Chesea 

1703 On this day in history tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die 

1731 1st US music concert (Peter Pelham's great room in Boston) on December - 30. 

1741 Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer on December - 30. 

1756 On this day in history pavel Vranicky, composer 

1774 On December - 30 pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian/literary [or Dec 31] 

1775 On this day in history heinrich Carl Ebell, composer 

1777 Maximilian III Jozef, elector of Bayern (1745-77), dies at 50 on this day in history. 

1784 Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven on December - 30. 

1788 On this day in history francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher, dies at 86 

1794 On this day in history french troops conquer Grave Neth 

1796 On December - 30 jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer, dies at 45 

1809 Wearing masks at balls forbidden in Boston on December - 30. 

1813 On December - 30 danzig surrenders to allied armies 

1816 The Treaty of St. Louis is proclaimed on this day in history. 

1817 First coffee planted in Hawaii on December - 30. 

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