Historical Events In December - 30

1817  1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona) on this day in history.   

1818  On December - 30 james Cantey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1874   

1819  John White Geary, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1873 on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history angelo Maria Benincori, composer, dies at 42   

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

1828  Mark Perrin Lowrey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on December - 30.   

1828  On December - 30 waldemar Thrane, composer, dies at 38   

1832  Abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 30 mary Frances Allitsen, composer   

1851  Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity)   

1859  Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer on December - 30.   

1861  On this day in history uS, banks stops payments in gold   

1864  Alessandro Longo, composer on December - 30.   

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  On this day in history simon Guggenheim, philanthropist (died aboard Titanic)   

1869  Philadelphia Knights of Labor forms on this day in history.   

1869  Adolphe Max, Belgian Rep (Lib) on December - 30.   

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  American Metrological Society forms (NYC) weights, measures & money on this day in history.   

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

1566  On this day in history birth of alessandro Piccinini, composer   

1569  On this day in history birth of georg Quitschreiber, composer   

1642  Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707) was born on this day in history.   

1644  Philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral was born on December - 30.   

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 December - 30.   

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  Death of Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504) on December - 30.   

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

1621  On December - 30 death of saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)