Historical Events In December - 30
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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