Page 2: Historical Events In December - 30

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

1818  On this day in history james Cantey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1874   

1819  On this day in history john White Geary, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1873   

1821  On December - 30 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 this day in history.   

1828  Waldemar Thrane, composer, dies at 38 on December - 30.   

1832  On December - 30 abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies   

1835  After gold discovery in GA, Cherokees forced to move across Mississippi River on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history after gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R   

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

1844  Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg) on December - 30.   

1847  On this day in history john Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists   

1848  On December - 30 mary Frances Allitsen, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 30.   

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

1854  Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in US, incorporated in NYC on December - 30.   

1855  Heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity) on this day in history.   

1859  Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer on December - 30.   

1861  On December - 30 uS, banks stops payments in gold   

1864  On December - 30 alessandro Longo, composer   

1865  On December - 30 the birth of Rudyard Kipling, British writer   

1865  Rudyard Kipling, Bombay, author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907) on December - 30.   

1867  On December - 30 simon Guggenheim, philanthropist (died aboard Titanic)   

1869  On this day in history philadelphia Knights of Labor forms   

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

1875  Andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms on this day in history.   

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1204  On this day in history birth of abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)   

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

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

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

1642  Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707) was born on December - 30.   

1644  On December - 30 birth of philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral   

1673  Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736) was born on this day in history.   

1678  On December - 30 birth of william Croft, composer   

0273  Felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274) on December - 30.   

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 this day in history.   

1572  On December - 30 galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60   

1573  Death of Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504) on this day in history.   

1591  Innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72 on December - 30.   

1621  On this day in history death of saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)