Page 2: Historical Events In December - 30

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

1818  James Cantey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1874 on this day in history.   

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  Peter Gronland, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1828  Mark Perrin Lowrey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on this day in history.   

1828  Waldemar Thrane, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

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

1835  On December - 30 after gold discovery in GA, Cherokees forced to move across Mississippi River   

1835  After gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R on December - 30.   

1836  Lehman-theater in St Petersburg catches fire; 100s die on this day in history.   

1844  On December - 30 opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg)   

1847  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history 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.   

1853  Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer on this day in history.   

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

1854  Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in US, incorporated in NYC on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history alessandro Longo, composer   

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

1865  On December - 30 rudyard Kipling, Bombay, author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907)   

1867  On this day in history simon Guggenheim, philanthropist (died aboard Titanic)   

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

1566  On December - 30 birth of alessandro Piccinini, composer   

1569  On December - 30 birth of georg Quitschreiber, composer   

1642  On this day in history birth of vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)   

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

1673  On this day in history birth of ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)   

1678  William Croft, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1573  Death of Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504) on December - 30.   

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

1621  Death of Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550) on this day in history.