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

1825  Peter Gronland, composer, dies at 64 on December - 30.   

1828  On December - 30 mark Perrin Lowrey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885   

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

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

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 December - 30.   

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  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  On this day in history 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.   

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 this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer   

1854  On this day in history pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, first in US, incorporated in NYC   

1854  On December - 30 pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in US, incorporated in NYC   

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

1859  Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer on this day in history.   

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

1864  On this day in history alessandro Longo, composer   

1865  The birth of Rudyard Kipling, British writer on this day in history.   

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

1867  Simon Guggenheim, philanthropist (died aboard Titanic) on December - 30.   

1869  On this day in history philadelphia Knights of Labor forms   

1869  On this day in history adolphe Max, Belgian Rep (Lib)   

1870  ... Prim, Spanish general, murdered on December - 30.   

1872  On December - 30 william A Larned, tennis champ (US Open-1901)   

1873  American Metrological Society forms (NYC) weights, measures & money on December - 30.   

1875  On December - 30 andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms   

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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  On this day in history birth of simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)   

1566  Alessandro Piccinini, composer was born on December - 30.   

1569  On December - 30 birth of georg Quitschreiber, composer   

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  William Croft, composer was born on December - 30.   

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 December - 30.   

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 December - 30.   

1591  On December - 30 innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72   

1621  Death of Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550) on December - 30.