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 December - 30.   

1819  On December - 30 john White Geary, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1873   

1821  Angelo Maria Benincori, composer, dies at 42 on December - 30.   

1825  On this day in history peter Gronland, composer, dies at 64   

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

1828  On this day in history waldemar Thrane, composer, dies at 38   

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

1835  On this day in history after gold discovery in GA, Cherokees forced to move across Mississippi River   

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

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  John Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists on this day in history.   

1848  Mary Frances Allitsen, composer on this day in history.   

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  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  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  On December - 30 andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer   

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 December - 30.   

1855  Heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity) on December - 30.   

1859  Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer on December - 30.   

1861  US, banks stops payments in gold on this day in history.   

1864  Alessandro Longo, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1872  William A Larned, tennis champ (US Open-1901) on this day in history.   

1873  American Metrological Society forms (NYC) weights, measures & money on this day in history.   

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

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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  Alessandro Piccinini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1569  Georg Quitschreiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1673  On December - 30 birth of ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)   

1678  On December - 30 birth of william Croft, composer   

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

1218  On December - 30 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 this day in history.   

1525  Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66 on December - 30.   

1572  On this day in history galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60   

1573  On this day in history death of giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504)   

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

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