Page 2: Historical Events In December - 30

1817  On December - 30 1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona)   

1818  James Cantey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1874 on December - 30.   

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  On December - 30 waldemar Thrane, composer, dies at 38   

1832  Abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies on December - 30.   

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

1835  On December - 30 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  Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg) on December - 30.   

1847  John Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists on December - 30.   

1848  Mary Frances Allitsen, composer on December - 30.   

1851  Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola on this day in history.   

1853  On December - 30 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 this day in history.   

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 December - 30 andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer   

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

1854  On this day in history pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in US, incorporated in NYC   

1855  On this day in history heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity)   

1859  On December - 30 josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer   

1861  On this day in history uS, banks stops payments in gold   

1864  Alessandro Longo, composer on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history the birth of Rudyard Kipling, British writer   

1865  Rudyard Kipling, Bombay, author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907) on this day in history.   

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

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

1875  On this day in history 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 December - 30 birth of simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)   

1566  Alessandro Piccinini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1569  On December - 30 birth of georg Quitschreiber, composer   

1642  On December - 30 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  Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736) was born on December - 30.   

1678  On this day in history birth of william Croft, composer   

0273  On this day in history felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274)   

1218  On December - 30 death of richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)   

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  Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1572  Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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 December - 30 death of saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)