Ab Uthmn Sad Hakam al Qurashi ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)
Dec 30 1552
Simon Forman English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
Dec 30 1673
Ahmed III 23rd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1703-30) born in Dobrich Ottoman Empire (d. 1736)
Dec 30 1678
William Croft English composer and organist born in Nether Ettington (d. 1727)
Dec 30 1722
Charles Yorke Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
Dec 30 1740
Princess Elizabeth Caroline of Wales (d. 1759)
Dec 30 1774
Pieter G Witsen Geysbeek Dutch historianliterary [or Dec 31]
Dec 30 1784
Dorothea von Benckendorff Baltic monarch of Lieven
Dec 30 1818
James Cantey Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1874)
Dec 30 1819
John White Geary American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania (d. 1873)
Dec 30 1828
Mark Perrin Lowrey Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1885)
Dec 30 1847
John Peter Altgeld GermanUS (Gov-Ill)pardoned Haymarket-anarchists
Dec 30 1850
John Milne British geologist (developed the first modern seismograph) born in Liverpool England (d. 1913)
Dec 30 1855
Heinrich Hart German writer (Song of Humanity)
Dec 30 1864
Alessandro Longo Italian composer and musicologist born in Amantea Italy (d. 1945)
Dec 30 1867
Simon Guggenheim American businessman and philanthropist born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Dec 30 1869
Stephen Leacock Canadian economisthumoristprofessor
Dec 30 1873
Alfred Al Smith American politician 4 time Governor of New York (1919-20 and 1923-28) and 1st Catholic nominee for US President (1928) born in Manhattan New York (d. 1944)
Dec 30 1878
William Aberhart Canadian politician (d. 1943)
Dec 30 1879
Sri Ramana Maharshi Hindu philosopheryogi (Maharshi Research Inst)
Dec 30 1880
Alfred Einstein German-American musicologist and nephew of Albert Einstein
Dec 30 1883
Mary Forbes British actress (Terror by Night) born in Hornsey England (d. 1974)
Dec 30 1889
Georg von der Vring German painter and writer (Soldier Suhren) born in Brake Lower Saxony Germany (d. 1968)
Dec 30 1890
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines President of Mexico (d. 1973)
Dec 30 1891
Antoine Pinay French premier (1952)minister of Foreign affairs
Dec 30 1892
John Litel American actor (Jezebel Virginia City My Hero) born in Albany Wisconsin (d. 1972)
Dec 30 1896
Tom Keene American actor (Our Daily Bread) born in Rochester New York (d. 1963)
Dec 30 1898
Vincent Lopez American orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard) born in Brooklyn New York
Dec 30 1904
Dmitry B Kabalevsky composer (In the Fire) [OS 17 Dec] born in St Petersburg Russia
Dec 30 1905
Daniil Kharms [Yuvatchov] Russian surrealist and absurdist writer poet and playwright born in St. Petersburg Russian Empire (d. 1942)
Dec 30 1906
Carol Reed English motion picture director (3rd Man Oliver) born in London England (d. 1976)
Dec 30 1906
Johan A earl von Kielmansegg German generalcommandant NATO-Europe
Dec 30 1907
Christina E Christine Auwen Dutch modelsinger (Haghezangers)
HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY
Dec 30 1317 Pontifical degree Sancta Romania against spiritualists
Dec 30 1460 Wars of the Roses Battle of Wakefield (Northern England) Duke of York killed and his forces soundly defeated by forces for King Henry VI
Dec 30 1665 Messiah Sjabtai Tswi departs to Constantinople
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