This day in History - June 30

444 Historic Events for June 30
1817 Birth Joseph D Hooker, British botanist
1818 Birth Edward John Hopkins, composer
1819 Death Ernst Ludwig Gerber, composer, dies at 72
1819 Birth William A Wheeler, (R) 19th VP (1877-81)
1823 Birth Hendrik Jan Schimmel, Dutch writer/dramatist (2 Tudors)
1834 Event Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
1837 Birth Stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Maj Gen
1839 Death Johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/archbishop (Dead Angel), dies
1846 Birth Ricardo Drigo, composer
1847 Birth Jacob T Cremer, min of Colonies/pres (Dutch Trading Comp)
1853 Birth Adolf Furtw„ngler, German archaeologist (Antiken Gemmen)
1856 Birth Gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers)
1858 Birth Andr‚ Antoine, French stage manager (Th‚ƒtre Libre) [or 7/31]
1859 Event Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope
1860 Birth Gyula Andr ssy Jr, Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs (1918-20)
1861 Event CSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade
1862 Death Richard Griffith, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 48
1862 Event Battle at Turkey Bridge Virginia: Confederate assault attack
1862 Event Day 6 of 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp VA (Frayser's Farm)
1862 Event Battle at Nelson's Farm, Virginia
1862 Event Gustave Flaubert completes "Salammbo"
1863 Event Battles in Hanover Pennsylvania: 80 casualties
1863 Event Dutch colony Suriname counts population of 33,000 slaves
1863 Event Skirmish at Sporting Hill Pennsylvania
1865 Event 8 alleged conspirators in assassination of Lincoln are found guilty