Historical Events In October - 03
Saturday, 08 February 2025
0695 "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered on October - 03.
1143 On October - 03 cardinal Guido elected Pope Coelestinus II
1247 On this day in history willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor
1264 Comet said to predict the death of Pope Urban IV is last seen on October - 03.
1264 On this day in history comet said to predict death of Pope Urban IV is last seen
1283 Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, becomes the first person executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered on this day in history.
1283 Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies on this day in history.
1430 On this day in history jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia
1564 Christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned on this day in history.
1568 On October - 03 elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23
1569 On this day in history battle of Montcontour: Duke of Anjou beats Huguenots
1573 On this day in history entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist
1574 Fleet under admiral Boisot seize Spanish on October - 03.
1605 Chinese uprising on Philippines, Tondo/Quiapo massacre on October - 03.
1605 Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor on October - 03.
1631 On this day in history sebastian Anton Scherer, composer
1646 Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1647 Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer on October - 03.
1653 On this day in history mark Zuesius Boxhorn, historian, dies at 41
1656 On this day in history myles Standish, Plymouth Colony leader, dies (birth date unknown)
1657 On October - 03 french troops occupy Mardyke
1683 The Qing Dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan (under the Kingdom of Tungning) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu on October - 03.
1685 Fidel Molitor, composer, dies at 58 on October - 03.
1691 English & Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland on this day in history.
1703 On October - 03 pieter van Wooden, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded
1712 On October - 03 warrant issued for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor, Highland Freebooter, by the Lord Advocate at the instigation of the Duke of Montrose.
1712 The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor on this day in history.
1713 On October - 03 antoine Dauvergne, composer
1720 Johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem) on October - 03.
1728 On this day in history charles G Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy/transvestite
1733 Francois Krafft, composer on October - 03.
1735 On October - 03 france & Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord
1739 On October - 03 the Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736-1739.
1750 Georg Matthias Monn, composer, dies at 33 on October - 03.