Historical Events In October - 03
Friday, 21 February 2025
0695 On October - 03 "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered
1143 Cardinal Guido elected Pope Coelestinus II on this day in history.
1247 Willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor on this day in history.
1264 Comet said to predict the death of Pope Urban IV is last seen on this day in history.
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 October - 03.
1283 Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies on this day in history.
1430 On October - 03 jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia
1564 On October - 03 christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned
1568 Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23 on October - 03.
1569 On this day in history battle of Montcontour: Duke of Anjou beats Huguenots
1573 On October - 03 entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist
1574 On this day in history fleet under admiral Boisot seize Spanish
1605 On October - 03 chinese uprising on Philippines, Tondo/Quiapo massacre
1605 On this day in history li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor
1631 Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer on this day in history.
1646 On this day in history virgilio Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 49
1647 On this day in history johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer
1653 Mark Zuesius Boxhorn, historian, dies at 41 on this day in history.
1656 On October - 03 myles Standish, Plymouth Colony leader, dies (birth date unknown)
1657 French troops occupy Mardyke on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1685 On October - 03 fidel Molitor, composer, dies at 58
1691 On this day in history english & Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland
1703 Pieter van Wooden, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded on October - 03.
1712 On this day in history 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 Antoine Dauvergne, composer on October - 03.
1720 On this day in history johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem)
1728 On this day in history charles G Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy/transvestite
1733 On this day in history francois Krafft, composer
1735 On this day in history france & Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord
1739 The Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736-1739 on this day in history.
1750 Georg Matthias Monn, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.