Historical Events In October - 03
Friday, 17 January 2025
0695 On October - 03 "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered
1143 Cardinal Guido elected Pope Coelestinus II on this day in history.
1247 On October - 03 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 Comet said to predict death of Pope Urban IV is last seen on this day in history.
1283 On October - 03 dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, becomes the first person executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered.
1283 Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies on October - 03.
1430 On October - 03 jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia
1564 On this day in history 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 this day in history entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist
1574 On October - 03 fleet under admiral Boisot seize Spanish
1605 On this day in history chinese uprising on Philippines, Tondo/Quiapo massacre
1605 On this day in history li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor
1631 On October - 03 sebastian Anton Scherer, composer
1646 On October - 03 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 Myles Standish, Plymouth Colony leader, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.
1657 French troops occupy Mardyke on this day in history.
1683 On this day in history 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.
1685 On October - 03 fidel Molitor, composer, dies at 58
1691 On October - 03 english & Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland
1703 On October - 03 pieter van Wooden, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded
1712 Warrant issued for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor, Highland Freebooter, by the Lord Advocate at the instigation of the Duke of Montrose on this day in history.
1712 The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor on October - 03.
1713 On this day in history antoine Dauvergne, composer
1720 Johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem) on this day in history.
1728 Charles G Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy/transvestite on October - 03.
1733 Francois Krafft, composer on this day in history.
1735 France & Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord on this day in history.
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 On October - 03 georg Matthias Monn, composer, dies at 33