Historical Events In October - 03
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
0695 On October - 03 "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered
1143 Cardinal Guido elected Pope Coelestinus II on October - 03.
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 this day in history.
1264 Comet said to predict death of Pope Urban IV is last seen on October - 03.
1283 On this day in history dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, becomes the first person executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered.
1283 On this day in history dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies
1430 Jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia on October - 03.
1564 On October - 03 christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned
1568 Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23 on this day in history.
1569 On this day in history battle of Montcontour: Duke of Anjou beats Huguenots
1573 Entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist on this day in history.
1574 Fleet under admiral Boisot seize Spanish on this day in history.
1605 On October - 03 chinese uprising on Philippines, Tondo/Quiapo massacre
1605 Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor on October - 03.
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 October - 03.
1656 Myles Standish, Plymouth Colony leader, dies (birth date unknown) on October - 03.
1657 French troops occupy Mardyke on October - 03.
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 On October - 03 fidel Molitor, composer, dies at 58
1691 English & Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland on October - 03.
1703 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 On this day in history francois Krafft, composer
1735 On October - 03 france & Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord
1739 On this day in history the Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736-1739.
1750 On this day in history georg Matthias Monn, composer, dies at 33