Historical Events In October - 03
Friday, 17 May 2024
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 On this day in history comet said to predict the death of Pope Urban IV is last seen
1264 Comet said to predict death of Pope Urban IV is last seen on October - 03.
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 October - 03.
1430 Jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia on this day in history.
1564 Christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned on October - 03.
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 On this day in history fleet under admiral Boisot seize Spanish
1605 On this day in history chinese uprising on Philippines, Tondo/Quiapo massacre
1605 Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor on this day in history.
1631 Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer on this day in history.
1646 On this day in history virgilio Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 49
1647 Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer on October - 03.
1653 Mark Zuesius Boxhorn, historian, dies at 41 on this day in history.
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 this day in history fidel Molitor, composer, dies at 58
1691 On October - 03 english & Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland
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 On October - 03 the Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
1713 Antoine Dauvergne, composer on October - 03.
1720 Johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem) on October - 03.
1728 On October - 03 charles G Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy/transvestite
1733 On October - 03 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 Georg Matthias Monn, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.