Historical Events In October - 03
Thursday, 30 October 2025
						0695  On this day in history "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered  
 
 
 
					
						1143  On this day in history cardinal Guido elected Pope Coelestinus II  
 
 
 
					
						1247  Willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor on this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						1264  On this day in history comet said to predict the death of Pope Urban IV is last seen  
 
 
 
					
						1264  On October - 03 comet said to predict death of Pope Urban IV is last seen  
 
 
 
					
						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  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  Christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned on October - 03.  
 
 
 
					
						1568  Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23 on this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						1569  Battle of Montcontour: Duke of Anjou beats Huguenots on October - 03.  
 
 
 
					
						1573  Entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist on this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						1574  Fleet under admiral Boisot seize Spanish on this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						1605  Chinese uprising on Philippines, Tondo/Quiapo massacre on October - 03.  
 
 
 
					
						1605  On October - 03 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  Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer on this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						1653  On October - 03 mark Zuesius Boxhorn, historian, dies at 41  
 
 
 
					
						1656  Myles Standish, Plymouth Colony leader, dies (birth date unknown) on October - 03.  
 
 
 
					
						1657  On October - 03 french troops occupy Mardyke  
 
 
 
					
						1683  On October - 03 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  Fidel Molitor, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						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 October - 03.  
 
 
 
					
						1712  The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor on October - 03.  
 
 
 
					
						1713  Antoine Dauvergne, composer on this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						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 this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						1735  France & Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord on October - 03.  
 
 
 
					
						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 October - 03.  
 
 
 
					
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