Historical Events In October - 03
Monday, 28 April 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 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 this day in history.
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 October - 03.
1430 On October - 03 jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia
1564 Christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned on this day in history.
1568 Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23 on this day in history.
1569 On October - 03 battle of Montcontour: Duke of Anjou beats Huguenots
1573 Entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist on October - 03.
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 Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1647 On October - 03 johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer
1653 On October - 03 mark Zuesius Boxhorn, historian, dies at 41
1656 Myles Standish, Plymouth Colony leader, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.
1657 French troops occupy Mardyke on October - 03.
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 Fidel Molitor, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history the Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
1713 On October - 03 antoine Dauvergne, composer
1720 On October - 03 johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem)
1728 On October - 03 charles G Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy/transvestite
1733 On this day in history francois Krafft, composer
1735 France & Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord on October - 03.
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