This day in History - October 3

403 Historic Events for October 3
695 Death "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered
695 Death "White Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered
1143 Event Cardinal Guido elected Pope Coelestinus II
1247 Event Willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor
1264 Event Comet said to predict death of Pope Urban IV is last seen
1283 Death Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies
1430 Event Jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia
1564 Death Christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned
1568 Death Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23
1569 Event Battle of Montcontour: Duke of Anjou beats Huguenots
1573 Birth Entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist
1574 Event Fleet under admiral Boisot seize Spanish
1605 Event Chinese uprising on Philippines, Tondo/Quiapo massacre
1605 Birth Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor
1631 Birth Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer
1646 Death Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 49
1647 Birth John Foot, lawyer
1647 Birth Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer
1653 Death Mark Zuesius Boxhorn, historian, dies at 41
1656 Death Myles Standish, Plymouth Colony leader, dies (birth date unknown)
1657 Event French troops occupy Mardyke
1685 Death Fidel Molitor, composer, dies at 58
1691 Event English and Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland
1703 Death Richard Saab, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded
1703 Death Pieter van Wooden, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded