What is October 3?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[2333 BC]] &ndash; Famous date of the establishment of the Kingdom of [[Chosun]] ([[Korea]]). * [[52 BC]] &ndash; [[Vercingetorix]], leader of the [[Gaul]]s, surrenders to the Romans under [[Julius Caesar]], ending the [[siege]] and [[Battle of Alesia]]. * [[42 BC]] &ndash; [[Battle of Philippi|First Battle of Philippi]]: The [[Second Triumvirate|Triumvirs]] [[Mark Antony]] and [[Octavian]] fight a battle with Caesar's assassins [[Marcus Junius Brutus|Brutus]] and [[Gaius Cassius Longinus|Cassius]]. Even though Brutus defeats Octavian, Antony defeats Cassius. * [[382]] &ndash; Emperor [[Theodosius I]] concludes a [[peace treaty]] with the [[Goths]] and settles them in the [[Balkan Peninsula|Balkans]] in exchange for [[military]] [[service]]. * [[1283]] &ndash; [[Dafydd ap Gruffydd]], prince of [[Gwynedd]] in [[Wales]], becomes the first person executed by [[drawing and quartering]]. * [[1574]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Leiden]] lifted by the [[Watergeuzen]] – foundation of the first [[Netherlands|Dutch]] university. * [[1683]] &ndash; The [[Qing Dynasty]] naval commander [[Shi Lang]] reaches [[Taiwan]]. * [[1712]] &ndash; The [[Duke of Montrose]] issues a warrant for the arrest of [[Rob Roy MacGregor]]. * [[1739]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Nissa]] is signed by the [[Ottoman Empire]] and [[Russia]] at the end of the [[Austro-Russian-Turkish War (1735-39)|Russian-Turkish War]], 1736–1739. * [[1762]] &ndash; [[Catherine II of Russia]] is crowned. * [[1778]] &ndash; Captain [[James Cook]] anchors in [[Alaska]]. * [[1789]] &ndash; [[George Washington]] names the first [[Thanksgiving Day]]. * [[1835]] &ndash; The [[Staedtler Company]] is founded in [[Nuremberg]], [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. * [[1849]] &ndash; American [[author]] [[Edgar Allan Poe]] is found delirious (a terribly confused state of mind) in a gutter in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] under mysterious circumstances. * [[1863]] &ndash; [[Thanksgiving Day]] declared as the last [[Thursday]] in [[November]] by [[