What happend on 3rd October

02.10
04.10
1873

Captain Jack and companians hanged for thier part in the Modoc War

1863

Thanksgiving Day declared as the last Thursday in November by President Abraham Lincoln.

1789

George Washington proclaims the first Thanksgiving Day.

1778

British Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska.

1739

The Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736-1739.

1712

The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor

1574

Siege of Leiden lifted by the Watergeuzen; foundation of the first Dutch university

1283

Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, becomes the first person executed by drawing and quartering.