WHAT HAPPENED ON 3. OCTOBER
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Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and Battle of Alesia. (3. October 52. BC)

First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight a decisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius. (3. October 42. BC)

Roman Emperor Theodosius I concludes a peace treaty with the Goths and settles them in the Balkans in exchange for military service. (3. October 382)

Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, is the first nobleman to be executed by hanging, drawing and quartering. (3. October 1283)

The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen. (3. October 1574)

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. (3. October 1683)

The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor. (3. October 1712)

The Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736–1739. (3. October 1739)

Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska. (3. October 1778)

George Washington makes the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America. (3. October 1789)

The Staedtler Company is founded in Nuremberg, Germany. (3. October 1835)

American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death. (3. October 1849)

The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by President Abraham Lincoln as are Thursdays, November 30, 1865 and November 29, 1866. (3. October 1863)

The Bloomingdale brothers opened their first store at 938 Third Avenue, New York City. (3. October 1872)

Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War. (3. October 1873)

U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels under the command of Benjamín Zeledón at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill. (3. October 1912)

King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne. (3. October 1918)

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series. (3. October 1919)

The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs". (3. October 1929)

Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom. (3. October 1932)