Historical Events In October - 01
Friday, 02 January 2026
0290 [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed on this day in history. 

0366 On October - 01 st Damasus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 

0540 On this day in history vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies 

0552 On October - 01 teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle 

0704 Aengibald gives away bishop Willibrord estate in Waalre on October - 01. 

0911 On this day in history during a siege in Constantinople, the Theotokos appeared at the church in Blachernae holding her veil over the praying faithful, among them St. Andrew of Constantinople. 

0959 On October - 01 edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England. 

0959 King Edwy of England on this day in history. 

0965 On this day in history john XIII Crescentii elected to succeed Pope Leo VIII 

0976 Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies on this day in history. 

1189 On this day in history gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre. 

1189 On October - 01 gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar 

1207 On October - 01 henry III, king of England (1216-72) 

1273 On this day in history earl Rudolf van Habsburg becomes Roman Catholics-German king 

1404 On October - 01 boniface IX, [Pietro Tomacelli], Pope (1389-1404), dies 

1500 John Alcock, English Catholic bishop on October - 01. 

1529 On October - 01 -3] Meeting between Maarten Luther & Huldrych Zwingli 

1549 Anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery on October - 01. 

1569 On this day in history duke of Norfolk arrested 

1574 -2] Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20,000 Spanish soldiers on this day in history. 

1574 Maarten van Heemskerck, painter (Christ), dies on October - 01. 

1578 On this day in history don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31 

1588 On this day in history blessed Edward James, Catholic martyr 

1602 Hernando de Cabezon, composer, dies at 61 on October - 01. 

1606 Spanish troops under Spinola occupies fort Rhine birch on October - 01. 

1609 On October - 01 gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer 

1620 Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher on October - 01. 

1632 On October - 01 battle at Castelnaudary: Duke Henri de Montmorency's rebel army loses 

1633 On October - 01 filaret, [Fjodor N Romanov], patriarch of Moscow, dies 

1644 On October - 01 alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer 

1653 Russian parliament accepts annexation of Ukraine on this day in history. 

1657 On October - 01 treaty of Raalte: Willem II no longer viceroy of Overijssel 

1661 Yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James on October - 01. 

1670 -4] Battle at Simbirsk a/d Wolga: Russian army beats Boers on this day in history. 

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