Historical Events In October - 01
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
0290 [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed 

0366 In this year, St Damasus I starts his reign as Catholic Pope. 

0540 Vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies 

0552 Teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle 

0704 Aengibald gives away bishop Willibrord estate in Waalre 

0911 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 Edgar the Peaceable is recorded as becoming king of all England 

0959 King Edwy of England. 

0965 John XIII Crescentii elected to succeed Pope Leo VIII. 

0976 Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies. 

1189 Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre 

1189 Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar 

1207 Henry III, king of England (1216-72). 

1273 Earl Rudolf van Habsburg is recorded as becoming Roman Catholics-German king. 

1404 Boniface IX, [Pietro Tomacelli], Pope (1389-1404), dies 

1500 John Alcock, English Catholic bishop. 

1529 -3] Meeting between Maarten Luther and Huldrych Zwingli. 

1549 Anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery. 

1569 Duke of Norfolk arrested. 

1574 -2] Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20000 Spanish soldiers 

1574 Maarten van Heemskerck, painter (Christ), dies. 

1578 Don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31 

1588 Blessed Edward James, Catholic martyr. 

1602 Hernando de Cabezon, composer, dies at 61. 

1606 Spanish troops under Spinola occupies fort Rhine birch 

1609 Gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer. 

1620 Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher. 

1632 Battle at Castelnaudary: Duke Henri de Montmorency's rebel army loses 

1633 Filaret, [Fjodor N Romanov], patriarch of Moscow, dies. 

1644 Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer 

1653 Russian parliament accepts annexation of Ukraine 

1657 Treaty of Raalte: Willem II no longer viceroy of Overijssel. 

1661 Yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James 

1670 -4] Battle at Simbirsk a/d Wolga: Russian army beats Boers 

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