Historical Events In October - 03
Sunday, 18 January 2026
0695 "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered 

1143 cardinal Guido elected Pope Coelestinus II. 

1247 Willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor 

1264 Comet said to predict the death of Pope Urban IV is last seen 

1264 comet said to predict death of Pope Urban IV is last seen. 

1283 Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, is recorded as becoming the inaugural person executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered 

1283 dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies. 

1430 Jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia 

1564 christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned. 

1568 elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23. 

1569 battle of Montcontour: Duke of Anjou beats Huguenots. 

1573 Entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist 

1574 Fleet under admiral Boisot seize Spanish 

1605 Chinese uprising on Philippines, Tondo/Quiapo massacre 

1605 li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor. 

1631 Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer 

1646 Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 49 

1647 johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer. 

1653 Mark Zuesius Boxhorn, historian, dies at 41 

1656 Myles Standish, Plymouth Colony leader, dies (birth date unknown) 

1657 French troops occupy Mardyke 

1683 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. 

1685 Fidel Molitor, composer, dies at 58 

1691 English and Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland 

1703 pieter van Wooden, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded. 

1712 Warrant issued for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor, Highland Freebooter, by the Lord Advocate at the instigation of the Duke of Montrose 

1712 the Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor. 

1713 antoine Dauvergne, composer. 

1720 johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem). 

1728 Charles G Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy/transvestite 

1733 Francois Krafft, composer 

1735 france and Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord. 

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

1750 georg Matthias Monn, composer, dies at 33. 

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