Editing October 18 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 33|33]] &ndash; Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons [[Nero Julius Caesar|Nero]] and [[Drusus Caesar|Drusus]], and banished to the island of [[Pandateria]] by [[Tiberius]], [[Agrippina the Elder]] dies of self-inflicted starvation.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=210|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
* [[320]] &ndash; [[Pappus of Alexandria]], Greek philosopher, observes an [[eclipse of the Sun]] and writes a commentary on ''The Great Astronomer'' (''[[Almagest]]'').
* [[614]] &ndash; King [[Chlothar II]] promulgates the [[Edict of Paris]] (''Edictum Chlotacharii''), a sort of Frankish [[Magna Carta]] that defends the rights of the [[Franks|Frankish]] nobles while it [[Antisemitism|excludes Jews]] from all civil employment in the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]].
* [[629]] &ndash; [[Dagobert I]] is crowned [[King of the Franks]].
*[[1009]] &ndash; The [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]], a Christian church in [[Jerusalem]], is completely destroyed by the [[Fatimid caliph]] [[Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]], who hacks the Church's foundations down to [[bedrock]].
*[[1016]] &ndash; The [[Danes]] defeat the [[England|English]] in the [[Battle of Assandun]].
*[[1081]] &ndash; The [[Normans]] defeat the [[Byzantine Empire]] in the [[Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)|Battle of Dyrrhachium]].
*[[1166]] &ndash; [[Michael the Syrian]], one of the most important Syriac historians, is consecrated as [[Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East|Syriac Orthodox Patriarch]] at the [[Mor Bar Sauma Monastery]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Conference |first1=State University of New York at Binghamton Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies |title=The Crusades: Other Experiences, Alternate Perspectives: Selected Proceedings from the 32nd Annual CEMERS Conference |date=2003 |publisher=Global Academic Publishing |isbn=978-1-58684-251-2 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8u8b3RbcJQUC |access-date=19 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitby |first1=Mary |title=Byzantines and Crusaders in Non-Greek Sources, 1025-1204 |date=1 November 2007 |publisher=OUP/British Academy |isbn=978-0-19-726378-5 |page=256 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C6hnAAAAMAAJ&q=18+October+1166+michael |access-date=19 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1281]] &ndash; [[Pope Martin IV]] excommunicates King [[Peter III of Aragon]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Watt|first=J.A.|chapter=The Papacy|title=The New Cambridge Medieval History. Volume V: c.1198-c.1300|editor-last=Abulafia|editor-first=David|location=Cambridge, U.K.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=1999|isbn=9780521362917|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bclfdU_2lesC|page=154}}</ref> for usurping the crown of Sicily (a sentence renewed on 7 May and 18 November 1282).<ref>{{cite book|last=Hitchcock|first=James|title=History of the Catholic Church|location=San Francisco|publisher=Ignatius Press|date=2012|isbn=9781586176648|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8nt_n7wuugAC|page=150}}</ref>
*[[1356]] &ndash; [[1356 Basel earthquake|Basel earthquake]], the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of [[Basel]], Switzerland.
*[[1540]] &ndash; Spanish conquistador [[Hernando de Soto]]'s forces destroy the fortified town of [[Mabila]] in present-day [[Alabama]], killing [[Tuskaloosa]].
*[[1561]] &ndash; In [[Japan]] the fourth [[Battle of Kawanakajima]] is fought between the forces of [[Uesugi Kenshin]] and [[Takeda Shingen]], resulting in a draw.
*[[1565]] &ndash; Ships belonging to the [[Matsura clan]] of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading [[carrack]] in the [[Battle of Fukuda Bay]], the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.
*[[1597]] &ndash; [[King Philip II of Spain]] sends his [[3rd Spanish Armada|third and final armada against England]], but it ends in failure due to storms. The remaining ships are captured or sunk by the English.<ref name="Schomberg32">{{cite book|last1=Schomberg, Isaac|title=Naval Chronology, Or an Historical Summary of Naval and Maritime Events from the Time of the Romans, to the Treaty of Peace 1802: With an Appendix, Volume 1|date=1802|pages=32–33|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lAE-AAAAcAAJ|author1-link=Isaac Schomberg}}</ref>
*[[1599]] &ndash; [[Michael the Brave]], Prince of [[Wallachia]], defeats the Army of [[Andrew Báthory]] in the [[Battle of Șelimbăr]], leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.