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On October 18, 33: Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation.

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Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation.

AD 33 (XXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman world as the Year of the Consulship of Ocella and Sulla. The denomination AD 33 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in the world for naming years.

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Born on October 18

Sophie Thatcher 2000– American actress (born 2000)
Janalynn Castelino 1998– Italian-Indian singer and songwriter (born 1998)
Terance Mann 1996– American basketball player (born 1996)
Enhō Akira 1994– Japanese sumo wrestler
Pascal Wehrlein 1994– German and Mauritian racing driver (born 1994)
Ivan Cavaleiro 1993– Portuguese footballer (born 1993)
John John Florence 1992– American professional surfer (born 1992)
Barry Keoghan 1992– Irish actor (born 1992)
Roly Bonevacia 1991– Curaçao footballer (born 1991)
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Tyler Posey 1991– American actor and musician (born 1991)
Toby Regbo 1991– English actor
Zohran Mamdani 1991– Mayor of New York City since January 2026
Drew Crawford 1990– American basketball player
Brittney Griner 1990– American basketball player (born 1990)
Bristol Palin 1990– American public speaker (born 1990)
Laci Green 1989– American YouTuber
Joy Lauren 1989– American actress
Riisa Naka 1989– Japanese actress (born 1989)

People

Died on October 18

Sam Rivers American bassist (1977–2025)
Yang Chen-Ning Chinese-American physicist (1922–2025)
Lia Smith 2025 suicide of transgender college student
Yehuda Bauer Israeli Holocaust historian (1926–2024)
Ginés González García Argentine politician and physician (1945–2024)
Harvey Wollman American politician (1935–2022)
Colin Powell United States Army general and diplomat (1937–2021)
René Felber Swiss politician (1933–2020)
Rui Jordão Portuguese footballer (1952–2019)
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Lisbeth Palme Swedish psychologist and wife of Olof Palme
Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab President of Sudan from 1985 to 1986
Marino Perani Italian footballer and manager
Robert Dickerson Australian artist (1924–2015)
Gamal El-Ghitani Egyptian author, literary editor and commentator
Robert W. Farquhar American engineer (born 1932)
Frank Watkins Musical artist (1968–2015)
Paul West British-born American novelist, poet, and essayist (1930–2015)
Mariano Lebrón Saviñón Dominican author (1922–2014)

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Every October 18 on record

  1. 33 Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation.

    Calendar year

    AD 33 (XXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman world as the Year of the Consulship of Ocella and Sulla. The denomination AD 33 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in the world for naming years.

  2. 320 Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the Sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest).

    4th-century Greek mathematician (c. 290–350)

    Pappus of Alexandria was a Greek mathematician of late antiquity known for his Synagoge (Συναγωγή) or Collection, and for Pappus's hexagon theorem in projective geometry. Almost nothing is known about his life except for what can be found in his own writings, many of which are lost. Pappus apparently lived in Alexandria, where he worked as a mathematics teacher to higher level students, one of whom was named Hermodorus.

  3. 614 King Chlothar II promulgates the Edict of Paris (Edictum Chlotacharii), a sort of Frankish Magna Carta that defends the rights of the Frankish nobles while it excludes Jews from all civil employment in the Frankish Kingdom.

    Frankish king (584–629)

    Chlothar II, sometimes called "the Young", was king of the Franks, ruling Neustria (584–629), Burgundy (613–629) and Austrasia (613–623).

  4. 629 Dagobert I is crowned King of the Franks.

    King of the Franks in Austrasia, Neustria, and Burgundy

    Dagobert I was King of the Franks. He ruled Austrasia (623–634) and Neustria and Burgundy (629–639). He has been described as the last king of the Merovingian dynasty to wield real royal power, after which the Mayor of the palace rose as the political and war leader.

  5. 1009 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.

    Church in Jerusalem

    The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The church is simultaneously the seat of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and the Catholic Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. It is the holiest site in Christianity and it has been an important pilgrimage site for Christians since the fourth century.

  6. 1016 The Danes defeat the English in the Battle of Assandun.
  7. 1081 The Normans defeat the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
  8. 1166 Michael the Syrian, one of the most important Syriac historians, is consecrated as Syriac Orthodox Patriarch at the Mor Bar Sauma Monastery.
  9. 1281 Pope Martin IV excommunicates King Peter III of Aragon for usurping the crown of Sicily (a sentence renewed on 7 May and 18 November 1282).
  10. 1356 Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of Basel, Switzerland.
  11. 1540 Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.
  12. 1561 In Japan the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima is fought between the forces of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen, resulting in a draw.
  13. 1565 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.
  14. 1597 King Philip II of Spain sends his third and final armada against England, but it ends in failure due to storms. The remaining ships are captured or sunk by the English.
  15. 1599 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.
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  1. 1630 Frendraught Castle in Scotland, the home of James Crichton of Frendraught, burns down.
  2. 1648 Boston shoemakers form the first American labor organization.
  3. 1748 Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
  4. 1775 African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
  5. 1775 American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
  6. 1779 American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
  7. 1851 Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.
  8. 1860 The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
  9. 1867 United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
  10. 1887 Johannes Brahms conducts the premiere of his Double Concerto, composed for violinist Joseph Joachim and cellist Robert Hausmann.
  11. 1898 The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
  12. 1900 Count Bernhard von Bülow becomes chancellor of Germany.
  13. 1912 First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
  14. 1914 The Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement is founded in Germany.
  15. 1921 The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

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