get the ID of an EM Category

I want a list of all events with a certain category. But I only have the name of the category and not the ID.

$ categories = get_the_category ();
if ($ categories) {
foreach ($ categories as $ category) {}
}
$ Category name = $ category-> name;

How can I pass the shortcode an ID of the category?

do_shortcode echo ("<ul> [events_list category = ID] <li> <a href="#_EVENTURL" title="#_EVENTNAME"> #_EVENTDATES - #_EVENTNAME </ li> [/ events_list ] </ ul> ');

Thx

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