1318
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1280s 1290s 1300s – 1310s – 1320s 1330s 1340s |
| Years: | 1315 1316 1317 – 1318 – 1319 1320 1321 |
| 1318 by topic | |
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| 1318 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1318 MCCCXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2071 |
| Armenian calendar | 767 ԹՎ ՉԿԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6068 |
| Bengali calendar | 725 |
| Berber calendar | 2268 |
| English Regnal year | 11 Edw. 2 – 12 Edw. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1862 |
| Burmese calendar | 680 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6826–6827 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4014 or 3954 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4015 or 3955 |
| Coptic calendar | 1034–1035 |
| Discordian calendar | 2484 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1310–1311 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5078–5079 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1374–1375 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1240–1241 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4419–4420 |
| Holocene calendar | 11318 |
| Igbo calendar | 318–319 |
| Iranian calendar | 696–697 |
| Islamic calendar | 717–718 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunpō 2 (文保２年) |
| Julian calendar | 1318 MCCCXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3651 |
| Minguo calendar | 594 before ROC 民前594年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1860–1861 |
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Year 1318 (MCCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- March – King Birger of Sweden is deposed and is forced to flee to Denmark. (alternative date is April)
- April 1 – Berwick-upon-Tweed is retaken by the Scottish from the English.
- April – The inhabitants of Benevento, Italy rise against the pope and demand some political autonomy. The rebellion is crushed by William of Frejus and the archbishop of Naples.[1]
- May 11 – Battle of Dysert O'Dea: The Irish armies of Conor O'Dea defeat the Hiberno-Normans under Richard de Clare.
- June 27 – Mats Kettilmundsson is appointed regent (rikshövitsman) of Sweden, in the absence of a Swedish king.
- October 14 – Battle of Faughart: a Hiberno-Norman force defeats a Scots-Irish army commanded by Edward Bruce (who is killed in the battle), ending the Bruce campaign in Ireland.
Date unknown
- Emperor Go-Daigo succeeds Emperor Hanazono on the throne of Japan.
- Pope John XXII declares the doctrines of the Franciscans advocating ecclesiastical poverty erroneous.
- Disease hits cattle and sheep, reducing the herds and flocks in Europe.
- Qala'un Mosque, Cairo, Egypt is founded by Al-Nasr Muhammad.
Births
- June 8 – Eleanor of Woodstock, eldest daughter of King Edward II of England (d. 1355)
- September 11 – Eleanor of Lancaster (d. 1372)
- date unknown – Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (d. 1369)
- probable
Deaths
- February 16
- Erik Magnusson, Swedish Duke, brother of King Birger (starved in a dungeon at Nyköpingshus)
- Valdemar Magnusson, Swedish Duke, brother of King Birger (starved in a dungeon at Nyköpingshus)
- October 14 – Edward Bruce, High King of Ireland (b. 1275)
- November 22 – Mikhail Yaroslavich, Russian prince (b. 1271)
- date unknown
- Llywelyn Bren, Welsh rebel
- Heinrich Frauenlob, Bohemian musician
- Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Persian writer and historian (b. 1247)
References
- ↑ Uginet, F. (1968). "La vie à l'abbaye de Sainte-Sophie de Bénévent dans la première moitié du XIVe siècle". Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire. 80 (2): 681–704.