1318

Year 1318 (MCCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century 14th century 15th century
Decades:	1290s 1300s 1310s 1320s 1330s
Years:	1315 1316 1317 1318 1319 1320 1321

1318 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1318 MCCCXVIII
Ab urbe condita	2071
Armenian calendar	767 ԹՎ ՉԿԷ
Assyrian calendar	6068
Balinese saka calendar	1239–1240
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	1239–1240
- Kali Yuga	4418–4419
Holocene calendar	11318
Igbo calendar	318–319
Iranian calendar	696–697
Islamic calendar	717–718
Japanese calendar	Bunpō 2 (文保２年)
Javanese calendar	1229–1230
Julian calendar	1318 MCCCXVIII
Korean calendar	3651
Minguo calendar	594 before ROC 民前594年
Nanakshahi calendar	−150
Thai solar calendar	1860–1861
Tibetan calendar	阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1444 or 1063 or 291     — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1445 or 1064 or 292

Events

January–December

• March – King Birger of Sweden is deposed, and 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: An 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 18 – Eleanor of Woodstock, countess regent of Guelders, eldest daughter of King Edward II of England (d. 1355)[2]
• September 11 – Eleanor of Lancaster (d. 1372)
• date unknown – Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (d. 1369)
• probable
  • Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg
  • Pope Urban VI (d. 1389)

Deaths

• February 14 – Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282)
• 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)
  • 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)

References

1. 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.
2. Panton, James (2011). Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy. Scarecrow Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-8108-7497-8.