1318
year
1318 (MCCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1318th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 318th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 14th century, and the 9th year of the 1310s decade. As of the start of 1318, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1280s 1290s 1300s – 1310s – 1320s 1330s 1340s |
| Years: | 1315 1316 1317 – 1318 – 1319 1320 1321 |
| 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
changeJanuary–December
change- April 1 – Berwick-upon-Tweed is taken by the Scottish from the English.
- May 11 – Battle of Dysert O'Dea: The Irish armies of Conor O'Dea defeat the Hiberno-Normans under Richard de Clare.
- End of the reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan.
Date unknown
change- Emperor Go-Daigo succeeds Emperor Hanazono on the throne of Japan.
- Qala'un Mosque, Cairo, Egypt is founded by Al-Nasr Muhammad.
Births
change- June 8 – Eleanor of Woodstock, eldest daughter of King Edward II of England
- date unknown – Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (died 1369)
- Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg
- Eleanor of Lancaster (died 1372)
- Pope Urban VI (died 1389)
Deaths
change- February 16 – Valdemar, Duke of Finland
- 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, Persian writer and historian (born 1247)