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

Contents

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.
  • 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
  • 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

    1318 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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