1318
Year 1318 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.Events
January–December
- March - King Birger of Sweden is deposed, and forced to flee to Denmark.
- 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 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, 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
- September 11 - Eleanor of Lancaster
- date unknown - Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol
- probable
- * Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg
- * Pope Urban VI
Deaths
- February 14 - Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England
- October 14 - Edward Bruce, High King of Ireland
- November 22 - Mikhail Yaroslavich, Russian prince
- date unknown
- * Llywelyn Bren, Welsh rebel
- * Heinrich Frauenlob, Bohemian musician
- * Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Persian writer and historian
- * Erik Magnusson, Swedish Duke, brother of King Birger
- * Valdemar Magnusson, Swedish Duke, brother of King Birger
