1018
year
1018 (MXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1018th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 18th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 11th century, and the 9th year of the 1010s decade. As of the start of 1018, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 980s 990s 1000s – 1010s – 1020s 1030s 1040s |
| Years: | 1015 1016 1017 – 1018 – 1019 1020 1021 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1018 MXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1771 |
| Armenian calendar | 467 ԹՎ ՆԿԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5768 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 939–940 |
| Bengali calendar | 425 |
| Berber calendar | 1968 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1562 |
| Burmese calendar | 380 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6526–6527 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3714 or 3654 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3715 or 3655 |
| Coptic calendar | 734–735 |
| Discordian calendar | 2184 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1010–1011 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4778–4779 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1074–1075 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 939–940 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4118–4119 |
| Holocene calendar | 11018 |
| Igbo calendar | 18–19 |
| Iranian calendar | 396–397 |
| Islamic calendar | 408–409 |
| Japanese calendar | Kannin 2 (寛仁２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 920–921 |
| Julian calendar | 1018 MXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3351 |
| Minguo calendar | 894 before ROC 民前894年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −450 |
| Seleucid era | 1329/1330 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1560–1561 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1144 or 763 or −9 — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1145 or 764 or −8 |
Events
changeBy place
changeAsia
change- The Liao Dynasty invades Goryeo.
- Largest amphibious invasion force in history at the time. Chola army that invaded Lanka (Sri Lanka) with a massive manpower of 150,000 troops.
- Battle of Kwiju: Korean General Gang Gam-chan gains a victory over Liao Dynasty forces during the Third Goryeo-Khitan War.
Europe
change- January 30 – The Peace of Bautzen is signed between Poland and Germany.
- July 22–23 – Bolesław I Chrobry, Duke of Poland, defeats Yaroslav the Wise in the Battle of the River Bug. Yaroslav retreats to Novogrod, abandoning Kiev.
- July 29 – Dirk III, Count of Holland, defeats an army sent by Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, in the Battle of Vlaardingen.
- August – Leader of the remaining Bulgarian resistance, Ivats, is blinded and captured by strategos Eustathios Daphnomeles, confirming Bulgaria's position as part of the Byzantine Empire.
- August 14 – Bolesław accepts the surrender of Kiev by the Pechenegs. He reinstates Sviatopolk as Grand Prince of Kiev.
- c. October? – In Southern Italy, at the second battle of Cannae, the Lombard adventurer Melus of Bari and his Norman mercenaries are defeated by the Byzantine army led by the Catepan Basil Boioannes.[1]
- Probable date
- Battle of Carham: Malcolm II of Scotland and Owen the Bald of Strathclyde are victorious over Eadwulf Cudel, Earl of Bamburgh, confirming Scottish dominance over Lothian.
- Cnut replaces his brother Harald II of Denmark on the Danish throne.[2]
By topic
changeReligion
change- Buckfast Abbey is founded.
- The city of Koblenz is given to the archbishop of Trier.
Births
change- Harthacanute (or 1019) (d. 1042)
- Michael Psellus, Greek philosopher and historian
Deaths
change- June 23 – Margrave Henry I of Austria
- Aeddan ap Blegywryd, King of Gwynedd
- Harald II of Denmark
References
change- ↑ Kleinhenz, Christopher (2010). Medieval Italy: an encyclopedia. New York: Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-415-93930-0.
- ↑ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-0-304-35730-7.