1218

1218 (MCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1218th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 218th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 13th century, and the 9th year of the 1210s decade. As of the start of 1218, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century – 13th century – 14th century
Decades:	1180s  1190s  1200s  – 1210s –  1220s  1230s  1240s
Years:	1215 1216 1217 – 1218 – 1219 1220 1221

1218 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1218 MCCXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1971
Armenian calendar	667 ԹՎ ՈԿԷ
Assyrian calendar	5968
Balinese saka calendar	1139–1140
Bengali calendar	625
Berber calendar	2168
English Regnal year	2 Hen. 3 – 3 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar	1762
Burmese calendar	580
Byzantine calendar	6726–6727
Chinese calendar	丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3914 or 3854     — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3915 or 3855
Coptic calendar	934–935
Discordian calendar	2384
Ethiopian calendar	1210–1211
Hebrew calendar	4978–4979
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1274–1275
- Shaka Samvat	1139–1140
- Kali Yuga	4318–4319
Holocene calendar	11218
Igbo calendar	218–219
Iranian calendar	596–597
Islamic calendar	614–615
Japanese calendar	Kenpō 6 (建保６年)
Javanese calendar	1126–1127
Julian calendar	1218 MCCXVIII
Korean calendar	3551
Minguo calendar	694 before ROC 民前694年
Nanakshahi calendar	−250
Thai solar calendar	1760–1761
Tibetan calendar	阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 1344 or 963 or 191     — to — 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1345 or 964 or 192

Events

• Damietta is besieged by the knights of the Fifth Crusade.
• Livonian Brothers of the Sword begin to conquer Estonia.
• Minamoto no Sanetomo becomes Minister of the Right (udaijin) of Japan.
• Alfonso IX of Castile founds a university in Salamanca.