1018
Year 1018 (MXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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| 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 |
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Events
By place
Europe
- January 30 – The Peace of Bautzen: Emperor Henry II signs a peace treaty with Bolesław I (the Brave), Duke of Poland, ending the German–Polish War. Poland keeps Lusatia – the Holy Roman Empire keeps Bohemia. With this peace agreement, Bolesław redirects his forces on an offensive against the Kievan Rus'.
- July 22–23 – Battle of the River Bug: Polish forces under Bolesław I defeat Yaroslav the Wise near the River Bug. Yaroslav retreats to Novgorod, abandoning Kiev.
- July 29 – Battle of Vlaardingen: Henry II sends an army towards Holland to subdue the rebellious Count Dirk III. The Imperial forces are defeated near Vlaardingen.
- August – Ivats, Bulgarian nobleman and rebel leader, is blinded and captured by strategos Eustathios Daphnomeles, confirming Bulgaria's position as part of the Byzantine Empire.
- August 14 – Bolesław I accepts the surrender of Kiev by the Pechenegs. He reinstates Sviatopolk I as Grand Prince of Kiev.
- Battle of Cannae: The Lombard adventurer Melus of Bari and his Norman mercenaries are decisively defeated by the Byzantine army, led by the Catepan Basil Boioannes.[1]
- October 1 – Battle of Carham: King Malcolm II of Scotland and Owain Foel (the Bald) are victorious over either Uhtred the Bold or Eadwulf Cudel, rulers of Bamburgh. The battle confirms Scottish dominance over Lothian.
- Cnut the Great travels to Denmark to succeed his brother Harald II on the Danish throne.[2]
Asia
- December – Goryeo–Khitan War: Khitan forces of the Liao Dynasty invade Goryeo (North Korea). Goryeo forces led by General Gang Gam-chan annihilates the Khitan army at Kusong.
By topic
Religion
- Buckfast Abbey (located near Buckfastleigh) is founded as a Benedictine monastery in England.[3]
Births
- April 10 – Nizam al-Mulk, Persian scholar and vizier (d. 1092)
- August 31 – Jeongjong II, ruler of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 1046)
- Abul Hasan Hankari, Abbasid scholar and jurist (d. 1093)
- Bagrat IV, Georgian king of the Bagrationi Dynasty (d. 1072)
- Ermengarde of Anjou, duchess of Burgundy (d. 1076)
- Harthacnut (or Canute III), king of Denmark (d. 1042)
- Michael Psellos, Byzantine monk and philosopher (approximate date)
- Richilde, countess and regent of Flanders (d. 1086)
- Victor II, pope of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1057)
Deaths
- February 24 – Borrell, bishop of Vic (Spain)
- February 25 – Arnulf II, archbishop of Milan
- March 22 – Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir, caliph of Córdoba
- June 23 – Henry I (the Strong), margrave of Austria
- July 7 – Gerberga of Burgundy, duchess of Swabia
- September 25 – Berthold of Toul, German bishop
- October 1
- Gilbert Buatère, Norman nobleman
- Osmond Drengot, Norman nobleman
- December 1 – Thietmar, bishop of Merseburg (b. 975)
- Abd al-Rahman IV, Umayyad caliph of Córdoba
- Aeddan ap Blegywryd, king of Gwynedd
- Adolf I of Lotharingia, German nobleman
- Aldhun, bishop of Lindisfarne (or 1019)
- Dragomir, ruler of Travunia and Zachlumia
- Harald II, king and regent of Denmark
- Ivan Vladislav, emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria
- Frederick, German nobleman (b. 974)
References
- Kleinhenz 2010.
- Williams 2005.
- Emery, Anthony (2006). Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500: Volume 3, Southern England. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-58132-5.
Sources
- Kleinhenz, Christopher, ed. (2010). Medieval Italy: an encyclopedia. 1. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415939294.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0304357307.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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