1018

1018 in other calendars
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

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

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.

Events

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.

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]

↑ 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.