918
Appearance
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Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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918 by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 918 CMXVIII |
Ab urbe condita | 1671 |
Armenian calendar | 367 ԹՎ ՅԿԷ |
Assyrian calendar | 5668 |
Balinese saka calendar | 839–840 |
Bengali calendar | 325 |
Berber calendar | 1868 |
Buddhist calendar | 1462 |
Burmese calendar | 280 |
Byzantine calendar | 6426–6427 |
Chinese calendar | Đinh sửuNiên (FireOx) 3615 or 3408 — to — Mậu dần niên (EarthTiger) 3616 or 3409 |
Coptic calendar | 634–635 |
Discordian calendar | 2084 |
Ethiopian calendar | 910–911 |
Hebrew calendar | 4678–4679 |
Hindu calendars | |
-Vikram Samvat | 974–975 |
-Shaka Samvat | 839–840 |
-Kali Yuga | 4018–4019 |
Holocene calendar | 10918 |
Iranian calendar | 296–297 |
Islamic calendar | 305–306 |
Japanese calendar | Engi18 ( diên hỉ 18 niên ) |
Javanese calendar | 817–818 |
Julian calendar | 918 CMXVIII |
Korean calendar | 3251 |
Minguo calendar | 994 beforeROC Dân tiền 994 niên |
Nanakshahi calendar | −550 |
Seleucid era | 1229/1230AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1460–1461 |
Tibetan calendar | Âm hỏa ngưu niên (female Fire-Ox) 1044 or 663 or −109 — to — Dương thổ hổ niên (male Earth-Tiger) 1045 or 664 or −108 |
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Year918(CMXVIII) was acommon year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Europe
[edit]- December 23– KingConrad I,injured at one of his battles withArnulf I(the Bad), dies at his residence inWeilburgCastle after a 7-year reign. On his deathbed Conrad persuades his younger brotherEberhard IIIto offer theEast Frankishcrown toHenry the Fowler,the duke ofSaxony.Conrad is buried inFulda Cathedral(also the burial place ofBoniface) inGermany.
Britain
[edit]- Battle of Corbridge:High-ReeveEaldred Ipersuades KingConstantine II of Scotlandto help him reclaim his position inBernicia.They mount an invasion of his nowNorsecontrolled lands. TheVikingsunderRagnall ua Ímair(orRægnald) defeat the Scots and their allies atCorbridge(NorthernNorthumbria), but take heavy casualties themselves.
- Summer – LadyÆthelflædofMerciabegins to intrigue with disaffected factions within the NorseKingdom of York(also referred to asJórvik). Mercian troops ravage the local countryside and peacefully overrun the fortress ofLeicester(belonging to theFive Boroughs of the Danelaw), while her brother, KingEdward the Elder,takesStamford.
- June 12– Æthelflæd dies atTamworthwhile campaigning against the Vikings. She is buried with her husbandÆthelredinSt. Oswald's PrioryatGloucester.Æthelflæd is succeeded by her only daughterÆlfwynn.
- KingsIdwal FoelofGwyneddandHywel ap Cadell,and Prince Clydog ofDeheubarth(Wales) submit to the overlordship of Edward the Elder. The Vikings raidAnglesey.
Asia
[edit]- July 25–Wang Kon,aKoreangeneral, overthrows the government of the short-lived stateHo Goguryeoand ascends thethroneatCheorwon.He founds theGoryeo dynastyand makesSong'akhis capital.
- EmperorTaizuof theKhitan Empireoccupies a newly walled city calledShangjing(modern-dayInner Mongolia), meaningSupreme Capital.It becomes the residence of the ChineseLiao dynasty.
Births
[edit]- Minamoto no Hiromasa,Japanesenobleman(d.980)
Deaths
[edit]- January 21–Liu Zhijun,Chinese general
- June 12–Æthelflæd,lady ofMercia(b. c.870)[1]
- July 6–William I,duke ofAquitaine(b.875)
- September 10–Baldwin II,Frankishmargrave
- October 1–Zhou,empress ofFormer Shu
- December 23–Conrad I,Frankish king
- Gung Ye,king ofHu Goguryeo(Korea)
- Husayn ibn Hamdan,Abbasid general
- Lady Ren Neiming,Chinese noblewoman (b.865)
- Miyoshi Kiyotsura,Japanese scholar (b.847)
- Ottir(the Black), NorseVikingchieftain
- Tan Quanbo,Chinesewarlord(approximate date)
- Wang Jian,emperor ofFormer Shu(b.847)
- Xu Zhixun,Chinese governor andregent
- Zhu Jin,Chinese warlord (b.867)
References
[edit]- ^Hartley, Cathy (2003).A Historical Dictionary of British Women.Psychology Press. pp. 7–8.ISBN9781857432282.