Year 1318 (MCCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe Spring – King Birger Magnusson is deposed (after a 27-year reign) by his brother's supporters and goes into exile to Denmark under his brother-in-law, King Eric VI, taking the Swedish Royal Archives with him. April – The inhabitants of Benevento rise against Pope John XXII and demand some political autonomy. Finally, the rebellion is crushed by papal forces. June 27 – Mats Kettilmundsson, Swedish knight and statesman, is appointed as regent (rikshövitsman) of Sweden, in the absence of a Swedish king. July 19 – Duke Leopold I (the Glorious), co-ruler of Austria and Styria, makes peace with the Forest Cantons (or Waldstätte), in Central Switzerland. Summer – Thomas I (Komnenos Doukas), last male-line descendant of Michael I (Angelos), is assassinated by his nephew Nicholas Orsini at Arta. September 22 – Otto the Mild, becomes ruler over the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg in Lower Saxony, after the death of his father Albert II (the Fat). November 22 – Grand Prince Mikhail of Tver is summoned by Özbeg Khan at Sarai, the capital of the Golden Horde. After his arrival, he is executed. England April 1–2 – Scottish forces under James Douglas (the Black) retake Berwick-upon-Tweed. The fall of Berwick is a severe blow for King Edward II, and its loss is compounded by the fall of the Northumbrian castles of Wark-on-Tweed (or Carham Castle), Harbottle and Mitford. May – Scottish forces under King Robert I (the Bruce) raid Yorkshire and burn Northallerton, Boroughbridge and Knaresborough (where some 140 houses are destroyed). They also terrorize the citizens of Ripon, who are spared destruction, on payment of 1,000 marks. May 10 – Battle of Dysert O'Dea: An Irish confederation defeats the Hiberno-Normans under Richard de Clare. During the battle, some 500 men are killed, along with 80 English nobles. August 9 – Treaty of Leake: Edward II signs an agreement with the "Middle Party" led by his cousin, Earl Thomas of Lancaster, and his court followers at East Leake in Nottinghamshire. October 14 – Battle of Faughart: A Hiberno-Norman force defeats a Scots-Irish army commanded by Edward Bruce (who is killed in the battle), ending the Bruce campaign in Ireland. Asia March 29 – Emperor Hanazono abdicates the throne after a 9-year reign. He is succeeded by his cousin, Go-Daigo,