1518

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1480s  1490s  1500s  – 1510s –  1520s  1530s  1540s
Years:	1515 1516 1517 – 1518 – 1519 1520 1521

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  Tropical ants devastate crops on Hispaniola.

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  Sidonia

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  Clara of Saxe-Lauenburg

1518 (MDXVIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1518th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 518th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 16th century, and the 9th year of the 1510s decade. As of the start of 1518, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• A plague of tropical fire ants devastates crops on Hispaniola.