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1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1918th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 918th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1918, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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| Gregorian calendar | 1918 MCMXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2671 |
| Armenian calendar | 1367 ԹՎ ՌՅԿԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6668 |
| Baháʼí calendar | 74–75 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1839–1840 |
| Bengali calendar | 1325 |
| Berber calendar | 2868 |
| British Regnal year | 8 Geo. 5 – 9 Geo. 5 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2462 |
| Burmese calendar | 1280 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7426–7427 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4614 or 4554 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4615 or 4555 |
| Coptic calendar | 1634–1635 |
| Discordian calendar | 3084 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1910–1911 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5678–5679 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1974–1975 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1839–1840 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5018–5019 |
| Holocene calendar | 11918 |
| Igbo calendar | 918–919 |
| Iranian calendar | 1296–1297 |
| Islamic calendar | 1336–1337 |
| Japanese calendar | Taishō 7 (大正７年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1848–1849 |
| Juche calendar | 7 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4251 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 7 民國7年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 450 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2460–2461 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 2044 or 1663 or 891 — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 2045 or 1664 or 892 |
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.