1298
| Years: 1295 1296 1297 - 1298 - 1299 1300 1301 | |
| Decades: 1260s 1270s 1280s - 1290s - 1300s 1310s 1320s | |
| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century | |
| 1298 by topic |
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| Art and literature |
| 1298 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1298 MCCXCVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2051 |
| Armenian calendar | 747 ԹՎ ՉԽԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6048 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1219–1220 |
| Bengali calendar | 705 |
| Berber calendar | 2248 |
| English Regnal year | 26 Edw. 1 – 27 Edw. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1842 |
| Burmese calendar | 660 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6806–6807 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3995 or 3788 — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3996 or 3789 |
| Coptic calendar | 1014–1015 |
| Discordian calendar | 2464 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1290–1291 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5058–5059 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1354–1355 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1219–1220 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4398–4399 |
| Holocene calendar | 11298 |
| Igbo calendar | 298–299 |
| Iranian calendar | 676–677 |
| Islamic calendar | 697–698 |
| Japanese calendar | Einin 6 (永仁６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1209–1210 |
| Julian calendar | 1298 MCCXCVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3631 |
| Minguo calendar | 614 before ROC 民前614年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −170 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1840–1841 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 1424 or 1043 or 271 — to — 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 1425 or 1044 or 272 |
Events
- July - Emperor Go-Fushimi succeeds Emperor Fushimi on the throne of Japan.
- July 2 - Battle of Göllheim: Albert I of Habsburg defeats and kills Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
- July 22 - Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I of England defeats a Scottish army led by William Wallace.
- September 9 - Battle of Curzola: the Genoese fleet defeats the Venetians. Marco Polo is one of the prisoners taken, and while in prison in Genoa, he begins dictating his Travels to a local writer.
- The Chinese governmental minister Wang Zhen (official) invents wooden movable type printing (Bi Sheng invented ceramic movable type in the 11th century).
- Ambrose, Augustine, Jerome, and Pope Gregory I are named the first Doctors of the Church. They are known collectively as the Great Doctors of the Western Church.
Births
- December 12 - Albert II of Austria (d. 1358)
- date unknown
- Charles, Duke of Calabria (d. 1328)
- Elisabeth of Carinthia, queen consort of Sicily (d. after 1347)
- Ibn Juzayy, Islamic scholar (d. 1340)
- Sir Andrew Murray, Scottish soldier (d. 1338)
- probable - William Irvine, Scottish soldier
Deaths
- April 17 - Árni Þorláksson, Icelandic bishop (b. 1237)
- July 2 - King Adolf of Germany (b. c. 1255)
- July 10 - King Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)
- July 22 - Sir John de Graham, Scottish soldier at the Battle of Falkirk
- July 23 - King Thoros III of Armenia (b. c. 1271)
- July 13 - Jacobus de Voragine, Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa
- July 22 - John de Graham, Scottish soldier (in battle)
- August 29 - [[Eleanor of England (1269-1298)|Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (b. 1269)
- September 11 - Philip of Artois, French soldier (b. 1269)
- September 29 - Guido I da Montefeltro, Italian military strategist (b. 1223)
- November 19 - Saint Mechtilde, Saxon saint (b. c. 1240)
- date unknown
- Archibald, Scottish prelate
- Auhaduddin Kermani, Sufi poet
- Gerard of Lunel, French saint
- William Houghton, Archbishop of Dublin
- John of Procida, Italian physician and diplomat (b. 1210)
- Jolenta of Poland, Hungarian princess (b. 1235)
- Mordecai ben Hillel, German rabbi (b. c. 1250)
- Nino Visconti, ruler of Gallula
- Emperor Smilets of Bulgaria (b. 1292)
- probable - William Douglas the Hardy, Scottish warlord