1298

1298 (MCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1298th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 298th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 13th century, and the 9th year of the 1290s decade. As of the start of 1298, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century – 13th century – 14th century
Decades:	1260s  1270s  1280s  – 1290s –  1300s  1310s  1320s
Years:	1295 1296 1297 – 1298 – 1299 1300 1301

1298 in other calendars

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) 3994 or 3934     — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3995 or 3935
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 2 – The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
• 22 July – Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I of England defeats a Scottish army led by William Wallace
• End of the reign of Emperor Fushimi, emperor of Japan
• Emperor Go-Fushimi ascends to the throne of Japan
• While in prison in Genoa, Marco Polo dictates his Travels to a local writer
• A fire causes severe damage to the Palace of Westminster.
• The Chinese governmental minister Wang Zhen (official) invents wooden movable type printing, while the earlier Bi Sheng invented ceramic movable type in the 11th century

Births

• December 12 – Albert II of Austria (died 1358)

Deaths

• July 2 – Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, King of the Romans
• July 10 – King Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)
• July 22 – Sir John de Graham, Scottish soldier at the Battle of Falkirk
• July 13 – Jacobus de Voragine, Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa
• September 11 – Philip of Artois, French soldier (born 1269)
• Smilets of Bulgaria (born 1292)