| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
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| 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 |
Year 1298 (MCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Asia
- August 28 – Emperor Go-Fushimi succeeds Emperor Fushimi on the throne of Japan.
- John Tarchaneiotes is appointed governor of the southern portions of Byzantine Anatolia.
Europe
- April 20 – Rintfleisch-Pogrom: The Jews of Röttingen are burned en masse; other Jewish communities are destroyed later in the year.
- June 1 – Battle of Turaida: Residents of Riga and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the Livonian Order.
- July 2 – Battle of Göllheim:[1] Albert I of Habsburg defeats and kills Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
- July 22 – Edward I of England defeats a Scottish army led by William Wallace in the Battle of Falkirk.[1]
- August 1 – The "ideal city" of Marciac, Gascogne, France is founded by King Philip IV of France and Guichard de Marzé.[2]
- 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 Rustichello da Pisa.
- After a year's siege, the revolting commune of Palestrina near Rome surrenders, and is razed to the ground and salted by order of Pope Boniface VIII, in an act of debellatio.
By topic
Markets
- The foreign creditors of the Sienese Gran Tavola Bank start demanding their deposits back, thus accelerating the liquidity crisis faced by the firm.[3]
Religion
- 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.
Technology
- The Chinese governmental minister Wang Zhen invents a wooden movable type printing (Bi Sheng invented ceramic movable type in the 11th Century).
Births
- December 12 – Albert II, Duke of Austria (d. 1358)
- date unknown
- Charles, Duke of Calabria, a grandson of Sicilian King Charles II of Naples (d. 1328)
- Elisabeth of Carinthia, queen consort of Sicily (d. after 1347)
- Abu'l-Qasim Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi, Andalusian Islamic scholar (d. 1340)
- Sir Andrew Murray, Scottish soldier (d. 1338)
- probable – William Irvine, Scottish soldier
Deaths
- January 2 – Lodomer, Hungarian archbishop
- April 17 – Árni Þorláksson, Icelandic bishop (b. 1237)
- June 11 – Yolanda of Poland, Hungarian princess (b. 1235)
- July 2 – King Adolf of Germany (b. c. 1255)
- July 13 or July 16 – Jacobus de Voragine, Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa
- July 22 – Sir John de Graham, Scottish soldier at the Battle of Falkirk
- July 23 – King Thoros III, King of Armenia (b. c. 1271)
- August 29 – 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 – Mechtilde, Saxon saint (b. c. 1240)
- December 31 – Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)
- date unknown
- Archibald, Scottish prelate
- Auhaduddin Kermani, Persian Sufi poet
- Gerard of Lunel, French saint
- William Houghton, Archbishop of Dublin
- John of Procida, Italian physician and diplomat (b. 1210)
- Mordecai ben Hillel, German rabbi (b. c. 1250)
- Ram Khamhaeng, Thai king of Sukhothai (b. c. 1237)
- Nino Visconti, ruler of Gallula
- Emperor Smilets of Bulgaria
- probable
- William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas, Scottish warlord
- Thomas Learmonth, Scottish minstrel
References
- ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Jacques, Barnouin (2014). The fabulous Destiny of Marciac. Albi, France: Un autre Reg'Art. ISBN 979-10-90894-67-9.
- ^ Catoni, Giuliano. "BONSIGNORI". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Retrieved December 20, 2011.