1298

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

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)