898

898 (DCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 898th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 898th year of the 1st millennium, the 98th year of the 9th century, and the 9th year of the 890s decade. As of the start of 898, the Gregorian calendar was 4 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century – 9th century – 10th century
Decades:	860s  870s  880s  – 890s –  900s  910s  920s
Years:	895 896 897 – 898 – 899 900 901

898 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	898 DCCCXCVIII
Ab urbe condita	1651
Armenian calendar	347 ԹՎ ՅԽԷ
Assyrian calendar	5648
Balinese saka calendar	819–820
Bengali calendar	305
Berber calendar	1848
Buddhist calendar	1442
Burmese calendar	260
Byzantine calendar	6406–6407
Chinese calendar	丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3594 or 3534     — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3595 or 3535
Coptic calendar	614–615
Discordian calendar	2064
Ethiopian calendar	890–891
Hebrew calendar	4658–4659
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	954–955
- Shaka Samvat	819–820
- Kali Yuga	3998–3999
Holocene calendar	10898
Iranian calendar	276–277
Islamic calendar	284–285
Japanese calendar	Kanpyō 10 / Shōtai 1 (昌泰元年)
Javanese calendar	796–797
Julian calendar	898 DCCCXCVIII
Korean calendar	3231
Minguo calendar	1014 before ROC 民前1014年
Nanakshahi calendar	−570
Seleucid era	1209/1210 AG
Thai solar calendar	1440–1441
Tibetan calendar	阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1024 or 643 or −129     — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1025 or 644 or −128

Events

• January – Pope John IX succeeds Theodore II as the 116th pope.

Deaths

• Odo of France, king of the Franks.