1298

'Years:' 1295 1296 1297 - 1298 - 1299 1300 1301

'Decades:' 1260s 1270s 1280s - '1290s' - 1300s 1310s 1320s

'Centuries:' 12th century - '13th century' - 14th century

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

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)