1298

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)

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