What is 1298?
{{Year nav|1298}} {{Year in various calendars|1298}} {{Year article header|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 (1298)|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 ''[[The Travels of Marco Polo|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]]) [[Category:1298]]