1398
| Years: 1395 1396 1397 – 1398 – 1399 1400 1401 | |
| Decades: 1360s 1370s 1380s – 1390s – 1400s 1410s 1420s | |
| Centuries: 13th century – 14th century – 15th century | |
Events
- Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland destroyed.
- Construction of the Stecknitz Canal as one of the oldest artificial waterways of the world.
- Timur arrived on the bank of the Indus River, and proceeded to sack Delhi.
- The Teutonic Order occupies the island of Gotland.
Births
- August 19 – Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)
- Johann Gutenberg, inventor credited with mass printing.
Deaths
- January 31 – Emperor Suko of Japan (b. 1334)
- June 24 – Hongwu Emperor of China, founder of the Ming Dynasty (b. 1328)
- July 20 – Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March
- Jeong Dojeon, Korean Neo-Confucian ideologue.
- John of Gaunt third son of Edward III of England
Categories: 1398