Major Events
- Jun 23 Adolf of Nassau deposed as King of Germany
- Jun 24 Rindfleisch Persecutions - Jews of Ifhauben, Austria massacred
- Jun 25 Rindfleisch Persecutions, 250 Jews killed in Rothenburg, Germany
- Jul 2 Battle of Gollheim between warring German kings Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau results in Adolf's defeat and death
- Jul 22 English defeat the Scots at the Battle of Falkirk
- Jul 23 Rindfleisch ("Beef") Persecutions - Jewish community in Wurzburg, Germany massacred
- Jul 27 Albert I of Habsburg is proclaimed King of the Germans after the defeat and death of King Adolf of Nassau at the Battle of Göllheim
- Aug 24 Albert I of Habsburg is crowned King of Germany at Aachen cathedral
- Oct 19 Rindfleisch Persecutions -140 Jews of Heilbron, Germany are murdered
Who Died in 1298
- Mar 14 Petrus Johannis Olivi, French theologian and philosopher, dies (b. 1248)
- Jul 2 Adolf, German Count of Nassau, King of the Roman (1292-98), dies in the battle of Göllheim at about 43
- Jul 14 Jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop and writer (Golden Legend), dies
- Sep 11 Philip of Artois, French nobleman and soldier (b. 1269)
Gregory I
Gregory XIII
Julius II
Julius III
Leo X
Pius V