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

• February 25 - Xuande Emperor of China (died 1435)
• August 19 - Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (died 1458)
• Spytek z Melsztyna, Polish nobleman (died 1439)

Deaths

• January 31 - Emperor Suko of Japan (born 1334)
• February 3 - John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (born 1340)
• March 24 - Margaret Plantagenet, Duchess of Norfolk
• June 24 - Hongwu Emperor of China (born 1328)
• July 20 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (born 1374)
• September 9 - James I of Cyprus (born 1334)
• Jeong Dojeon, Korean philosopher
• Blanche d'Evreux, French princess (born 1333)