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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1360s 1370s 1380s – 1390s – 1400s 1410s 1420s
Years:	1395 1396 1397 – 1398 – 1399 1400 1401

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Year 1398 (MCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events [edit]

25 June– Jianwen succeeds his grandfather, Hongwu, as Emperor of Ming Dynasty China.
11 November – Janus succeeds his father, James I, as King of Cyprus and claimant to the throne of Armenian Cilicia.
September
- King Richard II of England exiles his cousin Henry Bolingbroke (the future Henry IV of England) for 10 years in order to end Henry's feud with Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, who is also exiled.^[1]
- As France withdraws its support for Antipope Benedict XIII, an army led by Geoffrey Boucicaut occupies Avignon and starts a 5-year siege of the papal palace.
17 December – Timur defeats the last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, which had been weakened after 4 years of civil war. Following his victory, Timur's Islamic troops sack the city of Delhi and proceed to massacre hundreds of thousands of the state's Hindu inhabitants.

The Teutonic Knights recommence their raids of Lithuania.
The Bosnian nobility dethrone Queen Jelena Gruba and replace her with King Stjepan Ostoja.
Abdullah succeeds Abu Amir as ruler of the Marinid dynasty in present-day Morocco.
The Teutonic Knights conquer the island of Gotland, near Sweden, which had previously been run by a group of pirates.
Martin I of Aragon launches a crusade against the Moors in North Africa.
Yi Bangsuk, heir to the throne of the Joseon Dynasty in present-day Korea, is murdered during a coup by his older half-brother, Yi Bangwon.
- King Taejo of Joseon abdicates in disgust at his sons' rivalry. Taejo's eldest son Jeongjong succeeds to the throne.
Trần Ngung is forced to abdicate as ruler of the Tran Dynasty in present-day Vietnam. Trần An succeeds as ruler.
Bunei succeeds his father, Satto, as King of Chūzan (present-day central Okinawa, Japan).
The Stecknitz Canal is constructed in present-day north Germany, one of the earliest artificial waterways in the world).
Glendalough monastery in Wicklow, Ireland is destroyed by English troops.
Ferapontov Monastery is built in present-day north-west Russia.
The Munmyo Confucian shrine and Sungkyunkwan University are built in present-day Seoul.
Mount Grace Priory is established in Yorkshire, England.
According to some historians, the Scottish explorer Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney reaches North America.

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