1398

Events

### January to March

* January 6: Ruprecht III becomes the new Elector of the Palatinate upon the death of his father, Rupricht II.
* January 6 (no date given in other sources): John de Aston is released from prison by order of King Richard II after paying a fine or providing security.
* February 20: The Ganmeng rebellion in Möng Mao is brought to an end two months after Dao Genmeng's takeover.
* March 14: Trần Thuận is mentioned, but no further information is available.
* March 17: The Teutonic Knights resume their attack on Lithuania while a fleet of 84 ships, 4,000 men, and 400 horses departs from Danzig for Gotland.
* March 19: Abu Said Uthman III succeeds his predecessor as the ruler of the Emirate of Erzincan.

### April to June

* April 26: The trial of Cologne citizenship against Goswin von Kemnate begins, marking the start of the Kalkumer feud.
* May 4: Hermann von Goch is sentenced to death in connection with the same feud.
* May 7: The verdicts are delivered, and both members of the noble family of Kalkum are beheaded.
* June 24: Jianwen ascends the Chinese imperial throne of the Ming Dynasty after the death of his grandfather Hongwu.

### July to September

* July 14: A campaign against India begins under Timur Lenk.
* July 22: The first ships to cross the Stecknitz Canal, a 97 km-long waterway in Germany, arrive at Lübeck with 30 ships carrying garam from Lüneburg.
* August 21: King Martin of Aragon initiates the Bona crusade against Muslim forces in Túnez and Menorca.
* September 2: The Bona crusaders sack the Algerian village of Tedelis, killing around 1,000 people, before abandoning their African crusade to defend the siege of Avignon at France.
* September 16: King Richard II exiles his cousin Henry Bolingbroke for 10 years.

### October to December

* October 12: The Treaty of Salynas is signed between Vytautas and Konrad von Jungingen, aiming to settle conflicts over Samogitia.
* October 14: King Taejo abdicates the throne of the Joseon dynasty in modern-day Korea after the murder of his heir Yi Bangsuk.
* November 11: Janus succeeds his father James I as King of Cyprus and claims the throne of Armenian Cilicia.
* December 17: Timur defeats the last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate.

Births

* August 19: Íñigo López de Mendoza, Spanish poet
* June 29: John II of Aragon and II of Navarra
* July 25: Francesco Filelfo, Italian humanist

Deaths

* James I of Cyprus (1334-1398), King of Cyprus
* Matthew I, Count of Foix and Vizcount of Bearne
* White Evreux