998

998 (CMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 998th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 998th year of the 1st millennium, the 98th year of the 10th century, and the 9th year of the 990s decade. As of the start of 998, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	960s  970s  980s  – 990s –  1000s  1010s  1020s
Years:	995 996 997 – 998 – 999 1000 1001

998 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	998 CMXCVIII
Ab urbe condita	1751
Armenian calendar	447 ԹՎ ՆԽԷ
Assyrian calendar	5748
Balinese saka calendar	919–920
Bengali calendar	405
Berber calendar	1948
Buddhist calendar	1542
Burmese calendar	360
Byzantine calendar	6506–6507
Chinese calendar	丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3694 or 3634     — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3695 or 3635
Coptic calendar	714–715
Discordian calendar	2164
Ethiopian calendar	990–991
Hebrew calendar	4758–4759
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1054–1055
- Shaka Samvat	919–920
- Kali Yuga	4098–4099
Holocene calendar	10998
Iranian calendar	376–377
Islamic calendar	387–389
Japanese calendar	Chōtoku 4 (長徳４年)
Javanese calendar	899–900
Julian calendar	998 CMXCVIII
Korean calendar	3331
Minguo calendar	914 before ROC 民前914年
Nanakshahi calendar	−470
Seleucid era	1309/1310 AG
Thai solar calendar	1540–1541
Tibetan calendar	阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 1124 or 743 or −29     — to — 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 1125 or 744 or −28

Events

• Otto III takes control the city of Rome and brings his cousin, Pope Gregory V, back to power.
• A Benedictine abbey is started at Sherborne.

Births

• George I of Georgia

Deaths

• Abu'l-Wafa, Iranian mathematician