History
1298
General
Population: 432 Million*
- Exploration: Marco Polo begins to dictate his memoirs in Genoese jail
- Religion: King (Saint) Louis canonized by Rome
- Technology: Spinning wheel invented
Longbow revolutionizes warfare at Battle of Falkirk
- Deaths: German king Adolf Count of Nassau, Author of "The Golden Legend" Jacobus de Baragine
Europe
- England: Famine in England so that communion is halted
Edward I defeats William Wallace at battle of Falkirk and reconquers Scotland
- Holy Roman Empire: Adolf Count of Nassau (HRE) dethroned by electors and killed in Battle of Golhleim - Succeeded by Albert I of Austria
- Scotland: William Wallace of Scotland defeated at Falkirk but starts guerilla war to 1305