998

998 was a common year.

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

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