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 century10th century11th century
Decades: 960s  970s  980s  – 990s –  1000s  1010s  1020s
Years: 995 996 997998999 1000 1001
998 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar998
CMXCVIII
Ab urbe condita1751
Armenian calendar447
ԹՎ ՆԽԷ
Assyrian calendar5748
Balinese saka calendar919–920
Bengali calendar405
Berber calendar1948
Buddhist calendar1542
Burmese calendar360
Byzantine calendar6506–6507
Chinese calendar丁酉(Fire Rooster)
3694 or 3634
    — to —
戊戌年 (Earth Dog)
3695 or 3635
Coptic calendar714–715
Discordian calendar2164
Ethiopian calendar990–991
Hebrew calendar4758–4759
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1054–1055
 - Shaka Samvat919–920
 - Kali Yuga4098–4099
Holocene calendar10998
Iranian calendar376–377
Islamic calendar387–389
Japanese calendarChōtoku 4
(長徳4年)
Javanese calendar899–900
Julian calendar998
CMXCVIII
Korean calendar3331
Minguo calendar914 before ROC
民前914年
Nanakshahi calendar−470
Seleucid era1309/1310 AG
Thai solar calendar1540–1541
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

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