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| Years: 1298 1299 1300 - 1301 - 1302 1303 1304 | |
| Decades: 1270s 1280s 1290s - 1300s - 1310s 1320s 1330s | |
| Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century 1301 state leaders | |
Events
- February 7 - Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first Prince of Wales
- End of the reign of Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan
- Emperor Go-Nijo ascends to the throne of Japan
Births
- June 19 - Prince Morikuni, 9th Kamakura shogun of Japan (died 1333)
- July 23 - Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria (died 1339)
- August 5 - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (died 1330)
- September 24 - Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier and nobleman (died 1372)
- William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English nobleman (died 1344)
- Nitta Yoshisada, head of the Nitta clan (died 1338)
Deaths
- Zahed Gilani, Grandmaster of the Zahediyeh Sufi Order (born 1216)