1998

Summary

1998 is a calendar year^[1]. 1998 ranks in the top 4% of calendar_year entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,377 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1998's instance of is recorded as calendar year^[3].
• 1998's instance of is recorded as common year starting and ending on Thursday^[4].
• 1998 followed 1997^[5].
• 1998 was followed by 1999^[6].
• 1998 is part of 1990s^[7].
• 1998 is part of Gregorian calendar^[8].
• 1998's Commons category is recorded as 1998^[9].
• 1998's said to be the same as is recorded as 11998 HE^[10].
• 1998's said to be the same as is recorded as 1998^[11].
• 1998 comprises February 1998^[12].
• 1998 comprises January 1998^[13].
• 1998 comprises March 1998^[14].
• 1998 comprises April 1998^[15].
• 1998 comprises May 1998^[16].
• 1998 comprises June 1998^[17].
• 1998 comprises July 1998^[18].
• 1998 comprises August 1998^[19].
• 1998 comprises September 1998^[20].
• 1998 comprises October 1998^[21].
• 1998 comprises November 1998^[22].
• 1998 comprises December 1998^[23].
• 1998 took place on January 1, 1998^[24].
• 1998's topic's main category is recorded as Category:1998^[25].
• 1998's Commons gallery is recorded as 1998^[26].
• 1998's different from is recorded as 1998^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include calendar year^[3] and common year starting and ending on Thursday^[4].

Use and Application

Components include February 1998^[12], a calendar month of a given year^[28]; January 1998^[13], a calendar month of a given year^[29]; March 1998^[14], a calendar month of a given year^[30]; April 1998^[15], a calendar month of a given year^[31]; May 1998^[16], a calendar month of a given year^[32]; and June 1998^[17], a calendar month of a given year^[33]. Part of include 1990s^[7], a decade^[34] and Gregorian calendar^[8], an arithmetic calendar^[35], founded in 1582^[36].

Why It Matters

1998 ranks in the top 4% of calendar_year entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,377 views/month).^[2] 1998 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] 1998 is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]