1998

Events

 * 8th January - Zak Dingle proposes to Lisa Clegg.
 * 13th January - Zoe Tate finds the incriminating video of Kim Tate.
 * 14th January - Zoe Tate shows her brother Chris the video of Kim Tate.
 * 20th January - Zoe and Chris Tate discover Frank Tate murdered the woman for Kim Tate last year.
 * 28th January - Zak Dingle and Lisa Clegg marry.
 * 29th January - Paddy Kirk asks Mandy Dingle to live with her.
 * 5th February - Lyn Hutchinson convinces her mother to speak to her grandfather, who she hadn't spoken to in 18 years. (First appearance of Heather Hutchinson)
 * 10th February - A man knocks Zak Dingle unconscious. Lord Alex Oakwell returns to the village and takes Steve Marchant, Biff Fowler and Ned Glover hostage. One of his henchmen tries to shoot Zak Dingle but Paddy injects him with a needle full of adrenaline.
 * 12th February - Jed Outhwaite suffers a heart attack.
 * 25th February - Chris Tate and Kelly Windsor announce to Kelly's parents Vic and Viv that she is pregnant. The news leaves Vic and Viv, especially Vic, livid.
 * 24th March - Kelly Windsor falls down the stairs during a party at Home Farm after a confrontation with Kim Tate when she tries on one of Kim's dresses, and suffers a miscarriage.
 * 31st March - During an argument with her husband Tony, Becky Cairns reveals that she has been having a relationship with Zoe Tate.
 * 2nd April - Dee Pollard discovers that her mother has died. She leaves her husband Eric when he admits that he has been withholding letters and phone calls from her.
 * 3rd April - Lord Michael Thornfield and Lady Tara Oakwell marry.
 * 7th April - Dee Pollard leaves the village and returns to the Philippines. (Final appearance of the character)
 * 7th May - Steve Marchant and Kim Tate marry.
 * 3rd June - Kelly Windsor discovers the truth about her mother's death.
 * 16th July - Lady Tara Oakwell is shocked to discover that her father has died.
 * 28th July - First appearance of Laura Johnstone.
 * 19th August - First appearance of Graham Clark.
 * 15th September - Kathy Glover is run over by Steve Marchant and left in a coma.
 * 16th September - Alan Turner's granddaughter Tricia Stokes arrives in the village. (First appearance of the character)
 * 8th October - Kathy Glover comes out of her coma.
 * 20th October - The Woolpack is burned down by fireworks. Steve Marchant attempts to smother Kathy Glover with a pillow but is stopped just in time by his wife Kim.
 * 27th October - Robert Sugden punches Donna Windsor for bullying his foster brother Andy Hopwood.
 * 11th November - Butch Dingle marries his cousin Mandy.
 * 18th November - Lord Alex Oakwell dies offscreen after falling off a roof.
 * 25th November - First appearance of Bernice Blackstock.
 * 3rd December - Terry Woods reveals to the Woolpack what Tricia Stokes is like, resulting in his boss (and Tricia's grandfather) Alan Turner to punch him.
 * 10th December - Anya King is born to Carl and Colleen King.
 * 25th December - Vic Windsor is killed in an armed robbery committed by Billy Hopwood. Lisa Dingle unexpectedly gives to a baby girl, Belle. (Final appearance of Vic Windsor and first appearance of Belle Dingle)
 * 30th December - Billy Hopwood is arrested by police.
 * 31st December - The funeral of Vic Windsor takes place.

Real life events

 * 13th January - Emmerdale begins filming on its new purpose-built set in the Harewood Estate.
 * 12th February - the final episode of Emmerdale filmed in Esholt is transmitted.
 * 19th February - the first episode of Emmerdale filmed on the new set is transmitted.
 * 10th September - Carl Forgione (Paolo Rosetti) dies.
 * 21st November - Thomas Atkinson (Lachlan White) born.