Fait général: 1498 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Fait mathématique: 1498 is the number of inequivalent asymmetric Ferrers graphs with 27 points.
Culture générale: 1498 is an uninteresting number.
Date historique: February 6th is the day in 1989 that the Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.