1898 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1898?
- January 12, 1898 – Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.
- February 15, 1898 – Spanish-American War: The USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing more than 260. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
- April 24, 1898 – The Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
- June 10, 1898 – Spanish-American War: U.S. Marines land on the island of Cuba.
- June 11, 1898 – Spanish-American War: U.S. war ships set sail for Cuba.
- June 17, 1898 – The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
- June 22, 1898 – Spanish–American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
- July 3, 1898 – Spanish-American War: The Spanish fleet, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is destroyed by the U.S. Navy in Santiago, Cuba.
- August 11, 1898 – Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
- August 12, 1898 – An Armistice ends the Spanish-American War.
- August 25, 1898 – 700 Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
- August 29, 1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.
- September 13, 1898 – Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
- September 18, 1898 – Fashoda Incident – Lord Kitchener’s ships reach Fashoda, Sudan.
- October 14, 1898 – The steamer ship SS Mohegan sinks after impacting the Manacles near Cornwall, United Kingdom, killing 106.
- October 18, 1898 – United States takes possession of Puerto Rico.
- November 3, 1898 – France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
- November 10, 1898 – Beginning of the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in US history.
- December 10, 1898 – Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
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