1898 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1898?
- January 1, 1898 – New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
- January 12, 1898 – Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.
- February 7, 1898 – Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse.
- February 23, 1898 – Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing “J'accuse”, a letter accusing the French government of anti-Semitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
- May 1, 1898 – Spanish-American War: The Battle of Manila Bay – the United States Navy destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the war.
- June 11, 1898 – Spanish-American War: U.S. war ships set sail for Cuba.
- June 13, 1898 – Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
- June 21, 1898 – The United States captures Guam from Spain.
- June 22, 1898 – Spanish–American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
- June 27, 1898 – The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
- July 1, 1898 – Spanish-American War: the Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de 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.
- July 7, 1898 – U.S. President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
- July 25, 1898 – After over two months of sea-based bombardment, the United States invasion of Puerto Rico begins with U.S. troops led by General Nelson Miles landing at harbor of Guánica, Puerto Rico.
- August 11, 1898 – Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
- August 13, 1898 – Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engaged in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
- October 6, 1898 – Ossian Everett Mills founds Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia in Boston, Massachusetts.
- October 14, 1898 – The steamer ship SS Mohegan sinks after impacting the Manacles near Cornwall, United Kingdom, killing 106.
- November 2, 1898 – Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team.
- November 10, 1898 – Beginning of the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in US history.
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