1898 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1898?
- 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.
- 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.
- April 22, 1898 – Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
- 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 – The Hundred Days’ Reform is started by Guangxu Emperor with a plan to change social, political and educational institutions in China, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. The failed reform though led to the abolition of Imperial Examination in 1905.
- June 12, 1898 – Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines’ independence from Spain.
- June 21, 1898 – The United States captures Guam from Spain.
- 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.
- August 12, 1898 – An Armistice ends the Spanish-American War.
- August 13, 1898 – Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
- 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 28, 1898 – Caleb Bradham invents the carbonated soft drink that will later be called “Pepsi-Cola”.
- August 29, 1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.
- September 2, 1898 – Battle of Omdurman – British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
- October 1, 1898 – The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
- October 6, 1898 – Ossian Everett Mills founds Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia in Boston, Massachusetts.
- December 26, 1898 – Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
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