1898

Year 1898 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day-slower ).

January - March

 * - annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs:, , , , and.
 * - 's  exposes the.


 * - is brought to trial for  for publishing 
 * - practicioner of theatre was born
 * - Henry Lindfield dies in, becoming the world's first fatality from an automobile accident.
 * - : The explodes and sinks in  harbor,  for then unknown reasons killing 266 men. This event helped lead the  to declare war on.




 * - is imprisoned in  after writing "" which was a letter accusing the French government of  and wrongfully placing  in jail.


 * - Robert Allison of becomes the first person to buy an American-built  when he buys a  that was advertised in .
 * - The Sabi Game Reserve in, the first officially designated , is created.
 * - passes away peacefully in,.

April - June

 * - : The begins a  of n ports and the  captures a  merchant ship.
 * - Spanish-American War: The declares war on ; the  announces that a state of war has existed since  (later backdating one more day to ).


 * - Association of thousands of scholars and  citizens in front of the   asking for reform.
 * / - General  in,  shooting on a rally;   will be killed two years after to avenge this shooting.
 * - The first games of the are played.
 * - takes the first s of the  and discovers that the image on Shroud itself appears to be a photographic.


 * - The  opens in.
 * - : General declares the ' independence from.
 * - is formed, with  chosen as its capital.

July - September

 * - completes a 3-year solo
 * - The  annexes the.
 * - : Battle of Santiago Bay - troops under General  take the city of  from the.
 * - Spanish-American War: The invasion of  begins with a landing at.


 * - : Hostilities end between American and Spanish forces in Cuba.
 * - Caleb Bradham names his soft drink.


 * - - British and Egyptian troops led by  defeat Sudanese tribesmen led by Khalifa Abdullah al-Taashi, thus establishing British dominance in the.
 * - assassinates Empress.
 * - of  engineered a, and it marks the end of :  was arrested.

October - December

 * - The is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
 * - The Battle of Sugar Point in Northern Minnesota. Between Ojibwe & U.S. government.
 * - First meeting and founding of Fraternity, then called the Sinfonia Club, at the  in.
 * - Establishment of the first town council in.


 * - A two-day blizzard known as the piles snow in  and severely impacts the Massachusetts  industry and several coastal  towns.


 * - The first of the two  was shot by, the second was killed three weeks later, after 135 workers had been killed.
 * - The  ending the  is signed in.
 * - and  announce discovery of a substance they call .

Undated

 * -- diplomatic dispute between and the.
 * Exploits of begin to appear in the Wide World Magazine.
 * becomes the first town in to install  lighting.
 * isolates.
 * and discover.
 * was founded in.
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January - June

 * -, American film editor (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -,  (d. )
 * , Russian film director (d. )
 * , Colombian politician (d. )
 * -, Russian sculptor (d.)
 * -, US-American pediatrician
 * -, Finnish architect (d. )
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * -, Hungarian-American physicist (d. )
 * -, Swiss physicist and astronomer (d. )
 * -, American runner (d. )
 * , Italian race car driver and automobile manufacturer (d. )
 * , Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (d. )
 * -, German aeronautical engineer (d. )
 * -, Irish Catholic priest (d. )
 * -, French philologist (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Georgian linguist (d. )
 * -, German-Dutch father of , housemate of (d. )
 * -, American mathematician (d. )
 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, French painter (d. )
 * , Spanish writer, laureate (d. )
 * , Scottish documentary filmmaker (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American civil engineer (d. )
 * , King of Malaysia (d. )
 * , Italian veteran of the First World War (d. )
 * -, French model and actress (d. )
 * -, Art Deco painter (d. )
 * -, Canadian painter (d. )
 * -, American entrepreneur and art collector (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * - Dr., American clergyman (d. )
 * -, American publisher and poet (d. )
 * -, Spanish poet (d. )
 * -, Irish dancer and founder of The Royal Ballet, London (d. )
 * , Dutch artist (d. )
 * Henry, Last
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * -, Irish dancer and founder of The Royal Ballet, London (d. )
 * , Dutch artist (d. )
 * Henry, Last
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * -, German writer (d. )

July - September

 * -, French artist (d. )
 * -, English motor engineer and race car driver (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )
 * , American photographer (d. )
 * , American sound recording pioneer (d. )
 * , American writer (d. )
 * , American artist (d. )
 * -, American actor (d.1970)
 * -, American physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, English sculptor (d. )
 * -, Polish poet (d. )
 * -, American art collector (d. )
 * -, American director and writer (d. )
 * -, French conductor (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Australian-born pharmacologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American artist (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, Russian biologist (d. )
 * , French actress (d. )
 * (d. )
 * , French milliner (d. )
 * , French general and politician (d. )
 * -, Algerian athlete (d. )
 * -, Austrian actress and singer (d. )
 * -, Canadian actress (d. )
 * -, Slovene gymnast, Olympic gold medalist and athlete (d. )
 * -, composer (d. )
 * -, Dutch director (d. )
 * -, German-born physicist (d. )
 * -, Belgian artist (d. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, British author (d. )
 * -, baseball pitcher (d. )
 * -, Indian World War I pilot (d. )
 * -, American photojournalist (d. )
 * -, Chinese author and translator (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * date unknown -, Russian marine geologist (d. )
 * -, Chinese author and translator (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * date unknown -, Russian marine geologist (d. )


 * See also .

January-June

 * -, British writer, mathematician (b. )
 * - longest-serving MP in the  (b. )
 * -, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford (b. )
 * -, Author of the official national anthem of -  (b.)
 * -, Indian officer and author (b. )
 * -, British engineer and inventor (b. )
 * -, British artist (b. )
 * -, American feminist (b. )
 * -, Indian university founder (b. )
 * -, Maori military leader
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -,  (b. )

July-December

 * -, Austrian automobile pioneer (b. )
 * -, Roman Catholic Bishop of , Native American missionary (b. )
 * -, German statesman (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, fourth president of (b. )
 * -, Canadian nurse and spy (b. )
 * -, French poet (b. )
 * -, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (b. )
 * -, German writer (b. )
 * -, Chinese revolutionary (executed) (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, surveyor-general of South Australia (b. )
 * -, Lebanese monk (b. )
 * -, Lebanese monk (b. )


 * See also .