Major Events
- Apr 8 Battle of Atbara River: Anglo-Egyptian forces defeat 15,000 Sudanese during the Mahdist War, a turning point in the reconquest of Sudan
- Apr 24 Spanish–American War: Spain declares war after rejecting US ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba
- May 19 US Congress passes the Private Mailing Card Act, allowing private publishers and printers to produce postcards, had to be labelled "Private Mailing Cards" until 1901, known as "souvenir cards"
- Jun 10 US Marines land in Cuba during the Spanish–American War
- Aug 9 Rudolf Diesel of Germany obtains patent #608,845 for his internal combustion engine, later known as the diesel engine
- Sep 21 Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China, imprisoning the Guangxu Emperor
- Dec 21 Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium
- More 1898 Events
1898 in Sport
- Jan 14 Australian cricketer Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground)
- Nov 2 Cheerleading begins in the United States as Johnny Campbell leads the crowd cheering on the football team at the University of Minnesota
Did You Know?
Swami Vivekananda initiates Margaret Noble (Sister Nivedita) into vow of Brahmacharya, first western woman received into Indian monastic order
Bertolt Brecht
Leó Szilárd
Zhou Enlai
Golda Meir
Wiley Post
C. S. Lewis
Gertrude Lawrence
Jack Haley
Shirley Booth
Irene Dunne
George Gershwin
Enzo Ferrari
Curly Lambeau
Jean Borotra
Frankie Frisch
Bill Terry
Earl SandeMore People Born in 1898
Fun Fact About 1898
Winton Motor Carriage Company publishes the first known automobile ad in Scientific American using the headline “dispense with a horse.”
Lewis Carroll
William Gladstone
Otto von BismarckMore 1898 Deaths
Articles About 1898
Spain Declares War Against the United States
Spain declared war on the United States on this day as tensions rose over Cuba and a US warship was destroyed. A future American president led a major battle.April 24
Around The World Alone In A Fishing Boat
They said it couldn’t be done, so Joshua Slocum set out alone and sailed 46,000 miles around the world in an old fishing boat that he had rebuilt.June 27
'Iron Chancellor' Bismarck Dies
They called him the “Iron Chancellor”. Had Otto von Bismarck been made of softer stuff the history of the Twentieth Century might have been very different.July 30
Lady With Twin Passions: Art And Men
American art collector extraordinaire and socialite Peggy Guggenheim, born on this day, was heiress to the family fortune and a highly colourful figure.August 26
First Official Cheerleader
Johhny Campbell coordinates a team to lead the crowd on a football game cheering for University of Minnesota teamNovember 2
Famous Weddings in 1898
- Jan 10 Painter Henri Matisse (28) weds Amélie Noellie Parayre
- Mar 6 Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (25) weds political activist and poet Alice Ruth Moore (22) in New York
- May 25 Chocolatier Milton S. Hershey (40) weds Catherine Sweeney at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City
More Weddings in 1898
Nicholas II
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
Wilhelm II
William McKinley