1898 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1898?
- April 24, 1898 – The Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
- 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.
- May 8, 1898 – The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
- 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 17, 1898 – The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
- 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.
- August 12, 1898 – An Armistice ends the Spanish-American War.
- 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.
- 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”.
- September 2, 1898 – Battle of Omdurman – British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
- 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.
- December 10, 1898 – Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
- December 18, 1898 – Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245 mi/h in a Jeantaud electric car.
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