1898
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Centuries: | 18th century - 19th century - 20th century |
Decades: | 1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s |
Years: | 1895 1896 1897 - 1898 - 1899 1900 1901 |
The year of 1898 was a common year (a year that had 365 days), and began on a Saturday.
[change] Events
- January 1 - New York City creates the City of Greater New York.
- February 12 - Henry Lindfield dies in England, and is the first person to die from a car accident.
- March 24 - Robert Allison of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania becomes the first person to buy a car built in America.
- March 26 - The Sabi Game Reserve is created in South America, and becomes the first official game reserve.
- April 25 - The United States declares war on Spain.
- June 12 - The Republic of the Philippines declares official independence from Spain during the Spanish-American War.