Editing 1898

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== Events ==

* January - The USS ''Maine'' is sent by [[William McKinley]] to Cuba.
* February 15 - Under mysterious circumstances, the USS ''Maine'' explodes and sinks, concluded in modern times by investigators to have been perpetrated by McKinley's government to go to war with Spain.
* February 15 - End of the Cuban War of Independence.
* April 21 - The [[Spanish-American War]] begins two months after the USS ''Maine'' is sunk.
* August 13 - The Spanish-American War ends with an American victory, and the Treaty of Paris is signed. Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines are ceded by Spain.
* November 10 - The [[Wilmington insurrection of 1898]] takes place, resulting in the overthrow of the Wilmington city government and the formation of a new city council, who proclaim [[Alfred Moore Waddell]] as the new Mayor of Wilmington.

== Births ==

=== Villain births ===

* Unknown - [[Ernst Ansovich Mach]]
* January 24 - [[Karl Hermann Frank]]
* January 26 - [[Mikhail Frinovsky]]
* March 5 - [[Zhou Enlai]]
* April 5 - [[August Frank]]
* April 10 - [[Matvei Berman]]
* April 28 - [[August Hirt]]
* July 13 - [[Julius Schreck]]
* August 9 - [[Russell Clark]]
* September 13 - [[László Baky]]
* September 28 - [[Carl Clauberg]]
* November 2 - [[Eddie Green]]
* December 28 - [[Shigematsu Sakaibara]]

== Deaths ==

=== Villain deaths ===

* July 8 - [[Soapy Smith]]