1898

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.

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