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.
- 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. Afterwards, a year later, the Philippine-American War begins between the United States and the First Philippine Republic.
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