...Date... AGE Event
1898/--/-- -1 - Anglo-Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw publishes Arms and the Man.
1898/--/-- -1 - Britain obtains a 99-year lease for Hong Kong from the Chinese.
1898/--/-- -1 - Commodore Dewey destroys the Spanish fleet in Manila harbor.
1898/--/-- -1 - Cuba occupied by U.S. and released
1898/--/-- -1 - English author H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds.
1898/--/-- -1 - Spain cedes Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines to the U.S. in the Treaty of Paris.
1898/--/-- -1 - Spanish-American War, Cuba, Phillipines, US
1898/--/-- -1 - The Boxer Uprising begins in China; Empress Tz'u-hsi imprisons the emperor.
1898/--/-- -1 - The British under Kitchener defeat the Mahdists at Omdurman in Sudan.
1898/--/-- -1 - The Fashoda Incident leads to a French withdrawal from the Sudan.
1898/--/-- -1 - The Spanish fleet is destroyed off Cuba; Spain sues for peace.
1898/--/-- -1 - The Spanish-American War begins with a declaration of war by Congress.
1898/--/-- -1 - The U.S. army uses machine guns for the first time in the battle of Santiago.
1898/--/-- -1 - The U.S. battleship Maine explodes in the Spanish port of Manila in the Philippines.
1898/--/-- -1 - U.S. troops land on Cuba; Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders are in action.
1898/--/-- -1 - William Randolph Hearst's yellow journalism inflames anti-Spanish feelings.
1898/09/18 0 *** Ewing, Jennie Lawless - Born to Ewing, Robert Matthew and Bagby, Mary (Ewing) "Mollie"
1899/--/-- 0 - American artist Winslow Homer paints the Gulf Stream.
1899/--/-- 0 - American composer Scott Joplin publishes his Maple Leaf Rag.
1899/--/-- 0 - Designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh completes the Glasgow School of Art.
1899/--/-- 0 - English composer Edward Elgar writes The Enigma Variations.
1899/--/-- 0 - Journalist and future statesman Winston Churchill escapes from Boer captivity.
1899/--/-- 0 - Sigmund Freud "Interpretation of Dreams"
1899/--/-- 0 - The British under Robert Baden-Powell are besieged by the Boers at Mafeking.
1899/--/-- 0 - The South African War begins between the Boers (Afrikaners) and the British.
1899/--/-- 0 - U.S. Secretary of State John M. Hay advocates an Open Door Policy for China.
1899/10/23 1 *** Ewing, Jennie Lawless - Died Albany, Clinton, Kentucky
In 1898 Transportation was by:
Foot
Horse
Bicycle
Train
Steamboat
By 1899 Transportation was by:
Balloon
in addition.
In 1898 Communications was by:
Word of Mouth
Post Office
Telegraph
In 1898 Food Preparation was by:
Wood
In 1898 Entertainment was by:
Social Intercourse
Organized Sports
Travel
Professional Sports
Movies
Radio
Television
Theme parks
Computer
In 1898 Health Care was by:
Operations
Anesthetic
X-Rays
MRI
In 1898 War Making was by:
Calvary
gun
Artillery
Machine guns
Submarine
Iron Clad ships
Mines
In 1898 Navigation was by:
Stars & Maps
Compass
from the SFHR database of Duane Bristow 03-13-2021 19:53:29