What is 1898?
{{Year nav|1898}} {{Year in various calendars|1898}} {{Year article header|1898}} == Events == === January === * [[January 1]] – [[New York City]] creates the City of Greater New York. === February === * [[February 12]] – Henry Lindfield dies in England, and is the first person to die from a car accident. === March === * [[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 === * [[April 25]] – The [[United States]] declares war on [[Spain]]. === June === * [[June 12]] – The Republic of the [[Philippines]] declares official [[independence]] from [[Spain]] during the [[Spanish-American War]]. == Deaths == * [[March 16]] – [[Aubrey Beardsley]] * [[March 27]] – [[Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Bahadur]] [[Category:1898| ]]