Year of record

1898

5 verified events recorded in 1898.

5 events From Feb 15, 1898 To Nov 10, 1898 Open in filter view →
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1898 · 5 events18981898
DateEventLanesStatus
1898-11-10Wilmington Massacre and Coup: Armed White Supremacists Overthrow Elected Government, Murder Black Citizens
Alfred Moore Waddell · Furnifold Simmons · Red Shirts · Wilmington Black Community · +1
 confirmed
1898-07-07Hawaii Annexation - U.S. Legitimizes Corporate Coup Against Monarchy
William McKinley · Sanford B. Dole · Queen Liliuokalani · Sugar plantation owners · +2
confirmed
1898-05-01Embalmed Beef Scandal - War Profiteering and McKinley Administration Negligence
Russell A. Alger · William McKinley · Armour & Co · Swift & Co · +3
 confirmed
1898-04-25Spanish-American War Begins - Imperial Expansion Under Humanitarian Pretext
William McKinley · Theodore Roosevelt · U.S. Navy · Spanish Empire · +1
confirmed
1898-02-15USS Maine Explosion - Yellow Journalism Manufactures War Fever
William Randolph Hearst · Joseph Pulitzer · New York Journal · New York World · +2
confirmed