1898 in History

Completes the 1st single handed yacht voyage around the world

Begins arrangements for military and civil administration after the reconquest of Khartoum and Omdurman.

In a speech says that Germany's future "lay on the water"

Emile Zola is imprisoned for his letter Jaccuse in which he accused the French Government of anti-Semitism and the wrongful imprisonment of Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus

Completes preparations for a dawn assault against the strongly defended Mahdist camp on the Atbara.

Uses the Atbara victory to prepare the final advance against the Khalifa's main army.

The USA begins to blockade Havana

Newnes stipulated that Borchgrevinks expedition must sail under the British flag, and be styled the British Antarctic Expedition. Borchgrevink readily agreed to this, even though only two of the entire expedition party were British

Enters Khartoum

Manila surrenders to the US

Accepts the surrender of Manila

Results in British control of the Upper Nile

Appointed Comptroller of the Currency by President McKinley.

Rejects talks with France until the French troops are withdrawn from Fashoda

McKinley asks Congress for a declaration of war against Spain

Congress passes a resolution recognizing Cuban independence and demanding that Spain relinquish authority over Cuba, McKinley was also authorizes to use military force to put the resolution into effect

McKinley signs a congressional resolution recognizing Cuban independence from Spain & signs the Joint Resolution for War with Spain that authorizes US military intervention to Cuban independence

Congress declares war against Spain

Announces polonium with Pierre Curie.

Works with Marie Curie in announcing the discovery of polonium.

Announces radium with Pierre Curie and Gustave Bemont.

Works with Marie Curie and Gustave Bemont in announcing radium.

During the Fashoda Incident Delcasse wants Britains friendship in a future conflict with Germany & sees no advantage in a colonial war. Brings Britain & France to the verge of war but ends in a diplomatic victory for Britain

Takes Emir Mahmud prisoner after the Anglo-Egyptian victory at Atbara.

The First Francis Hagerup Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.

During the Fashoda Incident Delcasse wants Britains friendship in a future conflict with Germany & sees no advantage in a colonial war. Brings Britain & France to the verge of war but ends in a diplomatic victory for Britain

The French Government orders its forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident

Rejects talks with France until the French troops are withdrawn from Fashoda. Brings Britain & France to the verge of war but ends in a diplomatic victory for Britain

The French Government orders its forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident

Ordered to Fashoda to oppose French claims

A flotilla of British gunboats arrives at the isolated Fashoda fort, led by Lord Kitchener

Marchand arrives at Fashoda with an occupying force

The Fashoda incident passes off peacefully when the French recall Marchand

Conducts formal discussions with Marchand while both sides avoid an armed confrontation at Fashoda.

Leads the reinforced Anglo-Egyptian army south for the decisive campaign against Omdurman.

Attends the Minsk congress that founds the party.

Represents Jewish socialist organisation at the founding congress.

Takes part in the First Congress founding the party.

Joins other delegates creating the party at Minsk.

Participates in a memorial ceremony for General Gordon after the capture of Khartoum.

Coordinates river gunboats with the army to bombard positions and protect the advance toward Omdurman.

United States naval forces begin restricting shipping into Havana as hostilities intensify around Cuba.

The battleship USS Maine is sent to menace Imperial Spain and its sinking helps to precipitate the Spanish-American War over the issue of Cuban independence

Congress passes a resolution recognizing Cuban independence and demanding that Spain relinquish authority over Cuba

McKinley signs a congressional resolution recognizing Cuban independence from Spain & signs the Joint Resolution for War with Spain that authorizes US military intervention to Cuban independence

The battleship USS Maine is sent to menace Imperial Spain and its sinking helps to precipitate the Spanish-American War over the issue of Cuban independence

Congress passes a resolution recognizing Cuban independence and demanding that Spain relinquish authority over Cuba

McKinley signs a congressional resolution recognizing Cuban independence from Spain & signs the Joint Resolution for War with Spain that authorizes US military intervention to Cuban independence

John Ames Sherman patents the 1st envelope folding & gumming machine

McKinley signs a congressional resolution recognizing Cuban independence from Spain & signs the Joint Resolution for War with Spain that authorizes US military intervention to Cuban independence

Forms a defensive position near Kerreri before the Khalifa's army launches its main attack.

Orders pursuit after the Mahdist army collapses during the Battle of Omdurman.

Occupies the Mahdist capital after defeating the Khalifa's main army outside the city.

Directs concentrated rifle, machine-gun and artillery fire that breaks the principal Mahdist assault.

Concentrates against Emir Mahmud's army after intelligence identifies its fortified position near the Atbara.

Appointed Major

Appointed Minister of Education

Ordered to Fashoda to oppose French claims

Learns of the new party while still in Siberian exile.

Influences the new party through the older Marxist exile movement.

Spain accepts McKinleys peace terms

Finds pitchblende more radioactive than uranium alone.

Works with Marie Curie on highly radioactive uranium minerals.

Appointed President of Brazil

Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.

Appointed President of Venezuela

Shows pitchblende contains a substance far more radioactive than uranium.

Works with the Curies in announcing radium.

Reaches Fashoda where Colonel Marchand is claiming the region for France

Begins the Second Johannes Steen Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.

The Spanish sink the US battleship Maine which triggers off the Spanish-American War

The battleship USS Maine is sent to menace Imperial Spain and its sinking helps to precipitate the Spanish-American War over the issue of Cuban independence. The battleship USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor, the explosion kills 266 of her crew

USS Maine exploded in Havana harbour on 15 February 1898, killing 266 men and becoming a major catalyst in the crisis with Spain.

Barrier's surface.

It also pioneered the use of dogs and sledges in Antarctic travel. Borchgrevink purchases the whaling ship Pollux, renamed her Southern Cross, and had her fitted out for Antarctic service, the Southern Cross sails from London

The Southern Cross Expedition, officially known as the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900, was the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, and the forerunner of the more celebrated journeys of Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton.

The brainchild of the Norwegian-born, half-British explorer and schoolmaster Carsten Borchgrevink, it was the first expedition to over-winter on the Antarctic mainland, the first to visit the Great Ice Barrier since James Clark Ross in 1839-43, and the first to effect a landing on the

The Southern Cross left London on 23 August 1898, after inspection by HRH the Duke of York (the future King George V), who presented a Union Flag

Southern Cross left London on 23 August 1898, after inspection by HRH the Duke of York (the future King George V), who presented a Union Flag

Newnes stipulated that Borchgrevinks expedition must sail under the British flag, and be styled the British Antarctic Expedition. Borchgrevink readily agreed to this, even though only two of the entire expedition party were British. Borchgrevink eventually managed to persuade publisher Sir George Newnes (whose business rival Alfred Harmsworth was backing the RGS venture) to meet the full cost of his expedition, some £40,000 (approximately £3,979,500 in 2016)

Reports effective Anglo-Egyptian control of the Nile valley after the Omdurman victory.

Henry James publishes "The Turn of the Screw"

Emile Zola is imprisoned for his letter Jaccuse in which he accused the French Government of anti-Semitism and the wrongful imprisonment of Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus

Zola convinces the public that papers used in Dreyfusss trial were forged. The Minister for War resigns after the Dreyfuss trial is reopened. The Cabinet decides to retry Dreyfuss

Emile Zolas famous defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, "Jaccuse," is published, the open letter to French President Felix Faure accuses the French judiciary of giving into pressure from the military

Emile Zolas famous defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, "Jaccuse," is published, the open letter to French President Felix Faure accuses the French judiciary of giving into pressure from the military

Emile Zola is imprisoned for his letter Jaccuse in which he accused the French Government of anti-Semitism and the wrongful imprisonment of Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus

The French Government orders its forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident

The French Government orders its forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident

Creates Yukon Territory during the Klondike gold rush.

Birth of Bertolt Brecht

Birth of Chou En-Lai

Birth of Fritz Zwicky

Birth of Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto

Birth of Julius Schreck

Birth of Theodor August Otto Wilhelm Habicht

Birth of Willy Messerschmitt

Death of Author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson-better known as "Alice in Wonderland" creator Lewis Carroll

Horatio Kitchener defeats the Khalifa, leader of the dervishes in Sudan, at the Battle of Atbara. Angloian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese

Results in British control of the Upper Nile. Counter-attacks the Dervishes & marches into Omdurman. Attacked by Abdullah at Egeiga 4 miles from Omdurman