Archiefnaam: Tresoar, Frysk Histoarysk en Letterkundich Bron Burgerlijke stand - Geboorte Archieflocatie Tresoar, Frysk Histoarysk en Letterkundich Sintrum Algemeen Gemeente: Menaldumadeel Soort akte: Geboorteakte Aktenummer: A 185 Aangiftedatum: 29-09-1898 Kind Joeke Boomsma Geslacht: M Geboortedatum: 28-09-1898 Vader Pieter Boomsma Moeder Antje de Vries Deel/Akte: A 185 September 29, 1898
February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
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