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 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
Day of death April 30, 1898
The temperature on April 30, 1898 was about 10.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
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