1898 - Wikipedia

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January 13 - Emile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
February 7 - Emile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse[?]
February 12 - Henry Lindfield, dies in England. Lindfield was the first fatality from an autobile accident.
February 15 - Spanish-American War: The USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor[?], Cuba for then unknown reasons killing more than 260. This event helped lead the United States to declare war on Spain.
February 23 - Emile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse[?]" which was a letter accusing the French government of anti-Semitism and wrongfully placing Alfred Dreyfus in jail.
March 24 - Robert Allison of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania becomes the first person to buy an American-built automobile when he buys a Winton automobile that was advertised in Scientific American.
April 22 - Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade[?] of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
April 25 - Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain; the United States Congress announces that a state of war has existed since April 21.
June 12 - Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo declares Philippines' independence from Spain.

Fashoda incident -- diplomatic dispute between France and the United Kingdom
The Treaty of Peace ending the Spanish-American War is signed in Paris on December 10, 1898.

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