WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MAY 1898
Find out what all happened February to May 1898

Spanish-American War: The USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship. (22. April 1898)

The first games of the Italian football league system are played. (8. May 1898)

The battleship USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain. (15. February 1898)

Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain. (25. April 1898)

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. (21. April 1898)

Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus. (23. February 1898)

Spanish-American War: The Battle of Manila Bay – the United States Navy destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the war. (1. May 1898)

Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse. (7. February 1898)

George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt. (27. February 1898)