WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1898
Find out what all happened March to December 1898

The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie. (1. October 1898)

The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16-0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football. (3. December 1898)

Battle of Omdurman – British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan. (2. September 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)

Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. (11. August 1898)

The United States captures Guam from Spain. (21. June 1898)

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

Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found. (13. August 1898)

United States takes possession of Puerto Rico. (18. October 1898)

Empress Elizabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni. (10. September 1898)

Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team. (2. November 1898)

Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245 mph (63.159 km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car (18. December 1898)

The steamer ship SS Mohegan sinks after impacting the Manacles near Cornwall, United Kingdom, killing 106. (14. October 1898)

Beginning of the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in US history. (10. November 1898)

Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China. (21. September 1898)

Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain. (12. June 1898)

The Goodyear tire company is founded. (29. August 1898)

The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established. (17. June 1898)

700 Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece. (25. August 1898)

An Armistice ends the Spanish–American War. (12. August 1898)