January 1, 1898
Les Grandes Baigneuses (The Large Bathers) — painting by Paul Cézanne in Philadelphia Museum of Art
1898 siege during the Spanish-American War
Agreement between Britain and France that concluded the partition of West Africa between the colonial powers by finally fixing the borders in the disputed areas of Northern Nigeria, signed in Paris on 14 June 1898
US capture of Guam during the Spanish-American War
1898 conflict between Spain and the United States
Hundred Days' Reform — reform movementin China in 1898
Late 19th Century Bushfire in Australia
1898 treaty leasing Port Arthur to the Russians
Battle in Philippine Revolutionary War
Agreement signed between the Empire of Japan and the Empire of Russia