June 1898 in History

Events in History

Spain Declares War Against the United States

Jun 10 US Marines land in Cuba during the Spanish–American War

Colonel ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt (centre, with glasses and holstered gun) with his ‘Rough Riders’ after victory at the Battle of San Juan Hill.

Jun 11 1st US Marines (600) land at Guantanamo, Cuba during the Spanish–American War
Jun 11 Emperor De Zong proclaims reforms in Peking

Philippine Revolution

Jun 12 Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain

Jun 13 Yukon Territory of Canada established, Dawson chosen as capital
Jun 14 France signs Niger Convention
Jun 15 US House of Representatives passes resolution to annex Hawaii
Jun 15 US marines attack Spanish off Guantánamo, Cuba
Jun 16 China's emperor De Zong (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei
Jun 17 The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established
Jun 18 Steel Pier, 1st amusement pier opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey [1]
Jun 21 US captures Guam from Spain during the Spanish–American War
Jun 23 Emilio Aguinaldo issues a decree replacing his dictatorial government with a revolutionary government, with himself as President
Jun 24 American troops drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas, Cuba

Around The World Alone In A Fishing Boat

Jun 27 Canadian-American adventurer Joshua Slocum arrives in Newport, Rhode Island, completing the 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe

The Spray, in which Joshua Slocum sailed 46,000 miles around the world

Jun 30 Winton Motor Carriage Company publishes the first known automobile ad in Scientific American using the headline “dispense with a horse.”

Birthdays in History

Jun 3 Rosa Chacel, spanish novelist, born in Valladolid, Spain (d. 1994)
Jun 5 Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet and dramatist (Blood Wedding), born in Fuente Vaqueros, Granada, Andalucía, Spain (d. 1936)
Jun 5 Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian luxury shoe designer (Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.), born in Bonito, Italy (d. 1960)
Jun 9 Curzio Malaparte [Kurt E. Suckert], Italian author (Kaputt), born in Prato, Italy (d. 1957)
Jun 17 Carl Hermann, German physicist, born in Wesermünde, Germany (d. 1961)
Jun 17 M. C. Escher, Dutch graphic artist and lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (d. 1972)
Jun 19 James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1968)
Jun 21 Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and writer, born in Chicago (d. 1964)
Jun 22 Erich Maria Remarque, German novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front), born in Osnabrück, Germany (d. 1970)
Jun 25 Kay [Katherine Linn] Sage, American painter and poet, born in Albany, New York (d. 1963)
Jun 26 Chesty Puller, US Marine Corps lieutenant general and the most decorated Marine in history, born in West Point, Virginia (d. 1971)
Jun 26 Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (d. 1978)
Jun 27 Ajla Rachmanova, Russian-Austrian author (Students), born in Kasli, Russia (d. 1991)

Weddings in History

Owen D. Young

Jun 13 US diplomat Owen D. Young weds Josephine Sheldon Edmonds in Southbridge, Massachusetts

Deaths in History

Jun 3 Samuel Plimsoll, English politician and social reformer (invented Plimsoll line for ships), dies at 74
Jun 6 Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62
Jun 10 Tuone Udaina, last speaker of the Dalmatian language
Jun 13 Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, French Canadian lawyer and politician, dies at 57
Jun 17 Edward Burne-Jones, English Pre-Raphaelite painter and designer, dies at 64
Jun 22 Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austrian botanist, dies at 66
Jun 25 Ferdinand J. Cohn, German botanist and publicist, dies at 70