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1898 in Spain
Events from the year
1898 in Spain
.
Incumbents
Monarch âÂÂ
Alfonso XIII
Prime Minister âÂÂ
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Foreign Minister â José Canelejas
Ambassador to the
United States
:
Enrique Dupuy de Lôme
Events
February 9 â publishing of the
De Lôme Letter
March 27 âÂÂ
Spanish general election, 1898
April 11 â U.S. president
William McKinley
asks the U.S. Congress to declare war on Spain
April 25 â beginning of
SpanishâÂÂAmerican War
July 1 â SpanishâÂÂAmerican War:
Battle of El Caney
July 3 â SpanishâÂÂAmerican War:
Battle of Santiago de Cuba
December 10 âÂÂ
Treaty of Paris (1898)
founding of
Athletic Bilbao
founding of
Palamós CF
Births
April 26 âÂÂ
Vicente Aleixandre
, poet (d.
1984
)
June 5 âÂÂ
Federico GarcÃÂa Lorca
, playwright and poet (d.
1936
)
July 17 âÂÂ
Benito DÃÂaz
, football manager and player (d.
1990
)
July 27 âÂÂ
Concha Méndez
, poet and dramatist (d.
1986
)
October 22 âÂÂ
Dámaso Alonso
, poet (d.
1990
)
Deaths
July 1 âÂÂ
JoaquÃÂn Vara del Rey y Rubio
July 3 âÂÂ
Fernando Villaamil
References