John Arthur Shelton Timeline

WORLD, NATIONAL & LOCAL EVENTS OF 1898

This timeline helps you explore important events that occured during the life of John Arthur Shelton. By better understanding the world in which John Shelton lived you can better understand the person he was and the decisions he made. We invite you to submit events for inclusion on this or any other Timeline by using our event submission form.

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• United States annexed Hawaii.
• United States took possesion of Wake Island.
• The Village of Bronxville was incorporated.
• Krema Nut Company established in Columbus, Ohio.
• United States Mint issues Trans-Mississippi stamps.
• Joseph Forney Johnston elected governor of North Carolina.
• Pollock v. Farmers Loan & Trust Co. settled in the United States Supreme Court.
• The Klondike Gold Rush continued.

• Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) died.
• George Wooliscroft Rhead (1854-1920) produced illustrations for Tennyson's "Lancelot and Elaine" idyll.
• The sculptor Henry Spencer Moore (1898-1986) born.
• The painter Henry Stacy Marks (1829-1898) died.
• The painter Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898) died.
• Paul Cezanne painted "Woods with Millstone".

• Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6, 1898-August 24, 1995) born

• H.G. Wells wrote "The War Of The Worlds".
• Stephen Vincent Benet (1898-1943) born.
• Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989) born.
• Elsa Gidlow (1898-1986) born
• Linda Brent (1818-1898) died.
• Eliza Lynn Linton (1822 - 1898) died
• Maria Louise Pool (1841-1898) died
• Andrew Carnegie wrote "Distant Possessions: The Parting of the Ways".
• Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) died.

• Thomas Edison filmed "Troops embarking at San Francisco" for the Philippines.

• Pierre & Marie Curie discovered radium ".

• The battleship U.S.S Maine exploded in Havana harbor on February 15.
• United States declared war on Spain over Cuba April 25. Spain lost Cuba, The Philippines , and Puerto Rico.
• Brittain leased the "New Territories" (including Hong Kong) from China for 99 years.