1898

calendar year
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1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1898th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 898th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1898, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 18th century19th century20th century
Decades: 1860s  1870s  1880s  – 1890s –  1900s  1910s  1920s
Years: 1895 1896 189718981899 1900 1901
1898 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1898
MDCCCXCVIII
Ab urbe condita2651
Armenian calendar1347
ԹՎ ՌՅԽԷ
Assyrian calendar6648
Bahá'í calendar54–55
Balinese saka calendar1819–1820
Bengali calendar1305
Berber calendar2848
British Regnal year61 Vict. 1 – 62 Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar2442
Burmese calendar1260
Byzantine calendar7406–7407
Chinese calendar丁酉(Fire Rooster)
4594 or 4534
    — to —
戊戌年 (Earth Dog)
4595 or 4535
Coptic calendar1614–1615
Discordian calendar3064
Ethiopian calendar1890–1891
Hebrew calendar5658–5659
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1954–1955
 - Shaka Samvat1819–1820
 - Kali Yuga4998–4999
Holocene calendar11898
Igbo calendar898–899
Iranian calendar1276–1277
Islamic calendar1315–1316
Japanese calendarMeiji 31
(明治31年)
Javanese calendar1827–1828
Julian calendarGregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar4231
Minguo calendar14 before ROC
民前14年
Nanakshahi calendar430
Thai solar calendar2440–2441
Tibetan calendar阴火鸡年
(female Fire-Rooster)
2024 or 1643 or 871
    — to —
阳土狗年
(male Earth-Dog)
2025 or 1644 or 872

Events

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January

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February

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  • February 12 – Henry Lindfield dies in England, and is the first person to die from a car accident.
  • March 24 – Robert Allison of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania becomes the first person to buy a car built in America.
  • March 26 – The Sabi Game Reserve is created in South America, and becomes the first official game reserve.


Deaths

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