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The Ferry Building Clock Tower rises above the San Francisco Ferry Building on the Embarcadero, a waterfront terminal completed in 1898. The approximately 75-meter tower was designed with reference to the Giralda, the historic bell tower of Seville Cathedral in Spain, and its four clock faces are vi...

"Les Boulingrin" is a one-act comedy by the French author Georges Courteline, first performed in 1898. The play features a relentlessly quarreling married couple whose aggressive arguments escalate into a bizarre situation where they try to murder each other, only to reconcile when a hapless visitin...

The Treaty of Paris of 1898 is the peace agreement signed between the United States and Spain that officially concluded the Spanish-American War. Under the terms of the treaty, Spain relinquished sovereignty over Cuba and ceded Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States, with the US...

SS Portland was an American sidewheel passenger steamship that operated between Boston and Portland, Maine. It sank with everyone aboard during the severe New England storm of November 1898, although the exact number of people lost remains uncertain because the passenger list was incomplete. The dis...

SS Mohegan was a British passenger steamer operated by the Atlantic Transport Line on routes between London and New York. On October 14, 1898, the vessel struck the Manacles, a treacherous reef off the coast of Cornwall near Falmouth, and sank with the loss of approximately 106 lives. The wreck rema...

The Battle of San Juan Hill was fought on July 1, 1898, near Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War. United States forces attacked and captured the San Juan Heights, including San Juan Hill and nearby Kettle Hill, from Spanish defenders. The fighting became closely associated with Theodore...

The Battle of Omdurman was fought on September 2, 1898, near Omdurman in Sudan during the Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of the country. An expeditionary force commanded by Major General Herbert Kitchener defeated the Mahdist army led by Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, the successor of Muhammad Ahmad, the self-p...

The Battle of Manila Bay was a naval engagement fought on 1 May 1898 during the Spanish-American War. United States Asiatic Squadron ships under Commodore George Dewey attacked the Spanish squadron commanded by Patricio Montojo near Cavite in Manila Bay. The Spanish fleet was defeated and destroyed...

The Battle of Santiago de Cuba was a naval engagement fought on 3 July 1898 during the Spanish-American War. United States naval forces blockading Santiago de Cuba intercepted the Spanish Caribbean Squadron as it attempted to leave the harbor. The American fleet destroyed or captured every Spanish v...