1898
Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century (18th century - 19th century - 20th century)
Decades: 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
Years: 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 - 1898 - 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903
Events
Births
- May 31 - Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (clergyman)
- Bertolt Brecht - playwright, writer and poet
- M. C. Escher - Dutch graphic artist
- George Gershwin - composer
- Rene Magritte - surrealist artist
- Golda Meir - Israeli Prime Minister
- Henry Moore - sculptor
- C. S. Lewis - British author
- November 18 - Joris Ivens, director
Deaths
- Otto von Bismarck - German Statesman