Editing 1898 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 5]] &ndash; [[Annie Oakley]] promotes the service of women in combat situations, with the United States military. On this day, she writes a letter to President McKinley "offering the government the services of a company of 50 'lady sharpshooters' who would provide their own arms and ammunition should war break out with Spain."<ref>[https://www.archives.gov/research/recover/example-02.html The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107163518/https://www.archives.gov/research/recover/example-02.html |date=November 7, 2020 }}. "Letter to President [[William McKinley]] from Annie Oakley". Retrieved January 24, 2008.</ref> 
* [[April 22]] &ndash; [[Spanish–American War]]: The United States Navy begins a [[blockade]] of [[Cuba]]n ports and the {{USS|Nashville|PG-7|6}} captures a Spanish merchant ship.
* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Spanish–American War]]: A conference of senior [[Spanish Navy]] officers led by naval minister [[Segismundo Bermejo]] decide to send Admiral [[Pascual Cervera]]'s squadron to Cuba and Puerto Rico.
* [[April 25]]
** [[Spanish–American War]]: The United States declares war on Spain; the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] announces that a state of war has existed since [[April 21]] (later backdating this one more day to [[April 20]]).
** In [[Essen]], German company {{lang|la|italic=no|Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk}} [[RWE]] is founded.<ref>{{cite book|first=Camillo J.|last=Asriel|title=Das R.W.E., Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk A.-G., Essen a.d. Ruhr|language=de|publisher=Girsberger & Company|year=1930|page=1}}</ref>
* [[April 26]] &ndash; An explosion in [[Santa Cruz, California]], kills 13 workers, at the [[California Powder Works]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The California Powder Works|work=Santa Cruz Public Library Local History Articles|url=http://www.santacruzpl.org/history/articles/11/|access-date=2011-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626002035/http://www.santacruzpl.org/history/articles/11/|archive-date=June 26, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[April 29]] &ndash; The [[Paris Auto Show]], the first large-scale [[Vehicle|commercial vehicle exhibition show]], is held in [[Tuileries Garden]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Authority |first=International Driving |title=Paris Motor Show |url=https://idaoffice.org/posts/paris-motor-show-en/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=International Driving Authority |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 1]] &ndash; [[Spanish–American War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Manila Bay]]: [[George Dewey|Commodore Dewey]] destroys the Spanish squadron, in the first battle of the war, as well as the first battle in the Philippines Campaign.
* [[May 2]] &ndash; Thousands of Chinese scholars and Beijing citizens seeking reforms protest in front of the [[capital control]] [[Chinese yuan|yuan]].
* [[May 7]]&ndash;[[May 9|9]] &ndash; [[Bava Beccaris massacre]]: Hundreds of demonstrators are killed, when General [[Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris]] orders troops to fire on a rally in [[Milan]], Italy.
* [[May 8]] &ndash; The first games of the [[Italian Football Federation]] are played, in which [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]] played against [[R.S. Ginnastica Torino|Torino]].
* [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Spanish–American War]]: The [[Puerto Rican Campaign]] begins, with the [[Bombardment of San Juan]].
* [[May 22]] &ndash; The German Federation football club [[SV Darmstadt 98]] is formed.
* [[May 27]] &ndash; The territory of [[Guangzhouwan|Kwang-Chou-Wan]] is leased by China to France, according to the Treaty of 12 April 1892, as the {{lang|la|Territoire de Kouang-Tchéou-Wan}}, forming part of [[French Indochina]].<ref>{{cite journal|first=A.|last=Choveaux|title=Situation économique du territoire de Kouang-Tchéou-Wan en 1923|journal=[[Annales de Géographie]]|volume=34|issue=187|pages=74–77|year=1925|doi=10.3406/geo.1925.8102}}</ref>
* [[May 28]] &ndash; [[Secondo Pia]] takes the first photographs of the [[Shroud of Turin]] and discovers that the image on the Shroud itself appears to be a [[negative (photography)|photographic negative]].[[File:Philippines Flag Original.svg|thumb|The original flag of the Philippines as conceived by General [[Emilio Aguinaldo]]. The blue is of a lighter shade than the currently mandated royal blue, the sun has eight points as currently but many more rays and it has a mythical face.]]
* [[June 1]] &ndash; The [[Trans-Mississippi Exposition]] [[world's fair|World's Fair]] opens, in [[Omaha, Nebraska]].
* [[June 7]] &ndash; [[William Ramsay]] and [[Morris Travers]] discover [[neon]] at their laboratory at [[University College London]], after extracting it from liquid nitrogen.<ref>{{cite book|first=Christoph|last=Ribbat|title=Flickering Light: A History of Neon|publisher=Reaktion Books|year=2011|page=23}}</ref>
* [[June 9]] &ndash; The British government arranges a [[Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory|99-year rent]] of Hong Kong from China.
* [[June 10]] &ndash; [[Tuone Udaina]], the last known speaker of the [[Dalmatian language]], is killed in an explosion.
* [[June 11]] &ndash; The [[Guangxu Emperor]] announces the creation of what would later become [[Peking University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=[Peking University Landmark] Peking University Hall |url=https://english.pku.edu.cn/news_events/news/campus/8372.html |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=english.pku.edu.cn}}</ref><ref>Harry Edward King. 1911. UNITED STATES BUREAU OF EDUCATION. THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF CHINA AS RECENTLY RECONSTRUCTED. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED542944.pdf</ref>
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Philippine Declaration of Independence]]: After 333 years of Spanish dominance, General [[Emilio Aguinaldo]] declares the [[Philippines]]' independence from Spain.
* [[June 13]] &ndash; [[Yukon|Yukon Territory]] is formed in Canada, with [[Dawson City|Dawson]] chosen as its capital.
* [[June 19]] &ndash; [[Food processing]] giant [[Nabisco]] is founded in [[New Jersey]].{{page needed|date=May 2020}}
* [[June 21]] &ndash; [[Spanish–American War]]: The United States [[Capture of Guam|captures Guam]], making it the first U.S. [[Overseas expansion of the United States|overseas territory]].
* [[June 28]] &ndash; Effective date of the [[Curtis Act of 1898]] which will lead to the dissolution of tribal and communal lands in Indian Territory and ultimately the creation of the State of [[Oklahoma]] in 1907.