1898 in Spain
# 1898 in Spain

Events from the year 1898 in Spain.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Alfonso XIII
* Prime Minister – Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
* Foreign Minister – José Canelejas
* Ambassador to the United States: Enrique Dupuy de Lôme

## Events

* February 9 – publishing of the De Lôme Letter
* March 27 – Spanish general election, 1898
* April 11 – U.S. president William McKinley asks the U.S. Congress to declare war on Spain
* April 25 – beginning of Spanish–American War
* July 1 – Spanish–American War: Battle of El Caney
* July 3 – Spanish–American War: Battle of Santiago de Cuba
* December 10 – Treaty of Paris (1898)
* founding of Athletic Bilbao
* founding of Palamós CF

## Births

* April 26 – Vicente Aleixandre
* June 5 – Federico García Lorca
* July 27 – Concha Méndez
* October 22 – Dámaso Alonso

## Deaths

* July 1 – Joaquín Vara del Rey y Rubio
* July 3 – Fernando Villaamil
