Historical figures in 1898

The atlas holds 43 people and 66 moments here, in 1898. The most recorded lives are Émile Zola, Emilio Aguinaldo and Theodore Roosevelt. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Scientists.

Notable people

  1. Nikola Tesla

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    Serbian-American engineer and inventor best known for foundational work on alternating-current power systems, the induction motor, high-frequency…

  2. Octave Mirbeau

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    French novelist, playwright, journalist, pamphleteer, and art critic. Mirbeau’s documented life moved between Normandy, Paris, Brittany, the French…

  3. Oscar Wilde

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    Irish author, poet, playwright, critic, and leading figure in late nineteenth-century aestheticism.…

  4. Otto von Bismarck

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…

  5. Pablo Picasso

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…

  6. Roald Amundsen

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    Norwegian polar explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872–1928) led the first successful transit of the Northwest Passage, reached the South…

  7. Ronald Ross

    in 1898

    3 moments here

    British physician, malariologist, mathematician, writer, and 1902 Nobel laureate. Ross established the mosquito’s role in malaria transmission…

  8. Rosa Luxemburg

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Polish-born, naturalised-German Marxist theorist, socialist organiser, anti-war activist, and revolutionary.…

  9. Rubén Darío

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat Félix Rubén García Sarmiento, known as Rubén Darío, was a central initiator of Spanish-language Modernismo.…

  10. Rudyard Kipling

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Bombay, Kipling spent his childhood in India and England, worked as a journalist…

  11. Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Japanese short-story writer of the Taishō period, born Ryūnosuke Niihara in Tokyo and adopted into the Akutagawa family.…

  12. Sarojini Naidu

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Indian poet, nationalist, women’s-rights advocate, president of the Indian National Congress, and first governor of the United Provinces.…

  13. Soong Mei-ling

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, was a Chinese political figure and wife of Chiang Kai-shek.…

  14. Theodore Roosevelt

    in 1898

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    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…

  15. T. S. Eliot

    in 1898

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    Thomas Stearns Eliot was a St. Louis-born poet, critic, editor, and playwright who studied in Massachusetts, Paris, Germany, and Oxford before making…

  16. Vladimir Lenin

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…

  17. William McKinley

    in 1898

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    William McKinley Jr. (1843–1901) was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, Republican politician, governor of Ohio, and the 25th president of the…

  18. Winston Churchill

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

  19. Zhou Enlai

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and diplomat who served as the first premier of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 until his death.…

Moments

  1. 1898 Initial London lodging at the Grosvenor Hotel Émile Zola
  2. 1898 Summer exile at Penn, Weybridge Émile Zola
  3. 1898 Return from Yukon to Oakland Jack London
  4. 1898 Death at Friedrichsruh Otto von Bismarck
  5. 1898 Charge at Kettle Hill Theodore Roosevelt
  6. 1898 Married in Shushenskoye Vladimir Lenin
  7. 1898 Move to Summerfield in Addlestone Émile Zola
  8. 1898 Birth in Malvern Howard Florey
  9. 1898 Kala-azar investigation in southern Assam Ronald Ross
  10. 1898 Charges at Omdurman Winston Churchill
  11. 1898 Residence at Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood Émile Zola
  12. 1898 College preparation in Boston Helen Keller
  13. 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition address William McKinley
  14. 1898 Dreyfusard meeting in Toulouse Octave Mirbeau
  15. 1898 Departure for Europe and arrival at Barcelona Rubén Darío
  16. 1898 Speech to Georgia legislature William McKinley

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