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1898 | 9 February - The New York Journal publishes Spanish Minister Enrique Dupuy de Lóme's letter criticizing President McKinley |
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1898 | 16 February - Battleship U.S.S. Maine Explodes; Spain recalls de Lóme |
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1898 | 25 February - Roosevelt orders Commodore Dewey to prepare for war in the Philippines |
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1898 | 6 March - Spain requests (unofficially) that Consul-General Lee be recalled |
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1898 | 17 March - Senator Proctor, influencing Congress and U.S. business community to push for war with Spain |
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1898 | 29 March - McKinley sends note to Spain demanding an end to war in Cuba |
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1898 | 31 March - Spain turns down demands for Cuban independence |
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1898 | 7 April - Ambassadors of England, Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Russia appeal to McKinley for peace |
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1898 | 9 April - Spain orders General Blanco to declare armistice in Cuba |
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1898 | 11 April - MicKinley asks Congress for authorisation to use force to intervene in Cuba |
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1898 | 16 April - Teller Amendment passes in U.S. Congress, stating that the U.S. will not annex Cuba. |
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1898 | 19 April - Congress adopts a resolution recognising Cuba's independence and approving the use of troops against Spain |
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1898 | 21 April - Spain breaks off diplomatic relations with the US; Spanish forces in Santiago de Cuba mine Guantánamo Bay |
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1898 | 22 April - Blockade of Cuba commences by US Navy; first Spanish ship taken |
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1898 | 23 April - Spain declares war |
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1898 | 25 April - Congress declares war retroactive to 22 April |
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1898 | 27 April - Commodore Dewey's squadron leaves Mirs Bay, China for the Philippines |
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1898 | 29 April - Calixto Garcia takes Bayamo, abandoned by the Spanish, as headquarters |
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1898 | 30 April - Admiral Cervera's Spanish squadron leaves the Cape Verde Islands for the Caribbean; The Spanish Governor General Blanco orders hostilities resumed with the Cuban insurrectionists |
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1898 | 1 May - Commodore Dewey's victory in Manila Bay |
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1898 | 4 May - A joint resolution is introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives, with the support of President William McKinley, calling for the annexation of Hawaii |
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1898 | 11 May - The Winslow attacks Cardenas, resulting in the death of the only U.S. naval officer to die in the war; Cervera's squadron appears off Martinique
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1898 | 12 May - Admiral Sampson bombards San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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1898 | 13 May - Commodore Schley's "Flying Squadron" leaves Hampton Roads for the vicinity of Cuba |
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1898 | 15 May - Theodore Roosevelt resigns as Ass. Sec. of the Navy, begins training with Rough Riders |
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1898 | 17 May - Cervera's squadron arrives in Santiago, Cuba |
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1898 | 18 May - Prime Minister Sagasta forms the new Spanish cabinet; McKinley orders occupation of the Philippine Islands |
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1898 | 24 May - Emilio Aguinaldo establishes himself as dictator, replacing the revolutionary government |
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1898 | 25 May - First U.S. troops are sent from San Francisco to the Philippine Islands. |
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1898 | 29 May - US Navy blockades Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor |
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1898 | 31 May - Schley and the blockading squadron skirmish with Cristobal Colon and the forts at Santiago |
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1898 | 3 June - Hobson sinks the Merrimac at the entrance to Santiago harbour |
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1898 | 10 June - US Marines land at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba |
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1898 | 12 June - Philippines proclaim independence |
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1898 | 15 June - Spanish squadron leaves Spain for the Philippines |
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1898 | June 20 - Lieutenant General Calixto García and Admiral Sampson and General Shafter meet in EL Asseradero to coordinate US landings; Cruiser Charleston captures Island of Guam |
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1898 | 22 June - Cuban forces under Gonzalez Clavel take Daiquiri, U.S forces under General Lawton begin to land; US ships accidentally shell Cuban forces on shore
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1898 | 24 June - Battle of Las Guasimas |
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1898 | 1 July - Battle of El Caney;victory in San Juan Heights |
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1898 | 3 July - Battle of Santiago |
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1898 | 4 July - The "Harvard Incident" : six Spanish prisoners are killed aboard Auxiliary Cruiser Harvard |
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1898 | 8 July - Annexation of Hawaiian Islands |
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1898 | 17 July - Spanish surrender Santiago |
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1898 | 25 July - US Army invades Puerto Rico |
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1898 | 26 July - Spanish ask for terms of peace through the French ambassador |
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1898 | 31 July - Night attack by the Spanish on the American lines at Manila, P.I. |
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1898 | 9 August - Battle of Coamo (Puerto Rico) results in U.S. victory; Spain accepts McKinley's terms of peace |
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1898 | 11 August - American Troops enter Mayaguez (Puerto Rico's third largest city) |
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1898 | 12 August - Peace protocol is signed (truce) |
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1898 | 13 August - US Forces take Manila with a minor fight |
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1898 | December - Annexation of the Philippines |
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1898 | 10 December - Treaty of Paris signed, Spain recognises the independence of Cuba; cedes Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands to the US
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