Events from 1898

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1898

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1898 ID: 1139
UK Vaccination Act introduces conscientious objector clause allowing exemption certificates
ID: 1139
1898 ID: 2359
U.S. Bankruptcy Act (Nelson Act) - permanent federal bankruptcy law, creates referee system, allows voluntary bankruptcy
ID: 2359
1898 ID: 4247
James H. Rand founds Rand Ledger Company (later Rand Kardex) - innovative visible filing systems
ID: 4247
1898 ID: 4600
Émile Borel develops measure theory - foundation for modern probability and integration theory
ID: 4600
1898 ID: 1140
March 31, 1898
Eleanor Marx (Karl's daughter) commits suicide by poison after husband's betrayal
ID: 1140
1898 ID: 1141
May 28, 1898
Secondo Pia photographs Shroud of Turin - negative reveals positive image, world sees Holy Face clearly
ID: 1141
Turin
1898 ID: 5630
December 10, 1898
Treaty of Paris signed - Spain cedes the Philippines to the United States for $20 million after the Spanish-American War
ID: 5630
New York
Philippines
Spain

Books & Texts from 1898

📖 kenneth-grahame - dream-days
📖 oscar-wilde - the-ballad-of-reading-gaol
📖 jos-e-badger - the-lost-city
📖 andrew-lang - the-arabian-nights-entertainments
📖 richard-harding-davis - the-kings-jackal
📖 sebastian-evans - the-high-history-of-the-holy-graal
📖 h-g-wells - the-war-of-the-worlds
📖 joseph-conrad - youth-a-narrative
📖 william-cowper-brann - the-complete-works-of-brann-the-iconoclast-volume-01
📖 henry-james - the-turn-of-the-screw
📖 edward-sylvester-ellis - thomas-jefferson-a-character-sketch
📖 eliot-gregory - worldly-ways-and-byways
📖 frank-norris - moran-of-the-lady-letty