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1898 In Sweden
Events from the year 1898 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Oscar II of Sweden, Oscar II * Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister – Erik Gustaf Boström Events * 7 August - Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) is founded ** Replaced the Social Democratic Labor Party (SAP) acting as the trade union movement's central organization * Brand (magazine) * Sollefteå GIF * Team ThorenGruppen Fotboll * IFK Västerås * Christian Workers Union of Sweden (1898) founded * internal combustion engine built for Vabis * production of Swedish Mauser commenced * 'third veto' marked a stage of Norway's withdrawal of use of Union mark of Norway and Sweden#Abolition, union mark in its flags * construction of Tjolöholm Castle commenced * Princess Margaret of Connaught confirmed in Windsor Castle * founding of Soltorgsgymnasiet gymnasium (school) * Högby Lighthouse first constructed * List of military aircraft of Sweden#Early balloons of the Army and Navy, First Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1898
Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. * January 13 – Novelist Émile Zola's open letter to the President of the French Republic on the Dreyfus affair, ''J'Accuse…!'', is published on the front page of the Paris daily newspaper ''L'Aurore'', accusing the government of wrongfully imprisoning Alfred Dreyfus and of antisemitism. * February 12 – The automobile belonging to Henry Lindfield of Brighton rolls out of control down a hill in Purley, London, England, and hits a tree; thus he becomes the world's first fatality from an automobile accident on a public highway. * February 15 – Spanish–American War: The USS ''Maine'' explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor, Cuba, for reasons never fully established, killing 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
