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  • Paris, France
    1898
    Marie Curie

    The Curries had acquired Traces of Radium

    Paris, France
    1898

    By 1898 the Curries had acquired traces of radium, but appreciable quantities, uncontaminated with barium, were still beyond reach.




  • Paris, France
    1898
    Marie Curie

    Marie Discovered that the Element Thorium was Radioactive

    Paris, France
    1898

    She began a systematic search for additional substances that emit radiation, and by 1898 she discovered that the element thorium was also radioactive.




  • Paris, France
    1898
    Marie Curie

    Pierre Curie decided to join her

    Paris, France
    1898

    Pierre Curie was increasingly intrigued by her work. By mid-1898 he was so invested in it that he decided to drop his work on crystals and to join her.




  • Berlin, German Empire (Present day Germany)
    1898
    Gustav Stresemann

    Becoming a member in Burschenschaften movement

    Berlin, German Empire (Present day Germany)
    1898

    Stresemann also became active in Burschenschaften movement of student fraternities.




  • Berlin, German Empire (Present day Germany)
    Apr, 1898
    Gustav Stresemann

    Becoming an editor for DUZ magazine

    Berlin, German Empire (Present day Germany)
    Apr, 1898

    Stresemann became editor, in April 1898, of the Allgemeine Deutsche Universitäts-Zeitung, a newspaper run by Konrad Kuster, a leader in the liberal portion of the Burschenschaften. His editorials for the paper were often political, and dismissed most of the contemporary political parties as broken in one way or another.




  • Paris, France
    Thursday Apr 14, 1898
    Marie Curie

    Verifing From Her Hypothesis

    Paris, France
    Thursday Apr 14, 1898

    On 14 April 1898, the Curies optimistically weighed out a 100-gram sample of pitchblende and ground it with a pestle and mortar. They did not realize at the time that what they were searching for was present in such minute quantities that they would eventually have to process tons of the ore.




  • China
    1898
    Xinhai Revolution

    The Conservative Coup

    China
    1898

    In 1898 the Guangxu Emperor was guided by reformers like Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao for a drastic reform in education, military and economy under the Hundred Days' Reform.The reform was abruptly cancelled by a conservative coup led by Empress Dowager Cixi. The Guangxu Emperor, who had always been a puppet dependent on Cixi, was put under house arrest in June 1898. Reformers Kang and Liang would be exiled.


  • Paris, France
    Jul, 1898
    Marie Curie

    Announcing The Existence of an Element Which They Named "polonium"

    Paris, France
    Jul, 1898

    In July 1898, Curie and her husband published a joint paper announcing the existence of an element which they named "polonium", in honour of her native Poland.


  • Limestone County, Texas, U.S.
    1898
    Juneteenth

    30,000 black people celebrated at Booker T. Washington Park

    Limestone County, Texas, U.S.
    1898

    The observation was soon drawing thousands of attendees across Texas; an estimated 30,000 black people celebrated at Booker T. Washington Park in Limestone County, Texas, established in 1898 for Juneteenth celebrations.


  • Eastern Siberia, Russian Empire
    Sunday Jul 10, 1898
    Vladimir Lenin

    Marriage

    Eastern Siberia, Russian Empire
    Sunday Jul 10, 1898

    In May 1898, Nadya joined him in exile, having been arrested in August 1896 for organising a strike. She was initially posted to Ufa, but persuaded the authorities to move her to Shushenskoye, claiming that she and Lenin were engaged; they married in a church on 10 July 1898.


  • U.S.
    1898
    Nikola Tesla

    Tesla demonstrated a boat that used a coherer-based radio control

    U.S.
    1898

    In 1898, Tesla demonstrated a boat that used a coherer-based radio control—which he dubbed "telautomaton"—to the public during an electrical exhibition at Madison Square Garden. Tesla tried to sell his idea to the US military as a type of radio-controlled torpedo, but they showed little interest. Remote radio control remained a novelty until World War I and afterward, when a number of countries used it in military programs. Tesla took the opportunity to further demonstrate "Teleautomatics" in an address to a meeting of the Commercial Club in Chicago, while he was travelling to Colorado Springs, on 13 May 1899.


  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 3, 1898
    New York Stock Exchange

    Stock Exchange Luncheon Club

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 3, 1898

    The Stock Exchange Luncheon Club was situated on the seventh floor from 1898 until its closure in 2006.


  • Sudan
    1898
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill got himself attached to General Kitchener's campaign

    Sudan
    1898

    Using his contacts in London, Churchill got himself attached to General Kitchener's campaign in Sudan as a 21st Lancers subaltern while, additionally, working as a journalist for The Morning Post.


  • Omdurman, Sudan
    Friday Sep 2, 1898
    Winston Churchill

    21st Lancers were stood down

    Omdurman, Sudan
    Friday Sep 2, 1898

    After fighting in the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898, the 21st Lancers were stood down.


  • Augustusplatz, Leipzig, German Empire (Present day Germany)
    1898
    Gustav Stresemann

    Transferring to the University of Leipzig

    Augustusplatz, Leipzig, German Empire (Present day Germany)
    1898

    In 1898, Stresemann left the University of Berlin, transferring to the University of Leipzig so that he could pursue a doctorate. He studied History, International Law, and took literature courses. Influenced by Dr. Martin Kriele, he also took courses in Economics.


  • New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 8, 1898
    Theodore Roosevelt

    The 1898 New York state election

    New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 8, 1898

    The 1898 New York state election was held on November 8, 1898, to elect the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer and the State Engineer, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.


  • India
    Friday Dec 2, 1898
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill embarked for India to settle his military business and complete his resignation

    India
    Friday Dec 2, 1898

    On 2 December 1898, Churchill embarked for India to settle his military business and complete his resignation from the 4th Hussars. He spent a lot of his time there playing polo, the only ball sport in which he was ever interested.


  • Paris, France
    Monday Dec 26, 1898
    Marie Curie

    The Curies Announced The Existence of a Second Element, Which They Named "radium"

    Paris, France
    Monday Dec 26, 1898

    On 26 December 1898, the Curies announced the existence of a second element, which they named "radium", from the Latin word for "ray". In the course of their research, they also coined the word "radioactivity".


  • Present-day Mumbai, India
    1898
    Winston Churchill

    Beliefs

    Present-day Mumbai, India
    1898

    In one 1898 letter to his mother, Churchill referred to his religious beliefs, saying: "I do not accept the Christian or any other form of religious belief". Churchill had been christened in the Church of England but, as he related later, he underwent a virulently anti-Christian phase in his youth, and as an adult was an agnostic. In another letter to one of his cousins, he referred to religion as "a delicious narcotic" and expressed a preference for Protestantism over Roman Catholicism because he felt it "a step nearer Reason".


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