Events Date 1898 January | History by KabAstro

Jan 1 Brooklyn merges with NY to form present City of NY

"Sogno d'un Mattino di Primavera

Jan 1 Italian poet and playwright Gabriele D'Annunzio's dramatic work "Sogno d'un mattino di primavera," (Dream of a Spring Morning) premieres in Rome

Jan 1 Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of San Francisco Bay
Jan 4 1st installment of William Dean Howell's "Life & Letters" appears
Jan 6 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake

Hirobumi's Third Term

Jan 12 Itō Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan

1st Prime Minister of Japan Itō Hirobumi

Dreyfus Affair

Jan 13 Emile Zola publishes his open letter "J'accuse" accusing the French government of framing Alfred Dreyfus for sabotage

Jan 14 Australian cricketer Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground)
Jan 19 Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game

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