Despite occasional entanglements with European Powers such as the War of 1812 and the 1898 Spanish-American War, U. S. foreign policy was marked by steady expansion of its foreign trade and scope during the 19th century, and it maintained its policy of avoiding wars with and between European powers.

But “ Cuba Libre !” was the battle cry of the Cuba Liberation Army during the war of independence that ended in 1898.

The British Post Office adopted it for a simplex circuit between London and Paris during 1897, then used it for more general purposes from 1898.

The Savoy Hotel managed by César Ritz was an early hotel Escoffier worked at, but much of his influence came during his management of the kitchens in the Carlton from 1898 until 1921.

Four M1895 Gatlings under Lt. John H. Parker saw considerable combat during the Santiago campaign in Cuba in 1898.

Some of them founded Action Française in 1898, during the Dreyfus Affair ; it became an influential movement throughout the 1930s, in particular among the conservative Catholic intellectuals.

Josef Antonius Heinrich Terboven ( 23 May 1898 – 8 May 1945 ) was a Nazi leader, best known as the Reichskommissar for Norway during the German occupation of Norway.

Kaj Harald Leininger Munk ( commonly called Kaj Munk ) ( 13 January 1898 – 4 January 1944 ) was a Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, known for his cultural engagement and his martyrdom during the Occupation of Denmark of World War II.

The machete was also the most iconic weapon during the independence wars in that country ( 1868 – 1898 ), although it saw limited battlefield use.

Although the United States gained control of Guam and the Philippines from Spain in 1898, Japan controlled most of the western Pacific by 1914 and occupied many other islands during World War II.

The earliest known propaganda film was a series of short silent films made during the Spanish American War in 1898 created by Vitagraph Studios.

Since the 1898 invasion of Puerto Rico by the Americans during the Spanish – American War, politics in Puerto Rico have been significantly shaped by its status as territory of the United States.

The origins of the Sudanese Army date to Sudanese soldiers recruited by the British during the reconquest of Sudan in 1898.

After the American Civil War and with increasing capability, the United States government did not accept self-determination as a basis during its Purchase of Alaska and attempted purchase of the West Indian islands of Saint Thomas and Saint John in 1860s, or its growing influence in the Hawaiian Islands, that led to annexation in 1898.

The playing of the song two years later during the seventh-inning stretch of the 1918 World Series, and thereafter during each game of the series is often noted as the first instance that the anthem was played at a baseball game, though evidence shows that the " Star-Spangled Banner " was performed as early as 1897 at opening day ceremonies in Philadelphia and then more regularly at the Polo Grounds in New York City beginning in 1898.

* The Wilhelm-Busch house museum, Mechtshausen, Germany is located in a former rectory, and it served as his residence during the last years of life ( 1898 – 1908 ).

Sandburg volunteered to go to the military and was stationed in Puerto Rico with the 6th Illinois Infantry during the Spanish – American War, disembarking at Guánica, Puerto Rico on July 25, 1898.

* USS Merrimac ( 1898 ), 1898, a collier sunk during the Spanish-American War

In her " capitalism peace theory ," Ayn Rand held that the major wars of history were started by the more controlled economies of the time against the freer ones and that capitalism gave mankind the longest period of peace in history — a period during which there were no wars involving the entire civilized world — from the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815 to the outbreak of World War I in 1914, with the exceptions of the Franco-Prussian War ( 1870 ), the Spanish-American War ( 1898 ), and the American Civil War ( 1860-1863 ), which, notably, occurred in perhaps the most liberal economy in the world at the peak of the industrial revolution.

After the “ Placencia de Armas Co. Ltd ”; company, which swindled the Spanish Government selling useless and rather useless utility arms for Spain during the 1898 war ( also, this company, provided to Maxim outstanding and " sensitive " information that passed to his government during the conflict ), the Constructora Naval came and few years later, the Sociedad Española de Construcciones Navales, branch of Vickers in Spain were awarded, by the Spanish Government, the monopoly of the naval construction for the Spanish Navy.

Nicholas II of Russia stood as godfather to Boris and met the young boy during Ferdinand's official visit to Saint Petersburg in July 1898.

The book saw print in 1898 and would prove to be Bellamy's final creation.

In 1898, when no-one else would, Leonard Smithers agreed with Wilde to publish the two final plays.

# 1898 ?, Vienna – In a copyist's handwriting, based on the final version of the 1894?

Child's monumental final collection was published postumously as The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, at first in ten parts ( 1882 – 1898 ) and then in five quarto volumes, and for a long time was the authoritative treasury of their subject.

The final issue of 1898 altered the colors of many denominations to bring them into conformity with the recommendations of the Universal Postal Union ( an international body charged with facilitating the course of transnational mail ).

The Spanish version of the name was maintained during the American occupation of the Philippines from 1898 until 1946, despite the fact that "- ng " as a final sound is very familiar in the English language.

After the final defeat of the Khalifa by the British under General Kitchener in 1898, Muhammad Ahmad's tomb was destroyed by the British to prevent it from becoming a rallying point for his supporters, and his bones were thrown into the Nile.

The political action wing of the Social Democracy in America bolted the final day of the June 1898 Convention of the Social Democracy of America and instead held their own gathering at Hull House on South Halsted Street in Chicago.

There was a short-lived attempt to merge the club with two others – Werksportgemeinschaft Hoesch and Freier Sportverein 98 – as Sportgemeinschaft Borussia von 1898, but it was as Ballspiel-Verein Borussia ( BVB ) that they made their first appearance in the national league final in 1949 where they lost 2 – 3 to Mannheim.

Nevertheless, Haverford awarded him his high school diploma on June 6, 1898, before the end of his final year ; his transcript stated he completed the Scientific Course " with Credit ".

It took five more years under the overall leadership of Mathieu's successor, General Deloye, to perfect and finally adopt in March 1898 an improved and final version of the Deport 75 mm long-recoil field gun.

Bassett made his 311th and final competitive appearance for Albion on the last day of the 1898 – 99 season, lining up in a 7 – 1 defeat away against Aston Villa.

degree in 1898, he got the degree a year later after final, solemn consideration by a somewhat reluctant faculty committee on student affairs.

When the Spanish-American War began in April, 1898, Taussig was in his final year as a cadet ( as midshipman at USNA were known from the latter part of the 19th century until 1902 ).

He scored in the 1898 final, a 3 – 1 defeat to Nottingham Forest.

He held the overall England scoring record from April 1898 when he surpassed Tinsley Lindley's total of 14 with two goals against Scotland, until his final tally of 28 was overhauled by Vivian Woodward in 1911.

His final opera, the two-act comedy Der Hussar, was well received when it was staged in Vienna in 1898.

< center > The Grand pas des chasseresses from Act I of Petipa's final revival of The Pharaoh's Daughter at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, 1898.

He served four consecutive terms and was Speaker of the House in 1898, his final year in the House.

The initial four-track portal and incline opened on September 3, 1898 as part of the final section of the Tremont Street Subway.

" Even so, he chose her for the lead roles in many of the final revivals of his older masterworks, often devising intricate choreography for her to execute — the shade of Mlada in Mlada ( 1896 ), Queen Nisia in Le Roi Candaule ( 1897 ), the Goddess Thetis in Les Aventures de Pélée ( 1897 ), Aspicia in The Pharaoh's Daughter ( 1898 ), the title role in La Esmeralda ( 1899 ), and Nikiya in La Bayadère ( 1900 ).

Despite many problems, including exceeding budget — the original budget was $ 500, 000 ; the final amount was $ 923, 000 — the British Columbia Parliament Buildings began operation officially during 1898.