1898 in Spain

Incumbents

• Monarch – Alfonso XIII
• Prime Minister – Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
• Foreign Minister – José Canelejas
• Ambassador to the United States: Enrique Dupuy de Lôme

Events

• February 9 – publishing of the De Lôme Letter
• March 27 – Spanish general election, 1898
• April 11 – U.S. president William McKinley asks the U.S. Congress to declare war on Spain
• April 25 – beginning of Spanish–American War
• July 1 – Spanish–American War: Battle of El Caney
• July 3 – Spanish–American War: Battle of Santiago de Cuba
• December 10 – Treaty of Paris (1898)
• founding of Athletic Bilbao
• founding of Palamós CF

Births

• April 26 – Vicente Aleixandre, poet
• June 5 – Federico García Lorca, playwright and poet
• July 17 – Benito Díaz, football manager and player
• July 27 – Concha Méndez, poet and dramatist
• October 22 – Dámaso Alonso, poet

Deaths

• July 1 – Joaquín Vara del Rey y Rubio
• July 3 – Fernando Villaamil