1898

18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1790s - 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s - 1900s

1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903

Events

Births

• Bertolt Brecht, playwright, writer and poet
• M. C. Escher, Dutch graphic artist
• [George Gershwin]?, composer
• Rene Magritte, surrealist artist
• [Golda Meir]?, Israeli Prime Minister
• Henry Moore, sculptor
• C. S. Lewis, British author

Deaths

• Otto von Bismarck, German Statesman