Rulers:
• William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (1897-1901)
• Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
• Victoria, Empress of India (1876-1901)
Events:
• Elisabeth, Empress of Austria (1837-1898) murdered in Genève, Switzerland.
• Worcester Art Museum established in Worcester.
Births:
• Aalto, Alvar (1898-1976)
• García Lorca, Federico (1898-1936)
• Hébuterne, Jeanne (1898-1920)
• Lenya, Lotte (1898-1981)
• Lewis, Cecil (1898-1997)
• Magritte, René (1898-1967)
• Moore, Henry (1898-1986)
Deaths:
• Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898)
• Elisabeth, Empress of Austria (1837-1898)
• Maître, Edmond (1840-1898)
• Mallarmé, Stéphane (1842-1898)
• Rosas, Manuelita (1817-1898)
Literature:
• James, Henry (1843-1916): In the Cage (1898)
• James, Henry (1843-1916): The Awkward Age (1898-99)
• James, Henry (1843-1916): The Turn of the Screw (1898)
• James, Henry (1843-1916): The Two Magics: The Turn of the Screw, Covering End (1898)
• Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950): Candida (1898)
• Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950): Caesar and Cleopatra (1898)
• Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950): The Man of Destiny (1898)
• Tolstoy, Leo (1828-1910): The Journal of Leo Tolstoi, Vol. 1 (1895-99)
• Zola, Émile (1840-1902): Paris (1898)
Art:
• Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898): La côte à Trouville (1865-98)
• Degas, Edgar (1834-1917): Deux danseuses jaunes et roses (1898)
• Hassam, Childe (1859-1935): Houses of Parliament, Early Evening (1898)
• Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918): Pallas Athene (1898)
• Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919): Enfant aux cheveux blonds (1895-1900)
• Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919): Jeune femme espagnole avec guitare (1898)
• Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919): Le bleu rivière (c.1890-1900)
• Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910): La Seine à Meudon (1897-1905)
• Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910): La Tour Eiffel (c.1898)
• Whistler, James (1834-1903): George W. Vanderbilt (1897-1903)
• Whistler, James (1834-1903): Gold and Brown: Self-Portrait (1896-98)