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*1898/6/11 The [[Guangxu Emperor]] launches the [[Hundred Days' Reform]] in China.
*1898/6/11 The [[Guangxu Emperor]] launches the [[Hundred Days' Reform]] in China.
*1898/6/30 [[Okuma Shigenobu]] ministry.
*1898/6/30 [[Okuma Shigenobu]] ministry.
*1898/7 The United States annexes the Hawaiian Islands.
*1898/7/7 President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution by which the United States annexes the Hawaiian Islands.
*1898/8/1 [[Toyoda Sakichi]] gets patent for his weaving machine.
*1898/8/1 [[Toyoda Sakichi]] gets patent for his weaving machine.
*1898/9/21 A ''coup'' in China returns the [[Empress Dowager Cixi]] to power. The [[Guangxu Emperor]] is confined in seclusion, [[Kang Youwei]] flees into exile, and a number of his associates are gathered up and executed, becoming the "[[Six Martyrs]]." The government turns dramatically from radical reformist to conservative reactionist attitudes & policies.
*1898/9/21 A ''coup'' in China returns the [[Empress Dowager Cixi]] to power. The [[Guangxu Emperor]] is confined in seclusion, [[Kang Youwei]] flees into exile, and a number of his associates are gathered up and executed, becoming the "[[Six Martyrs]]." The government turns dramatically from radical reformist to conservative reactionist attitudes & policies.
==Other Events of 1898==
==Other Events of 1898==
*Civil code is promulgated, making the traditional ''[[ie]]'' (household) system into a formal, legal reality, and further developing the ''[[koseki]]'' system of household registration introduced in [[1872]].
*Leap years are established in Japan.
*Leap years are established in Japan.
*Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Methodist Episcopal Mission in Japan.
*Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Methodist Episcopal Mission in Japan.
*Russia secures lease to [[Port Arthur]] on the [[Liaodong Peninsula]], providing it a warm-water port in the East.
*Russia secures lease to [[Port Arthur]] on the [[Liaodong Peninsula]], providing it a warm-water port in the East.
*[[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] becomes fleet admiral.
*[[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] becomes fleet admiral.
*Ceremonies and celebrations are held for the thirty-year anniversary of [[Tokyo]] becoming the Imperial capital. Performances and processions included recreations of [[Edo period]] displays, as well as more modern nationalistic and military displays.
*The US Supreme Court decision in the case ''Wong Kim Ark v. United States'' affirms that the 14th Amendment covers the rights to citizenship of all those born within the United States, regardless of race. This is a particularly significant decision for Asian-Americans.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*[[Prince Gong]] dies (b. [[1833]]).
*[[Prince Gong]] dies (b. [[1833]]).
*''[[Shin hanga]]'' artist [[Ito Shinsui]] is born (d. 1972).
*''[[Shin hanga]]'' artist [[Ito Shinsui]] is born (d. 1972).
*[[Kasamatsu Shiro|Kasamatsu Shirô]] is born (d. 1991).
*[[John Manjiro|John Manjirô]] dies (d. [[1827]]).
*[[John Manjiro|John Manjirô]] dies (d. [[1827]]).
*[[Mori Yoshitoshi]] is born (d. 1992).
*[[Mori Yoshitoshi]] is born (d. 1992).