1898 in Spain

Events from the year 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 (d. 1984)
 * June 5 – Federico García Lorca, playwright and poet (d. 1936)
 * July 17 – Benito Díaz, football manager and player (d. 1990)
 * July 27 – Concha Méndez, poet and dramatist (d. 1986)
 * October 22 – Dámaso Alonso, poet (d. 1990)

Deaths

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