1898
Chinese "Boxers," anti-foreign organization, established. They stage
uprisings against Europeans in 1900; U.S. and other Western troops relieve
Peking legations. U.S. Battleship Maine is sunk in Havana Harbor.
Spanish-American War begins. U.S. destroys Spanish fleet near Santiago, Cuba.
(For detailed chronology, see Spanish-American War.) Pierre and Marie Curie
discover radium and polonium.