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1898

July 25, 1898

July 1, 1898

United States troops invade Puerto Rico

May 1, 1898

Battle of San Juan Hills (Santiago, the capital, falls on July 17, 1898)

Admiral Dewey steams into Manila Bay and destroys Spanish fleet

April 20, 1898

April 24, 1898

The Congress declared Cuba to be an independent nation and asked Spain to vacate the island.

Spain declared war on the United States.

August 12, 1898

United States and Spain sign the armistice (cease fire)

1899

Frebuary 15, 1898

Battleship Maine mysteriously explodes and sinks near the Cuban coast, where 260 Americans died.

February 6, 1899

Senate passes Treaty of Paris

TIMELINE of the SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

By Blanca de Santos

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