Timeline January 1898

Events in January 1898 6

• 1832 – 1898 Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) Died 14 January 1898, aged 65 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, writing as Lewis Carroll, was the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. He was also an Oxford mathematician and pioneering photographer. He died of pneumonia at his sisters' home in Guildford on 14 January 1898.
• 1898 – 1979 Gracie Fields (1898-1979) English singer and comedian from Rochdale, the biggest British star of the 1930s.
• 1898 Gracie Fields born in Rochdale Gracie Fields is born in Rochdale.
• 1898 Publication of Zola's J'accuse...! Open letter accuses the French army of antisemitism and injustice Novelist Emile Zola published an open letter to the President of France on 13 January 1898, accusing the military of wrongfully convicting Captain Alfred Dreyfus on fabricated evidence. The letter reignited the Dreyfus Affair as a national scandal over antisemitism and military cover-up. Zola was convicted of libel and fled to England to avoid prison.
• 1898 – 1987 Randolph Scott (1898-1987) American actor, the stoic hero of westerns, including a celebrated series with Budd Boetticher.
• 1898 Randolph Scott born in Orange County, Virginia Randolph Scott is born in Orange County, Virginia.