Timeline Monday 28 March 1898

Events on Monday 28 March 1898 2

• 1898 German Naval Law of 1898 Reichstag approves Tirpitz's plan to build a battle fleet The German Reichstag passed the first Fleet Act on 28 March 1898, championed by Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz to build a battleship navy capable of challenging British sea power. It set fixed construction targets for the German fleet over the following years. The law began the Anglo-German naval arms race that preceded the First World War.
• 1898 The German Naval Laws Berlin, Germany Tirpitz began building a battle fleet aimed squarely at Britain, on the theory that a navy strong enough to hurt the Royal Navy would buy German influence. It bought British hostility instead.