Spanish-American TimeToast Timeline

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  • July 1 , 1898

    July 1 , 1898
    San Juan Hill taken by "Rough Riders".

  • february 1898

    Hearst publishes Dupuy du Lome's letter insulting McKinley.

  • February 15 , 1898

    February 15 , 1898
    Sinking of the USS Maine

  • April 20 , 1898

    April 20 , 1898
    US and Spain at war.

  • July 3 , 1898

    July 3 , 1898
    Battle of Santiago Spain's Caribbean fleet destroyed.

  • July 17 , 1898

    City of Santiago surrenders to General William Shafter.

  • August 12 , 1898

    Spain signs armistice

  • December 10 , 1898

    Treaty of Paris signed

  • January 23 , 1899

    Philippines declares itself an independent republic