Events in the year 1898 in Venezuela.
Incumbents President: Joaquin Crespo until February 28, Ignacio Andrade Births
9 January: Julio Garmendia (d. 1977) — writer, journalist and diplomat. 11 April: Conny Méndez (d. 1979) — composer, singer, essayist, cartoonist, actress and writer. 19 June: Juan Bautista Plaza (d. 1965) — composer of modernist music. 19 July – Gustavo Machado Morales, politician and journalist (d. 1983) Rafael Ángel Rondón Márquez (d. 1966) — historian.
Deaths 16 April - Joaquin Crespo 29 July: Arturo Michelena (b. 1863) — painter.Planchart, Enrique (1979). La pintura en Venezuela. Caracas: Equinoccio. p. 30. References