1898

January

 * 12 - Florence Sundvik dies. ("The Curse of Fenric")

March

 * 3 - Mary Eliza Millington is born, but dies four days later. ("The Curse of Fenric")

May

 * 12 - Actor Edmund Trevithick is born. (Nightshade)

July

 * 18 - John Stuart, who had an uncredited role as a Didonian in "The Rescue," is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.