1898

«	1898	»

The year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) predates the launch of the Transformers brand by eighty-six years.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Fiction

Live-Action Movie Continuity

Events

• Between November 18^th, 1890 and February 15^th 1898, the Seeker Jetfire takes the alt mode of a Pre-dreadnought battleship and mascerades as the USS Maine.

• Between his return from the Arctic Expedition and January 1, Captain Witwicky is confined to the Boston Secure Hospital.Prime Directive (IDW) issue 2

• January 1 — While exploring a cave system beneath the Sierra Nevada mountains Walter Simmons and Joseph Wells are attacked by a race of inhuman monsters. After dispatching the creatures, the men are approached by agent Billy North of the United States Secret Service. Original

• ???? — President McKinley sends Joseph Wells and Walter Simmons to investigate Archibald Witwicky's claims of a giant metal man found frozen in the Artic.Movie Prequel issue 1

• ???? — Witwicky's claims of a frozen giant found during the National Arctic Circle Expedition in 1897 are "officially" discredited by Wells and Simmons. Witwicky's personal effects are sent on to his family. Prime Directive (IDW) issue 2

• ???? — The First Seven are formed.

• February 15 — The First Seven reach the "Ice devil". Upon sensing a near comatose Megatron's energy signature, Jetfire leaves to investigate it, leaving the crew to believe the ship was sunk by a mysterious explosion. Events of Original take place.

• The group that would become Sector Seven has a fragment of the golden disk (and possibly the Covenant of Primus) in its archives, some 79 years before the disk's creation in 1977. Other artifacts collected include blueprints for a flying saucer, a strange arm and a map of Skull Island.Movie Prequel issue 2

Deaths

February

• February 15 — Billy North

Non-Fiction

Events

• ???? — The Boxer Rebellion begins.

April

• April 11 — Spanish-American War begins.

June

• June 13 — Yukon Territory is formed.

August

• August 28 — Caleb Bradham names his soft drink Pepsi-Cola.