Fait général: 1898 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Fait mathématique: 1898 is a value of n for which s(n) = f(n) + f(n-1) + f(n-2).
Culture générale: 1898 is an unremarkable number.
Date historique: March 12th is the day in 2009 that Financier Bernard Madoff plead guilty in New York to scamming $18 billion, the largest in Wall Street history.