Spanish-American War. War between Spain and the United States in 1898, as a result of the US intervention in the Cuban war of Independence. Madrid, Spain. Queen Regent Maria Christina of Habsburg-Lorraine visiting repatriated wounded soldiers at the Hospital del Buen Suceso. Illustration by Comba. Photoengraving by Laporta. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898. (Photo by: Prisma/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)