- June 6
- United States Polo Association is formed, in New York City. [1]
- September 1
- First baseball tripleheader-Boston versus Pittsburgh. [1]
- September 16
- Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team the Packers. [1]
- September 29
- First professional baseball game, New York Metropolitans beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 in five innings at the Polo Grounds in New York City. [1]
- October 11
- First 100-yard dash under 10 seconds (John Owens 9.8 secs, Washington DC). [1]
- October 28
- Last National League-AA World Series game; Brooklyn ties Louisville three games and one tie. [1]
- November 29
- First Army-Navy football game; score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point. [1]
1891
- February 28
- Oscar Grundén skates world record 500 metre (50.8 seconds). [1]
- March 28
- First world weightlifting championship held. [1]
- May 1
- Cy Young pitches first game played in Cleveland's League Park: Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3. [1]
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- May 13
- 17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Kingman wins in 2:52.25. [1]
- May 21
- Boxers Peter Jackson and Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds. [1]
- October 20
- First International six-day bike race (New York, Madison Square Gardens) begins. [1]
- October 25
- First International six-day bike race (New York, Madison Square Gardens) ends. [1]
- December 15
- James Naismith invents basketball (Canada). [1]
- December 19
- Canadian Rugby Union forms. [1]
- December 21
- Eighteen students play first basketball game (Springfield College). [1]
1892
- January 15
- James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball, in Triangle Magazine, Massachusetts. [1] [5]
- January 30
- Bobby Abel carries his bat for 132* for England in Sydney Cricket Ground Test. [1]
- February 2
- Johnny Briggs takes a hat-trick, England versus Australia Sydney Cricket Ground. [1]
- Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby. [1]
- March 11
- First public basketball game (Springfield, Massachusetts, USA). [1]
- March 18
- Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley of Preston proposes silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup). [1]
- April 17
- First Sunday National League baseball game, Cincinnati Reds beat Saint Louis Cardinals 5-1. [1]
- May 11
- 18th Kentucky Derby: Lonnie Clayton aboard Azra wins in 2:41.5. [1]
- June 7
- John J Doyle of Clevland Spiders is first to pinch hit in a baseball game. [1]
- June 10
- Wilbert Robinson of Baltimore Orioles sets baseball record of 7 for 7 in 9-inning game. [1]
- June 28
- Philadelphia Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories. [1]
- September 7
- James J Corbett knocks out John L Sullivan in round 21 at New Orleans. [1]
- September 29
- First night football game played (Mansfield, Pennsylvania). [1]
- November 12
- Allegheny Athletic Association beats Pittsburgh Athletic Club, 4-0 in football. [1]
- Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes first pro football player. [1]
- December 16
- Commencement of first Sheffield Shield cricket game, South Africa versus New South Wales. [1]
1893
- January 11
- Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2:35). [1]
- February 5
- Alfred Naess skates world record 500 metre (49.4 seconds). [1]
- February 26
- Einar Halvorsen skates world record 500 metre (48 seconds). [1]
- April 3
- First New South Wales versus Queensland F-C cricket game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground. [1]
- April 6
- Andy Bowen and Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 minutes to no decision in Saint Louis (111 rounds, longest bout in boxing history). [1]
- May 10
- 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39.25. [1]
- May 22
- Montréal Athletic Association beats Ottawa Generals 2-1, in first Stanley Cup hockey game. [1]
- July 1
- San Francisco Bay City Club opens first US bicycle race track, made of wood. [1]
- August 9
- First US bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in New York. [1]
1894
- January 21
- Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 500m in 47.8 seconds. [1]
- January 25
- James J Corbett knocks out Charley Mitchell in three rounds for heavyweight boxing title. [1]
- January 27
- First US college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11. [1]
- February 23
- Stanley Cup: Montréal AAAs awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play. [1]
- March 13
- J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate. [1]
- March 22
- Stanley Cup: Montréal AAA beat Ottawa Generals, 3-1 (first Cup game ever). [1]
- April 24
- French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18. [1]
- Philadelphia Phillies' Lave Cross hits for the cycle versus Brooklyn Dodgers. [1]
- May 15
- 20th Kentucky Derby: Frank Goodale aboard Chant wins in 2:41. [1]
- May 16
- Fire in Boston, Massachusetts, USA destroys baseball stadium and spreads to 170 other buildings. [1]
- May 17
- 19th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Assignee wins in 1:49.25. [1]
- May 30
- Bobby Lowe is first to hit four homeruns in one baseball game. [1]
- June 15
- Philadelphia Phillies beat Cincinnati Reds, 21-8. [1]
- June 24
- Decision is made to begin modern Olympics every four years. [1]
- August 17
- Philadelphia Phillies get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4. [1]
- August 31
- Philadelphia Phillies' Billy Hamilton steals 7 bases. [1]
- December 14
- Day One first Test Cricket Australia versus England; Australia 5-346 (Giffen 161, Gregory 85). [1]
- Test Cricket debut of Joe Darling, Ernie Jones, Archie MacLaren. [1]
- December 15
- Cricket day two first T Australia versus England; Australia 586 (Gregory 201) England 3-130. [1]
- December 17
- Cricket day three 1T Australia versus England; England 325 all out, 261 behind on first inning. [1]
- December 18
- Cricket day four 1T Australia versus England; England following on 4-268, 7 in front. [1]
- December 19
- Cricket day five 1T Australia versus England; England 437 all out, Australia need 177 are 2-113. [1]
- December 20
- Day Six 1T Australia versus England; Australia need 177 to win, all out 166. [1]
- England beats Australia by ten runs in the first six-day Test Cricket. [1]
- December 22
- United States Golf Association is formed (New York City, New York). [1]
- December 25
- First midwestern football team to play on west coast, University of Chicago defeats Stanford 24-4 at Palo Alto, California. [1]
1895
- January 5
- Victor Trumper makes first-class cricket debut for New South Wales at age 17 years 64 days. [1]
- January 15
- Albert Trott takes record 8-43 on cricket Test debut. [1]
- January 30
- C J Eady (Tasmania) becomes first Australian to score twin centuries (vs Victoria). [1]
- Tasmania beats Victoria for first F-C cricket victory in 41 years. [1]
- February 3
- Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 metre (46.8 seconds). [1]
- February 9
- First intercollegiate basketball game (Minnesota Agricultural beats Hamline, 9-3). [1]
- Volleyball is invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts, USA. [1]
- February 23
- Jaap Eden skates world record 10km (17:56). [1]
- March 6
- J T Brown hits the fastest 50 in Test Crickets (28 minutes) England versus Australia. [1]
- England beats Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2. [1]
- March 9
- Stanley Cup: Montréal Victorias awarded cup, as Queens University (Kingston Ontario) loses to Montréal AAA, 5-1. [1]
- April 15
- Josephine Blatt (US) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 pounds (record). [1]
- May 6
- 21st Kentucky Derby: Soup Perkins aboard Halma wins in 2:37.5. [1]
- May 17
- W G Grace completes his 100th 100 in cricket versus Somerset at Bristol, England. [1]
- May 25
- 20th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Belmar wins in 1:50.5. [1]
- May 30
- W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days. [1]
- June 13
- ÉEmile Levassor wins first Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph). [1]
- August 31
- First pro football game (quarterback John Brallier is paid $10 and won 12-0). [1]
- September 9
- The American Bowling Congress forms (New York City). [1]
- September 12
- Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup. [1]
- November 28
- America's first auto race starts; six cars, 55 miles, winner averages 7 MPH. [1] [5]
1896
- January 6
- First US women's six-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden, New York. [1]
- January 27
- Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their first ever innings victory in cricket. [1]
- February 8
- Western Conference forms of Midwestern University, later renamed Big 10 Conference. [1]
- February 14
- South Africa all out for 30 versus England in cricket- their lowest ever. [1]
- Stanley Cup of hockey: Winnipeg Victorias beat Montréal Victorias, 2-0. [1]
- February 24
- Victoria all out for 43 versus South Australia in cricket, Jones 6-15 Jarvis 4-27. [1]
- March 2
- George Lohmann takes 9-28 versus South Africa in cricket at Johannesburg. [1]
- March 10
- After Bob Fitzsimmons knocks out much larger Jim Corbett to win world heavyweight championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall". [1]
- April 6
- First modern Olympic games begin in Athens, Greece, as the Games of the I Olympiad are staged; 60,000 spectators welcome 280 athletes from 13 nations to the international competition of 43 events. James Connolly of the USA wins first Olympic gold medal in modern history. [1] [129]
- April 10
- Greek runner Spiridon Loues wins first modern Olympic marathon in Athens (2:58:50). [1]
- April 15
- Games of the I Olympiad close at Athens, Greece. [1]
- May 6
- 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins in 2:07.75. [1]
- May 8
- Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire. [1]
- May 26
- First American intercollegiate bicycle race, at Manhattan Beach, New York. [1]
- July 13
- Ed Delahanty becomes second major league player to hit four home runs in a game. [1]
- September 7
- A. H. Whiting wins first closed-circuit automobile race, held on a track at Cranston, Rhode Island. [1]
- November 26
- First large indoor football game, University of Chicago beats University of Michigan 7-6. [1]
- A.A. Stagg of University of Chicago creates the football huddle. [1]
- December 10
- First intercollegiate basketball game (Wesleyan beats Yale 4-3). [1]
- December 30
- Stanley Cup of hockey: Montréal Victorias beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-5. [1]
1897
- January 1
- First football game between black colleges - Atlanta University 10, Tuskegee 0. [1]
- January 8
- Michael Eagan wins first US national amateur handball championship. [1]
- March 15
- First indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden, New York. [1]
- March 17
- British boxer Robert James Fitzsimmons knocks out American James Corbett in 14 rounds for the world heavyweight championship. [1] [487.15]
- March 20
- First known US intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats University of Pennsylvania 32-10. [1]
- April 19
- John J. McDermott of New York wins the first Boston Marathon (15 runners, 24.5 miles) with a time of 2:55:10. [1] [129]
- May 4
- 23rd Kentucky Derby: Buttons Garner aboard Typhoon II wins in 2:12.5. [1]
- May 8
- 22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51.25. [1]
- May 11
- Washington Senators' catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers. [1]
- May 18
- New York Giants' William Joyce sets record of four triples in one game. [1]
- May 29
- 31st Belmont Stakes: J Scherrer aboard Scottish Cheiftain wins in 2:23.25. [1]
- December 27
- Stanley Cup of hockey: Montréal Victorias beat Ottawa Capitals, 15-2. [1]
1898
- January 19
- Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in first intercollegiate hockey game. [1]
- March 2
- Australia complete a 4-1 cricket series annihilation of England. [1]
- April 19
- Second Boston Marathon won by Ron McDonald of Massachusetts in 2:42:00. [1]
- April 21
- Philadelphia Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on first at bat. [1]
- April 22
- Baltimore Orioles' pitcher James Hughes no-hits Boston Beaneaters 8-0. [1]
- Cincinnati Reds' pitcher Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0. [1]
- April 30
- Championship wrestling match at the Metropolitan turns into a brawl. [1]
- May 4
- 24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09. [1]
- May 26
- 32nd Belmont Stakes: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32. [1]
- July 8
- Philadelphia Phillies' pitcher Red Donahue no-hits Boston Beaneaters, 5-0. [1]
- December 12
- First first-class game between New South Wales and Tasmania. [1]
1899
- February 12
- First two-man team six-day bicycle race in US begins, Madison Square Garden, New York City. [1]
- February 16
- Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (England versus South Africa Johannesburg). [1]
- February 18
- Stanley Cup of hockey: Montréal Shamrocks sweep Queens University (Kingston Ontario) in two games. [1]
- March 14
- Stanley Cup of hockey: Montréal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2. [1]
- April 4
- South Africa all out 35 in cricket versus England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11). [1]
- April 18
- John McGraw, at age 36, makes managerial debut as Baltimore Orioles' manager. [1]
- April 19
- Third Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Massachusetts in 2:54:38. [1]
- May 4
- 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12. [1]
- May 25
- 33rd Belmont Stakes: R Clawson aboard Jean Beraud wins in 2:23. [1]
- May 30
- 24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47. [1]
- June 9
- Jim Jeffries knocks out Bob Fitzsimmons for the heavyweight boxing crown. [1]
- July 29
- First motorcycle race, in Manhattan Beach, New York, USA. [1]
- Southern California Golf Association forms. [1]
- August 15
- Louisville Colonels' Henry Dowling is struck out five times in a game. [1]
- October 20
- Columbia (US) beats Shamrock (England) in 11th America's Cup. [1]
- November 3
- Jim Jeffries retains heavyweight boxing title over Sailor Tom Sharkey. [1]
- December 12
- George F Grant of Boston, Massachusetts, USA patents the wooden golf tee. [1]
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