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1602 — Richard Carew describes the game of "hurling to goals" being played in eastern Cornwall in his "Survey of Cornwall". The game has the earliest described rules requiring equal numbers, no playing of the ball on the ground, and banning the forward pass, with similarities to the modern game of American football. [citation needed] Ireland
1314 — Nicholas de Farndone, Lord Mayor of the City of London issued a decree banning football. [18] 1349 — King Edward III of England issued a proclamation banning "...handball, football, or hockey; coursing and cock-fighting, or other such idle games". [19] 1424 — the Scottish Parliament of James I banned 'fute-ball' in the Football Act ...
1626. English settlers arrive. [1]1629. Town of Salem incorporated. [2]Salem Common during the winter Brick sidewalk Salem, Massachusetts. 1636. First muster on Salem Common. This was the first time that a regiment of militia drilled for the common defense of a multi-community area, [3] thus laying the foundation for what became the Army National Guard.
Map depicting tribal distribution in southern New England, c. 1600; the political boundaries shown are modern. Before the arrival of European colonists on the eastern shore of New England, the area around Massachusetts Bay was the territory of several Algonquian-speaking peoples, including the Massachusetts, Nausets, and Wampanoags.
6th century BCE — Milo of Croton victorious in six Olympic Games. [23] [24] 488 BCE, 484 BCE and 480 BCE — Astylos of Croton was an outstanding athlete in running events. [25] 396 BCE and 392 BCE — Cynisca, a Spartan princess, was the first woman to win an event at the Ancient Olympic Games, although she was not allowed to enter the ...
The high school football season continues Thursday in the Mid-Valley, with four games, including Sprague-McNary in the Central Valley Conference. This is the final week of the high school football ...
1612: The first Cotswold Olympic Games, an annual public celebration of games and sports begins in the Cotswolds, England. 1613: The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov, which rules until 1917. 1613–1617: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth is invaded by the Tatars dozens of times. [9]
Robert Pike (1616—1706) was an opponent of the Salem witchcraft prosecutions of 1692. He was also involved in two other notable, public controversies prior to 1692. The first was his open criticism of the persecution of the Quakers, for which he was arraigned by the Massachusetts General Court in 1653.