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before 1001 | 1001 to 1600 | 1601 to 1700 | 1701 to 1725 Boxer of Quirinal resting after a contest (Bronze sculpture, 3rd century BC). This article presents a chronology of sporting development and events from time immemorial until the end of the 10th century CE.
Recurring sporting events by year of establishment (214 C) + Women's sport by year (193 C) 0–9. ... Sports before 1001; 1601 to 1700 in sports; 1701 to 1725 in sports;
17 January 1597 — a court of law in Guildford heard from a 59-year-old coroner, John Derrick, who gave witness that when he was a scholar at the "Free School at Guildford", fifty years earlier, "hee and diverse of his fellows did runne and play at creckett and other plaies " on common land which was the subject of the current legal dispute ...
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The history of sports in the United States reveals that American football, baseball, softball, and indoor soccer evolved from older British sports—rugby football, British baseball, rounders, and association football, respectively. Over time, these sports diverged significantly from their European origins, developing into distinctly American ...
Events 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 .
Events 1711 — Queen Anne kept a large string of racehorses and was instrumental in the organisation of racing at the village of East Cote, now known as Ascot , near Windsor Castle . She founded Royal Ascot where one of the main events each year, continuing into the 21st century, is called the Queen Anne Stakes .
Events 17 January — "Big Ben" Brain defeated Tom Johnson at Wrotham in the 18th round of a fight lasting 21 minutes to claim the Championship of England. Brain held the title until his death from cirrhosis of the liver in 1794.