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Sporting events are believed to have been added to the festivities at a later date. They included footraces, javelin contests and wrestling matches. [21] 664 BCE, 660 BCE and 656 BCE — Chionis of Sparta was an outstanding athlete in jumping events. [22] 6th century BCE — Milo of Croton victorious in six Olympic Games. [23] [24]
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 ...
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;
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These sporting events went beyond borders and were accompanied by a common cultural base, including courtesy, fair play, honor, and loyalty. [28] The Middle Ages also revealed the importance of owning a horse; common to the sports and amusements of the ruling class was the horse. [ 27 ]
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. 7 January — Jack Bartholomew retained his English Championship title after drawing with Jem Belcher at St George's Fields in a contest lasting 51 rounds. [1]15 May — Belcher, known as the "Napoleon of the Ring", defeated Bartholomew in 17 rounds on Finchley Common to claim the Championship of England.