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Father W Ferris describes two forms of caid: the "field game" in which the object is to put the ball through arch-like goals, formed from the boughs of two trees; and the epic "cross-country game" which lasts the whole of a Sunday (after Mass) and is won by taking the ball across a parish boundary. [3] "Wrestling", "holding" opposing players ...
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: John Treadwell (); Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Alexander Scott Bullitt (political party unknown); Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: vacant (until month and day unknown), Samuel Phillips, Jr. (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown)
16 March – Edinburgh music teacher Anne Gunn is granted the first British patent for a board game, designed as a music teaching aid. [5] 17 March – Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth becomes Prime Minister. [1] 21 March – Battle of Alexandria: Abercromby's forces defeat those of the French in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. [1]
Altham HS (1962) A History of Cricket, Volume 1 London: George Allen & Unwin. Birley D (1999) A Social History of English Cricket. London: Aurum. ISBN 978 1 78131 1769; Major J (2007) More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-718364-7
Pages in category "January 1801" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
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Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in ...
(Sess. 1, ch. 40, 2 Stat. 173) On February 19, 1803, the same Congress passed an act "providing for the execution of the laws of the United States in the State of Ohio." (Sess. 2, ch. 7, 2 Stat. 201 ) The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress states that Ohio was admitted to the Union on November 29, 1802, and counts its seats as ...