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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.
1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics takes place in Paris but the Olympic status of the games is underplayed and many competitors do not realise that they have participated in the modern Olympics.
The World's Game: A History of Soccer (1998) Polley, Martin. Sports History: A Practical Guide, Palgrave, 2007. S.Battente, The idea of sport in western culture from antiquity to the contemporary era, Vernon press, 2020. Journals. online article from The Sports Historian 1993-2001; European Studies in Sport History; The International Journal of ...
For a given epidemic or pandemic, the average of its estimated death toll range is used for ranking. If the death toll averages of two or more epidemics or pandemics are equal, then the smaller the range, the higher the rank. For the historical records of major changes in the world population, see world population. [3]
1992 - Women's judo became an Olympic sport. 1993 – The first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was held. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner Royce Gracie won the event. 1994 - Keiko Fukuda became the first woman to be awarded a rare red belt (at the time for women still marking the 8th dan rank) in judo by the Kodokan Judo Institute. [54]
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
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In 2010 there was no obvious, primary athletics championship, as neither the Summer Olympics nor the World Championships in Athletics occurred in the year. The foremost championships to be held in 2010 included: the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2010 European Athletics Championships, 2010 African Championships in Athletics, and Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.