Sports year 1899
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| Sports year 1899 | |
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 predecessor club of Eintracht Frankfurt , is founded. |
Events
badminton
The high point of the badminton year 1899 was the All England , which was held for the first time, but only the double disciplines were played. The All England 1899 took place on April 4, 1899.
International events
| event | Men's singles | Ladies singles | Men's doubles | Ladies doubles | Mixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of England | - | - |
 D. Oakes Stewart Marsden Massey
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Meriel Lucas Mary Violet Graeme
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D. Oakes Daisey St. John
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Soccer
- March 5th : First Vienna FC 1894 wins the final of the Austro-Hungarian Challenge Cup with 4-1 against AC Viktoria Wien .
- March 12 : The Anglo-American Club Zurich wins the game for the Swiss championship 7-0 against the Old Boys Basel .
- May 6th : The Cologne SC 1899 is founded.
- June 22nd : The DFC Germania Prague is founded through the merger of two student football clubs.
- September 21 : The Stuttgarter Kickers are founded.
- December 16 : The Milan Cricket and Football Club is founded.
- Aston Villa becomes English champion for the fourth time.
- The CFC Genoa becomes Italian football champions.
athletics
Athletics records
- Mary Ayer , USA, jumps 6.72 m in the women's triple jump in Bryn Mawr.
Motorsport
- April 29th : During the Concours de Vitesse (speed competitions) near Achères , the electrically powered La Jamais Contente by Frenchman Camille Jenatzy becomes the first land vehicle to reach speeds of over 100 km / h.
- July 16 to 24 : The Tour de France for automobiles is held for the first time. The winner René de Knyff needs almost two days on a Panhard & Levassor for the route from Paris via Vichy and Nantes back to Paris.
Cycling
- Track cycling world championships 1899
- The Salt Palace Velodrome in Salt Lake City is built.
rowing
rugby
- March 18 : Ireland wins the 1899 Home Nations Championship .
swim
Winter sports
figure skating
Speed skating records
- January 16 : Peder Østlund , Norway, runs the 1000 meter speed skating in Davos in 1: 38.0 min.
Ski jumping
- The Norwegian Asbjørn Nilssen reached 32.5 meters while ski jumping on Solbergbakken in Bærum, Norway.
Founding of clubs
- January 8 : In a club crisis meeting because of the numerous defeats of the established last year is the first Vienna Workers Football Club in sports club Rapid renamed. The Berlin BFC Rapide 93 Niederschönhausen is the model for the name change, which for the time being does not change anything in the club's defeat series .
- February 4 : The Werder football club was founded in Bremen from 1899 .
- March 5 : The first football match held in Brazil ends 0-0.
- March 8 : The Frankfurt FC Victoria 1899 and in the course of the year probably also the Frankfurter Kickers , both predecessor clubs of Eintracht Frankfurt , are founded.
- April 17th : FC 1899 Osnabrück is created through the merger of the two leisure teams Antipodia Osnabrück and Minerva Osnabrück .
- May 3rd : The Ferencvárosi Torna Club is founded in Budapest .
- May 15th : The Mannheimer Turngesellschaft is founded.
- July 1st : The Hoffenheim gymnastics club is founded.
- August 20 : The FSV Frankfurt is founded.
- September 7th : German immigrants found the soccer club Sport Club Germânia in Brazil .
- September 21 : 21 players separate from the Cannstatter football club and found the Stuttgarter Cickers football club .
- November 29 : On the initiative of the Swiss Joan Gamper is Football Club Barcelona was founded. The first president is the Englishman Walter Wild . The first game on December 8th is lost 0-1.
- December 2nd : The Chemnitz SC Britannia is founded.
- December 16 : A group of English businessmen who have emigrated creates the Milan Football and Cricket Club in Milan .
- The Football Club de Marseille founded by René Dufaure de Montmirail , where rugby and soccer is played, is renamed Olympique Marseille .
- Welsh football club Cardiff City is established as the football division of Riverside Cricket Club Cardiff .
Born
First half of the year
- January 1 : Jack Beresford , British rower and Olympic champion († 1977 )
- January 21 : Gyula Mándi , Hungarian football player and coach († 1969 )
- January 23 : Glen Kidston , British racing car driver († 1931 )
- January 27 : Béla Guttmann , Hungarian football player and coach († 1981 )
- February 22nd : Berthold Koch , German chess player († 1988 )
- February 25 : Willi Henkelmann , German motorcycle racer († 1928 )
- March 16 : Ok Formenoy , Dutch football player († 1977 )
- March 19 : Reinhard von Koenig-Fachsenfeld , German engineer, inventor, automobile and motorcycle racing driver († 1992 )
- April 6 : Hans Wentorf , German football player († 1970 )
- April 13 : Harold Osborn , American athlete and Olympic champion († 1975 )
- April 26 : Xaver Gmelch , German motorcycle racer († 1976 )
- May 1 : Josef Lokvenc , Austrian chess player († 1974 )
- May 4 : Fritz von Opel , German industrialist, rocket pioneer and motor sportsman († 1971 )
- May 24th : Suzanne Lenglen , French tennis player († 1938 )
- June 10 : Stanisław Czaykowski , Polish racing car driver († 1933 )
Second half of the year
- July 6th : Folke Rogard , Swedish chess official († 1973 )
- July 9 : Marion Ashmore , American football player († 1948 )
- July 11 : Margot von Gans , German aviation pioneer and racing car driver († 1986 )
- August 1 : Raymond Mays , British racing driver and entrepreneur († 1980 )
- August 3 : Louis Chiron , Monaco racing driver († 1979 )
- August 3 : Jean Cugnot , French cyclist and Olympic champion († 1933 )
- August 19 : Anton Powolny , Austrian football player († unknown)
- August 25 : Guy Butler , British athlete and Olympic champion († 1981 )
- September 20 : Bruno d'Harcourt , French racing driver († 1930 )
- October 1 : Joseph Guillemot , French athlete and Olympic champion († 1975 )
- October 13 : Piero Dusio , Italian football player and official, racing car driver and businessman († 1975 )
- October 13 : Willo Welzenbach , German mountaineer († 1934 )
- October 15 : Adolf Brudes , German motorcycle and automobile racing driver († 1986 )
- October 27 : Bill Springsteen , American football player († 1985 )
- November 2 : Peter Aufschnaiter , Austrian mountaineer and development worker († 1973 )
- November 4 : Nicolas Frantz , Luxembourg cyclist († 1985 )
- November 4 : Paul Nicolas , French football player († 1959 )
- December 15 : Harold Abrahams , British athlete († 1978 )
- December 17 : Paul Minick , American football player († 1978 )
Date unknown
- Pietro Ghersi , Italian automobile and motorcycle racing driver († 1972 )
Died
- January 15 : Serafino Dubois , Italian chess master (* 1817 )
- July 27th : Tassilo von Heydebrand and the Lasa , German chess master (* 1818 )
See also
Web links
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