Sports year 1857
| Sports year 1857 | |
|---|---|
 the first ascent of the Mönch in the Bernese Alps . |
Events
Alpinism
- August 15 : The monk in the Bernese Alps is climbed for the first time by mountain guide Christian Almer and three companions.
- December 22nd : The Alpine Club, the world's first mountaineering association, is founded in London . It was not until 1974 that the association accepted alpinists into its ranks.
baseball
- The National Association of Base Ball Players is founded in New York City .
Soccer
- October 24 : The English Sheffield FC is the first ever football club founded. In the same year, the creation of the first set of rules for the soccer match began.
Equestrian sport
- "Delay" wins the 24th Union race on the Tempelhofer Feld .
rowing
On April 4th, Oxford wins the 14th Boat Race against Cambridge in a time of 22'05 ″.
chess
- The Austrian Johann Jacob Löwenthal wins the strong chess tournament in Manchester.
- The US American Paul Morphy wins the chess tournament in New York City , which is also very busy .
do gymnastics
- The Sachsenhausen gymnastics club was founded in 1857 .
Born
- January 15 : Alexander Fritz , German chess player († 1932 )
- April 25 : Charles Terront , French cyclist († 1932 )
- June 21 : Olaf Kjelsberg , Norwegian engineer and ski pioneer in Switzerland († 1927 )
- December 13 : Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Büxenstein , German publisher, print shop owner and rower, co-founder of the German Rowing Association († 1924 )
- Yusuf İsmail , Ottoman-Bulgarian professional wrestler († 1898 )
