Sports year 1863

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Sports year 1863
Fairground of the 3rd General German Gymnastics Festival
The
3rd General German Gymnastics Festival is held in Leipzig .
chronology
28th March Oxford wins the Boat Race against Cambridge .
April 19th The Swiss Alpine Club is founded.
May 16 The Berlin gymnastics association is founded.
July 27th The Bad Berleburg gymnastics club is founded.
1st - August 5 Third German Gymnastics Festival in Leipzig
12. August First ascent of Dent d'Hérens by Melchior Anderegg and Florence Crauford Grove
August 16 First ascent of the Parrotspitze by Melchior Anderegg and Florence Crauford Grove
7th of September First ascent of the Bifertenstock by Abraham Roth
23rd October The Alpino Italiano Club is founded.
October 26th The Football Association is founded.
December 7th The ASV Cham is founded.
19. December The first football game under FA rules is played.

Events

Alpinism

The Grünhorn Hut
Quintino Sella
On the left the Zuckerhütl, on the right the Pfaffenschneid from Sulzenauferner

Cricket

fencing

Football, rugby

The first handwritten football “laws” from November 24th, 1863

golf

athletics

horse race

rowing

On March 28th, Oxford wins the 20th Boat Race against Cambridge in a time of 23'06 ″ and thus draws the same number of victories. Both universities have recorded 10 victories since the competition began.

The Oxford University College wins the Grand Challenge Cup of the Henley Royal Regatta in London.

chess

do gymnastics

Others

Born

Date of birth saved

Exact date of birth unknown

Died

  • July 6 : Ernst Merck , German entrepreneur and politician, co-founder of the Hamburger Ruder Club (* 1811 )

See also

Portal: Sport  - Overview of Wikipedia content on sport

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