- Jan 5 1st steamboat the North Star sails up the northern Red River, America
Chess History
Feb 26 Paul Morphy's chess match vs Augustus Mongredien begins; Morphy wins
- Mar 2 21st Grand National: Chris Green aboard 7/1 Half Caste wins by only a short neck from Jean Du Quesne
- Apr 30 American Paul Morphy, widely regarded as the world's best chess player, retires after returning from a 10-month chess tour of Europe
- May 31 Philadelphia A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later
- Jul 1 1st intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- Jul 22 Underarm slow right arm bowler V E Walker takes 10-74 in 1st innings for an All-England Cricket XI v Surrey CCC at The Oval in London
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