- Feb 23 Major Walter Clopton Winfield patents a game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis)
- Feb 27 Baseball 1st played in England at Lord's Cricket Ground
- Mar 2 National Association of Professional Baseball Players officially adopts the batter's box; decide any player betting on his own team will be expelled; any player betting on any other team to forfeit his pay
- Mar 14 English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London: Oxford University beats Royal Engineers, 2-0
- Mar 26 36th Grand National: Mr. J. M. Richardson wins his second consecutive GN aboard French 5/1 favourite Reugny
- Apr 10 British Open Men's Golf, Musselburgh Links: Mungo Park wins first title by 2 strokes from Tom Morris Jr
- May 26 2nd Preakness: William Donohue aboard Culpepper wins in 2:56.5
- Jun 13 8th Belmont: G Barbee aboard Saxon wins in 2:39.5
- Jun 22 Game of lawn tennis introduced by Welsh Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, introducing a rubber ball to bounce on grass
- Jul 29 Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court
- Jul 30 1st baseball teams to play outside US, Boston-Philadelphia in British Isles
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