1836 in sports
See also:
1820s in sports
,
1840s in sports
and the
list of 'years in sports'
.
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Baseball
Possible date of the codification of the first rules of
baseball
by
Abner Doubleday
(1839)
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Boat race
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
- Cambridge (1836 and 1839)
First
Henley Royal Regatta
rowing race is held (1839)
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Horse racing
Believed to be the first running of the
Aintree Grand National
, won by The Duke (1836)
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Events
Croquet
believed to have been invented in
Ireland
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Births
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Deaths