1863 in sports
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Events
Alpinism
- October 23: In Turin, was founded on the initiative of Quintino Sella of the Italian Alpine Club.
- Ludwig Barth and Leopold Pfaundler climb than the first cutting Pfaff, a few days later Joseph Anton Specht and Alois Tanzer follow in the wake of Zuckerhütl ascent.
- Joseph Anton Specht succeed with mountain guide Alois Tanzer Zuckerhütl the first ascent of the highest peak of the Stubai Alps in Tyrol.
- Ludwig von Barth and Leopold Pfaundler climb for the first time the Eastern Seespitze in the Stubai Alps.
- Eugen Infanger and Eduard Cattani succeed the first ascent of the Schlossberg in the Urner Alps.
Cricket
- January 8: The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is founded.
- August 12: The Hampshire County Cricket Club is founded.
- December 15: The Middlesex County Cricket Club is founded.
- The English sports club Preston North End was founded as a cricket club.
Fencing
- The Fencing Club Offenbach is founded.
Football, rugby
- October 26: In London, the English Football Association is founded as the first football association in the world and created further meetings until December on the Cambridge Rules of 1848 based first official football rules. This means the separation of football and rugby.
- December 19: Between enthusiastic members of the FA, who do not want to wait for the January 2, 1864, the official date for the first football game, a first test match to be played under the new rules, which ends scoreless.
- The Army football club Royal Engineers is founded.
- The football club Stoke Ramblers in Stoke -on-Trent is founded.
Golf
- Willie Park Senior won for the second time after 1860 The Open Championship.
Rowing
Oxford wins on March 28, the 20th Boat Race against Cambridge in a time of 23'06 " and in doing so, equal to the number of victories. Both universities have since the beginning of the competition recorded 10 victories.
The Oxford University College also won the Grand Challenge Cup Henley Royal Regatta in London.
Chess
- Max Lange wins as last year the Congress of West German Chess Federation, the first major German chess tournament.
Gymnastics
- July 27: The Turnverein Bad Berleburg is founded. On October 18, the club's gymnasium in Bad Berleburg is officially opened.
- August 1 to 5: In Leipzig the 3rd General German Gymnastics Festival is held.
- Men's Gymnastics Club Bad Schwartau is founded.
- The TV Leiselheim is founded.
- The Wedeler TSV is founded.
- The Slovenian Sokol Sokol Južni Association is founded.
Others
- The second planned for this year Olympien drop the political events in Greece victim.
Born
- Yabu Kentsu, Japanese karate master († 1937)