1866 in sports

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Events

Alpinism

• June: The English mountaineer Francis Fox Tuckett and the Swiss mountain guide Melchior Anderegg the first ascent of the Rear Rotspitze.
• September 12: Julius Payer succeeding together with mountain guide, Johann Pinggera the first ascent of the Tuckettspitze.
• SEPTEMBER 29: Julius Payer and Johann Pinggera the first ascent of Mount Zebrù.

Baseball

Football

• In London, the football club Upton Park FC is founded.
• The offside rule in football is modified: A player is only then offside when he has fewer than three players of the opposing team in front of him.

Rowing

• February 7: The Hamburg Rowing Club Allemannia is founded.
• MARCH 24: Oxford defeated Cambridge in the Boat Race in 25'35 ".
• JULY 26: Harvard defeated Yale in the Harvard - Yale Regatta in 18'43 .5 ".

Others

• Willie Park Senior won for the third time after 1860 and 1863 The Open Championship in golf.
• Joseph Anton Specht succeed the first ascent of the 3,089 m high Vesulspitze in Samnaun in Tyrol.
• After the English boxing champion Tom King has withdrawn, Jem Mace is again recognized after his victory over Joe Gross as English champions. He is the last champion after the London Prize Ring Rules of the bare- knuckle fights.
• The London Harlequin Rugby Football Club is founded.

Born

• Tilemachos Karakalos, Greek fencer and Olympic athlete († 1951)