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The designed by John Graham Chambers John Sholto Douglas and after, 9th Marquess of Queensberry named Queensberry rules for boxing to be published. Among other things, contain the requirement to wear boxing gloves and counting to ten in precipitation and to the previously valid London Prize Ring Rules supersede.

March 5: At the Bramall Lane in Sheffield, the first international football tournament Youdan Cup is held. The winner is the Hallam FC.

The Canadian National Lacrosse Association is founded and established a written set of rules for the game. This Lacrosse is rapidly gaining popularity in Canada, where at Upper Canada College, the first game is carried out according to the new rules.

July 27: William McLaren, the UK, running the 100 meters of the men in the first measured time of 11 seconds.

December 8: About 100 men take part in cycling on the first day races. The route leads from the Avenue des Champs- Élysées in Paris to Versailles Palace.

At the Paris World Exposition 1867 World Rowing Championships will be held, which is obtained from a Canadian underdog team, the so-called Paris Crew.

February 3: The Vienna Ice Skating Club is founded. Submitted on February 7, statutes are approved on June 14. The club leases on November 27, a portion of the former Wiener Neustadt Canal - port as a skating rink. On December 26, the first ice day takes place.
July 9: The oldest football club in Scotland, FC Queen's Park in Glasgow is founded.
September 4: The Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is founded.
October 9: On the newly built racetrack Hoppe Garden in Berlin will be carried out by the Union Stud trial races, which was satisfactory. On December 15, the Union Club is then established.
October 19: The football club Chesterfield FC is founded.

April 2: Eugen Sandow, German founder of bodybuilding († 1925)
MAY 17: James Richardson Spensley, English physician, football player and coach († 1915)
MAY 26: Friedrich Langewiesche, German educator, Turner, collectors, researchers, heritage and nature lover († 1958)

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