1889 in sports

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• 2.1 January to May
• 2.2 from June to December

Events

Alpinism

• October 6: The Leipzig geographer Hans Meyer, an Austrian mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller and mountain guide Yohani Kinyala Lauwo succeed the first ascent of Kibo, the highest peak of Mount Kilimanjaro massif.

Boxing / fencing

• John L. Sullivan defeated Johnny Kilraine last title fight in history to London Prize Ring Rules in heavyweight boxing after 75 rounds by knockout.
• The Fencing Company of Basel was founded.

Football

• MARCH 22: Sheffield United Football Club is founded.
• April 20: Preston North End is the first English football champions. In the same year the team also won the FA Cup.
• MAY 18: In Denmark Dansk Boldspil Union is founded, one of the oldest football associations around the world.
• June 6: The Berlin Thor ball and football club Viktoria of 1889 is established as the fourth football club in the German capital.
• December 8: In the Netherlands, De Nederlandsche Voetbal Bond -en Athletic is founded.

• The Football Alliance is incorporated in England as a rival to The Football League.

Golf

• Willie Park Jr. wins for the second time after 1887 The Open Championship in golf.

Rowing

• March 30: Cambridge defeated Oxford in the Boat Race in 20'14 ".

• The Swedish rowing club Hammarby Roddförening is founded.

Chess

• January 20-February 24: In the World Chess Championship 1889 Wilhelm Steinitz defended his title successfully in 1886 won against Mikhail Chigorin.
• August 24: Emanuel Lasker wins the chess game Lasker - Bauer, Amsterdam 1889 against Johann Hermann Bauer by a double bishop sacrifice.

Sailing

• With the race two Hamburg merchants who held annually Travemünde Week arises.

Others

• APRIL 30: The sporting part of the fourth Olympien in Athens will be opened.

• The French Athletics Federation Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques opens up to other sports.

Born

January to May

• January 7: Hans Johner, Swiss chess player and musician († 1975)
• JANUARY 22: Henri Pélissier, French cyclist († 1935)
• JANUARY 24: Imre Schlosser, Hungarian footballer († 1959)

• MAY 3: Gottfried Fuchs, German footballer († 1972)
• May 8: Louis " Luigi " Marie Van Hege, Belgian football player and bobsledder († 1975)
• MAY 26: Victor LINART, Belgian cyclist († 1977)
• MAY 28: Richard Réti, Austro- Hungarian chess player († 1929)

June to December

• June 2: Jozef Van Bever, Belgian cyclist († 1954)
• June 12: Otto Merz, German race car driver († 1933)
• 21 June: Ralph Craig, American athlete († 1972)

• JULY 29: Lajos Asztalos, Hungarian chess player and chess writer († 1956)
• JULY 31: Gustav Schumm, German football player and official († 1966)

• AUGUST 26: Richard Rau, German track and field athlete and Olympian († 1945)
• September 20: Charles Reidpath, American municipal architect, athlete and Olympic gold medalist († 1975)

• OCTOBER 26: Karl Saldow, German cyclists ( † 1951)
• October 30: Gustav Bark, Swiss footballer

• November 6: Gabriel Hanot, French football player and journalist († 1968)
• November 11: Marcel Buysse, Belgian cyclist († 1939)
• November 16: Emil Oberle, German footballer († 1955)

• December 4: Jack Ernst, U.S. American football player († 1968)
• December 9: Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish long-distance runner († 1966)
• December 9: Johan Petteri Kolehmainen, Finnish long-distance runner († 1966)
• December 12: Otto Scheff, Austrian freestyle swimmer († 1956)
• December 13: Bernhard Villingen, German physician, athlete, film pioneer and researcher († 1967)