Chronologies

Chronologies

Prominent Milestones

Ancient - 1700 1701 - 1780 1781 - 1815 1816 - 1830 1831 - 1845 1846 - 1850 1851 - 1855 1856 - 1860 1861 - 1865 1866 - 1871

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1489 noteworthy milestones tracing the evolution of ballgames toward modern baseball.

Chronology by Special Topic (suggest a new topic!)

African Americans (30), Antedated Firsts (3), Ball in the Culture (49), Bans (64), Base Ball Stratagems (24), Baseball Professionalism (17), Business of Baseball (34), Championship Games (13), Chapbooks for Juveniles (16), Civil War (374), Club Constitutions/Bylaws (10), College (83), Contemp. "Base Ball" usage (5), Equipment (16), Famous (97), Females (61), Fiction (25), Harvard College (16), Hazard (14), Holidays (53), Images (15), Interscholastic (1), Military (363), Music (4), Newspaper Coverage (61), Player Apparel (6), Post-Knickerbocker Rule Changes (20), Pre-Knicks NYC (59), Pre-modern Rules (43), Statistics (5), Stats and Box Scores (8), US cricket clubs (17)

Chronology by Location of Play

Africa (1), Alabama (4), Arkansas (3), Australia (2), Bloomfield (1), Boston (1), Brooklyn (2), CO (1), California (14), Canada (20), Connecticut (7), England (28), Europe (1), France (4), GA (8), GNYC (1), Georgia (5), Greater New York City (188), Greenland (1), Harvard (1), Hawaii (2), Hoboken (1), IL (7), IN (2), Illinois (24), Indiana (3), Iowa (2), Italy (1), Jersey City (1), KY (4), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (13), MA (3), MD (14), MO (2), Maine (1), Manhattan (1), Manhattan? (1), Maryland (8), Massachusetts (11), Michigan (5), Minnesota (1), Mississippi (7), Missouri (6), Myrtle Grounds (1), NC (7), NY (13), NY State (10), NYC (5), Near Richmond VA (1), New England (128), New Hampshire (2), New Jersey (13), New York (4), New York City (3), New York State (5), North Carolina (4), North Dakota (1), Ohio (12), Pennsylvania (5), Philadelphia (33), Phonecia (1), Rhode Island (2), Scheria or Phaeacia (legendary) (1), South Carolina (14), South Dakota (1), TN (17), Tennessee (3), Texas (6), US (11), US South (57), VA (116), Virginia (13), WI (1), WV (6), Washington DC (13), Western New York (39), Wisconsin (8), Wyoming (1)

Chronology by Game that was Played

American Cricket (11), Ball (3), Ball Playing (1), Balslaen (1), Bandy (1), Barn Ball (2), Base (Prisoner's Base) (8), Base Ball (531), Base Ball Predecessor (1), Base ball (1), Base-ball (1), -ball|BaseTemplate:=-ball]] (warning.pngSome subquery has no valid condition.), Baseball (8), Bass Ball (11), Bass-ball (2), Baste Ball (1), Bat and Ball (11), Bat-Ball (12), Bat-and-Ball (6), Cat and Dog (1), Cat-and-Dog (3), Club-ball (1), Corner Ball (1), Cricket (168), Drive Ball (1), English Base-Ball (1), Fungo (1), Goal Ball (2), Gool Ball ( Goal Ball) (1), Hand-ball (1), Horne-Billets (1), Ice Base Ball (1), Irish Rounders (1), Long Ball (5), MA game? (1), Massachusetts Game (17), Massachusetts Run-Around (1), OFBB (4), Oddball (5), Old-Cat Games (13), Om El Mahag (1), Or Drive (1), Or Old Fashioned Base Ball (1), Palm Play (1), Patch Baseball (1), Philadelphia Town Ball (1), Play ball (1), Playing with Balls (1), Poisoned Ball (1), Presumably (1), Round Ball (13), Rounders (41), Rounders - Britain (1), Sekar-hemat (1), Single-Wicket Cricket (1), Stoolball (64), Table-top Base Ball (1), Tennis (1), Tip-cat (1), Town Ball (65), Town-Ball (1), Trap Ball (2), Tut-Ball (2), Two Old Cat (1), Unknown (2), Unnamed Games - Czech (1), Unnamed plugging game (1), Wicket (71), Xenoball (18)

Chronology by Age of Player (under construction)

Adult (831), Juvenile (92), Unknown (28), Youth (125)

Civil War

The Civil War Chronology has a related essay: Ballplaying in Civil War Camps

Subtopics In Development

Music, Ball in the Culture, Base Ball Stratagems, Baseball Professionalism, Championship Games, Statistics, Interscholastic, Equipment, Business of Baseball

The Main Chronology

Chronology up to 1700

The main chronology from ancient times to 1700 (130 entries)

Chronology: 1701 - 1780

The chronology from 1701 to 1780 (115 entries)

Chronology: 1781 - 1815

The chronology from 1781 to 1815 (134 entries)

Chronology: 1816 - 1830

The chronology from 1816 to 1830 (162 entries)

Chronology: 1831 - 1845

The chronology from 1831 to 1845 (206 entries)

Chronology: 1846 - 1850

The chronology from 1846 to 1850 (112 entries)

Chronology: 1851 - 1855

The chronology from 1851 to 1855 (96 entries)

Chronology: 1856 - 1860

The chronology from 1856 to 1860 (263 entries)

Chronology: 1861 - 1865

The chronology from 1861 to 1865 (83 entries)

Chronology: 1866 - 1871

The chronology from 1866 to 1871 (36 entries)