Chronologies

Chronologies

Prominent Milestones

Ancient - 1700 1701 - 1780 1781 - 1815 1816 - 1830 1831 - 1845 1846 - 1850 1851 - 1855 1856 - 1860 1861 - 1865 1866 - 1876

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2069 noteworthy milestones tracing the evolution of ballgames toward modern baseball.

The Protoball Chronology is Dedicated to Tom Altherr in appreciation of his work on early American ballplaying

Chronology by Special Topic (suggest a new topic!)

African Americans (30), Antedated Firsts (18), Bans (76), Base Ball Stratagems (25), Chapbooks for Juveniles (18), Civil War (416), Club Constitutions/Bylaws (10), College (87), Contemp. "Base Ball" usage (6), Drawing (4), English Base Ball (8), Famous (108), Females (72), Fiction (28), Gambling (2), Harvard College (19), Hazard (16), Holidays (55), Images (15), Mexican-American War (1), Military (413), Newspaper Coverage (75), Player Apparel (6), Plugging (2), Post-Knickerbocker Rule Changes (22), Pre-Knicks NYC (61), Pre-modern Rules (74), Pro Clubs (2), Stats and Box Scores (12), The Ball (6), Throwback Games (2), US cricket clubs (21), Verse (1)

Chronology by Location of Play

Africa (2), Arkansas (3), Atzenbrugg (1), Australia (2), Austria (1), Between Hoboken and the Otto Cottage (1), Boston (1), Brooklyn NY (1), CO (1), California (14), Canada (21), Chicago (1), Cleveland (1), Cumberland County PA (1), Downstate NY State (1), GA (8), Georgia (5), Greater New York City (187), Greenland (1), Harlem (1), IL (9), IN (2), Illinois (23), Iowa (3), Italy (1), KY (5), London (1), Louisiana (13), MD (16), MO (2), Manhattan? (1), Maryland (8), Minnesota (1), Mississippi (7), Missouri (6), NC (7), NH (2), NJ (4), NY State (10), New England (127), New Hampshire (3), North Carolina (4), North Dakota (1), Not reported (1), PA (2), Philadelphia (36), Phonecia (1), Pihladelphia (1), Rhode Island (2), Richmond (1), Rochester (1), Scheria or Phaeacia (legendary) (1), TN (17), Tennessee (3), US South (51), United States (2), VT (1), Vinland (North America) (1), Virginia (13), WI (1), WV (6), Washington (2), Washington DC (14), West Point (1), Western New York (39), Wyoming (1)

Chronology by Game that was Played

"Game of Ball" (1), "bat and ball" (1), "gould" (1), American Cricket (11), Ba'-baises (1), Ball (6), Ball Playing (4), Balslaen (1), Bandy (2), Barn Ball (2), Barn Ball (House Ball) (2), Barn ball? (1), Base (15), Base (Prisoner's Base) (1), Base Ball (612), Base Ball Predecessor (1), Base ball (1), Base-Ball (2), Base-ball (4), Baseball (14), Bass (1), Bass Ball (14), Bass-ball (1), Baste Ball (2), Baste ball (1), Bat and Ball (13), Bat-Ball (12), Bat-and-Ball (10), Bull Pen (2), Canadian Game (1), Cat (1), Cat Ball (2), Cat and Ball (1), Cat-and-Dog (4), Cavalry Base Ball (1), Chermany (1), Club-ball (1), Corner Ball (1), Cricket (183), Drive Ball (1), English Base Ball (1), English Base-Ball (1), Feeder (1), Foot Ball (3), Foot ball (1), Football (1), Fungo (1), Game of Ball (1), Game of Base (1), Goal (2), Goal Ball (3), Gool Ball ( Goal Ball) (1), Hand-ball (1), Horne-Billets (1), Hurling (1), Ice Base Ball (1), Irish Rounders (1), Kit-Cat (1), Long Ball (European baserunning game) (6), Long Ball (US Batting Game) (1), MA game? (1), Massachusetts Game (18), Massachusetts Run-Around (1), Northern Spell (1), O' Cat? (1), OFBB (4), OFBB? (remembered as base ball in 1877) (1), Oddball (5), Old Cat (2), Old Fashioned Game (2), Old-Cat Games (13), Om El Mahag (1), One Old Cat (1), Or Old Fashioned Base Ball (1), Palm Play (1), Patch Baseball (1), Philadelphia Town Ball (2), Playing with Balls (1), Poisoned Ball (3), Polo (1), Possibly? (1), Presumably (1), Prisoner's Base (1), Round Ball (20), Round Town (Round Town Ball) (1), Round-Ball (1), Rounders (42), Rounders - Britain (2), Sekar-hemat (1), Shinny (1), Shinty (2), Single-Wicket Cricket (2), Sky-Ball (1), Stool Ball (4), Stool-ball (1), Stoolball (68), Table-top Base Ball (1), Tennis (1), Three Old Cat (1), Tip-cat (1), Town Ball (76), Trap Ball (6), Tut-Ball (2), Tutball (1), Two Old Cat (4), Two-Old-Cat (1), US Wicket? UK cricket? Other? (1), Unknown (4), Unnamed Games - Czech (1), Unspecified (1), Whirl (1), Wicket (81), Xenoball (16)

Chronology Entries by Age of Player (under construction)

Adult (999), Juvenile (121), Unknown (40), Youth (197)

Civil War

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

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