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2088 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
See Just A Few Dozen of Baseball's Most Prominent Milestones
Chronology by Special Topic (suggest a new topic!)
African Americans (30), Antedated Firsts (19), Bans (77), Base Ball Stratagems (25), Chapbooks for Juveniles (18), Civil War (429), Club Constitutions/Bylaws (10), College (87), Contemp. "Base Ball" usage (6), Drawing (4), English Base Ball (9), Famous (108), Females (72), Fiction (28), Gambling (2), Harvard College (19), Hazard (16), Holidays (55), Images (15), Mexican-American War (1), Military (426), 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 (10), Throwback Games (3), 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 (2), 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 Reported Name of Game Played
"Game of Ball" (1), "bat and ball" (1), "gould" (1), American Cricket (11), Ba'-baises (1), Ball (9), 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 (622), 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 (184), Drive Ball (1), English Base Ball (1), English Base-Ball (1), Feeder (1), Foot Ball (5), 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), Roundstakes (1), 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 (80), Xenoball (16)
Chronology Entries by Age of Player
Adult (1012), Juvenile (121), Unknown (43), Youth (198)
Baseball in Civil War Camps
The Civil War Chronology has a related essay: Ballplaying in Civil War Camps
Subtopics That Might Also Be Interesting
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 (136 entries)
- Chronology: 1701 - 1780
- The chronology from 1701 to 1780 (123 entries)
- Chronology: 1781 - 1815
- The chronology from 1781 to 1815 (147 entries)
- Chronology: 1816 - 1830
- The chronology from 1816 to 1830 (176 entries)
- Chronology: 1831 - 1845
- The chronology from 1831 to 1845 (218 entries)
- Chronology: 1846 - 1850
- The chronology from 1846 to 1850 (130 entries)
- Chronology: 1851 - 1855
- The chronology from 1851 to 1855 (102 entries)
- Chronology: 1856 - 1860
- The chronology from 1856 to 1860 (275 entries)
- Chronology: 1861 - 1865
- The chronology from 1861 to 1865 (240 entries)
- Chronology: 1866 - 1876
- The chronology from 1866 to 1876 (106 entries)