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| 1871 |
| | | Civil War veterans in the USA establish the National Rifle Association to promote marksmanship | |
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| 1874 |
| | | Major Walter Wingfield secures a patent for Sphairistike, a game he has developed at his home in Wales, from which lawn tennis evolves | |
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| 1876 |
| | | English cricketer W.G. Grace scores a record 344 runs, playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Kent at Canterbury | |
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| 1877 |
| | | The first Test match is played in Melbourne between English and Australian cricket teams, with victory going to Australia | |
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| 1877 |
| | | The first lawn-tennis championships are organized by the All-England Croquet Club at Wimbledon | |
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| 1879 |
| | | The ancient Irish game of hurling is formalized by the newly founded Irish Hurling Union | |
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| 1882 |
| | | When Australia win the second Test match, in London, the Sporting Times declares that they will take home with them 'the ashes of English cricket' | |
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| 1884 |
| | | The Gaelic Athletic Association is founded in Ireland to promote indigenous games such as hurling | |
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| 1891 |
| | | Canadian athlete James Naismith, at a YMCA college in Springfield, Massachusetts, invents basketball as an indoor winter game | |
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| 1892 |
| | | Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first football pro when the Allegheny Athletic Association pay him $500 to play a game in their team | |
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