Events in Sport
- Feb 7 Vanderbilt University claims it participated in the first organised intercollegiate basketball game at the Nashville YMCA Gymnasium; Vanderbilt beats YMCA, 9-3
- Feb 22 1st Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 32-22 in Birmingham
- Mar 24 55th Grand National: Bill Dollery aboard Cloister wins
- May 4 Cowboy Bill Pickett invents bulldogging, the skill of grabbing cattle by the horns and wrestling them to the ground
- May 10 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39.25
- May 11 Henri Desgrange establishes world's 1st bicycle world record, travelling 35.325 km an hour
- Jun 10 27th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Commanche wins in 1:53.25
- Jun 23 7th U.S. Women's National Championship: Aline Terry beats Augusta Schultz (6-1, 6-3)
- Jul 1 San Francisco Bay City Club opens 1st US bicycle race track, made of wood
- Jul 17 Arthur Shrewsbury is 1st to score 1,000 runs in Test Cricket
- Jul 18 Australian Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia v England, Lord's
- Jul 20 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Bingley 6-8, 6-1, 6-4 for her 3rd consecutive and 5th overall Wimbledon singles title
- Jul 20 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Joshua Pim wins his first of 2 straight Wimbledon titles beating Wilfred Baddeley 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
- Jul 24 For only time in history of US Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago
- Aug 28 13th U.S. Men's National Championship: Robert Wrenn beats Fred Hovey (6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4)
- Sep 1 British Open Golf, Prestwick GC: Scotland's William Auchterlonie wins by 2 shots from amateur Johnny Laidley
- Oct 13 Vigilant (US) beats Valkyrie II (UK) in 9th America's Cup, in New York
- Nov 30 2nd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 40-16 in Montgomery
Birthdays in Sport
- Jan 20 Georg Åberg, Swedish athlete (d. 1946)
- Feb 2 Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (d. 1970)
- Feb 10 Bill Tilden, American tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1953)
- Feb 17 Wally Pipp, American baseball player (d. 1965)
- Mar 18 Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (d. 1978)
- Mar 24 George Sisler, American baseball player (d. 1973)
- Apr 5 Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (Olympic gold 1924, 28), born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1973)
- Apr 18 Violette Morris, French athlete (d. 1944)
- Apr 27 Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, born in Bradford, Ohio (d. 1939)
- May 7 Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey manager, born in Berlin, Ontario, Canada (d. 1985)
- May 8 Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913)
- May 8 Edd Roush, baseball player (d. 1988)
- May 8 Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (d. 1963)
- May 21 Arthur Carr, cricket captain (England v Australia 1926)
- Jun 9 Irish Meusel, American baseball player (d. 1963)
- Jul 6 Wilton St Hill, WI cricketer (3 Tests 1928-30)
- Jul 9 George Geary, English cricketer (sturdy pace bowler for England 1924-34), born in Barwell, Leicestershire, England (d. 1981)
- Jul 11 Jack Durston, cricketer (England fast bowler against Australia 1921)
- Jul 22 Jesse Haines, American baseball player (d. 1978)
- Aug 18 Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player, born in Emerald, Wisconsin (d. 1985)
- Aug 21 Theresa Weld Blanchard, American figure skating champion (1914, 1920-24), born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 1978)
- Sep 11 W. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver, born in Barton, England (d. 1974)
- Nov 3 R Lindley Murray, tennis champ (US Open-1918)
- Nov 14 Piet Moeskops, Dutch track cyclist (world sprint champion 1921-24, 26), born in Loosduinen, Netherlands (d. 1964)
- Nov 23 Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for South Africa)
- Dec 1 Herman Griffith, cricketer (pioneering WI pace bowler)
- Dec 6 Lou Little, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1960)
- Dec 31 J M Blankenberg, cricketer (60 wkts in 18 Tests for South Africa)