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| Years in sports: | 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s |
| Years: | 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 |
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Baseball
- National Association membership drops from 55 to 33 clubs, shedding every one outside greater New York except the Victory club of Troy, which plays only local matches.
- The fraternity laments the death of Jim Creighton, its superhero, perhaps from organ damage sustained on the field. His outsize base ball memorial at Greenwood Cemetery will be a mecca for the fraternity during the amateur era.
Golf
Rowing
- Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford
Events
- First ski jumping competition held in Trysil
Deaths
- October 18 - Jim Creighton]], 21, American baseball player
