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

Contents 1 Baseball 2 Golf 3 Rowing 4 Events 5 Deaths

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

• British Open - Tom Morris, Sr.

Rowing

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Events

• First ski jumping competition held in Trysil

Deaths

• October 18 - Jim Creighton, 21, American baseball player