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the Jesuit Missionary Jean de Brebeuf is the first to document the game of lacrosse
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A match between the Seneca and Mohawks results in the creating of basic rules
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Caughnawaga Indians demonstrate the sport in Montreal. The game is reported by the newspaper and, for the first time, white men are interested in the sport.
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Dr. William George Beers, the father of modern lacrosse, finalizes the first set of playing rules for the Montreal Club.
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Queen Victoria watched and "endorses" a lacrosse game in Windsor, England. New York University is the first college in the United States to establish a lacrosse team.
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The first intercollegiate tournament is held at Westchester Polo Grounds in New York.
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In the lacrosse timeline, the first women's lacrosse game is played at St. Leonard's School in St. Andrew's, Scotland.
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The USWLA holds its first national tournament in Greenwich, Conn.
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Robert Pool introduces the first double-walled wooden stick, an early prototype for today's plastic sticks
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The Lacrosse Foundation is incorporated as the sport's national development center and archive
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The first issue of Lacrosse Magazine is published by The Lacrosse Foundation
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Coach Roy Simmons, Jr. of Syracuse University is the first coach to win four NCAA titles.
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In the lacrosse timeline, the University of Maryland wins it's fifth NCAA women's championship. US Lacrosse is founded and incorporated as the national governing body of men's and women's lacrosse. On March 14, the new Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame are rededicated, completing the expansion of the US Lacrosse headquarters.
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The IFWLA World Cup is played in High Wycombe, England where the U.S. defeated Australia for the cup.
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The ILF and IFWLA U-19 World Championships are held in Towson, Maryland (U.S.) where the U.S. teams won both titles.
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The timeline of lacrosse ends with The International Lacrosse Federation World Championship is played in London, Ontario (Canada). The Canadians win the title with a 15-10 victory over the U.S. in the gold medal game, snapping the American men's 38-game winning streak, dating back to 1978.
