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The lacrosse timeline begins with the Jesuit Missonairy Jean De Brebeuf is the first to document the game of lacrosse.
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A match between the Seneca and Mohawks resultes in the creating of the basic rules.
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A team from India represented the game in Montreal. The game was in the newspaper and for the first time white men were interested in the sport
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Queen Victoria watched 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 womens lacrosse game is played at St. Leonardo's school in St. Andrews, Scotland.
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Lacrosse was first played as an exibition sport in the Olympics in St. Louis. The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse League is formed. Laurie D. Cox, William C. Schmeisser and Charles Lattig form a committee to develop a uniform code of operation for college lacrosse, and divide the colleges into north and south divisions.
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The United States Womens Lacrosse Association (USWLA) is formed as the rule-making body for womens lacrosse.
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Robert Pool introduces the first double walled wooden stick, an early prototype for todays plastic and metal sticks.
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The mens field game positions change from goalkeeper, point, cover point, first defence, second defence, centre, second attack, first attack and in home to goal keeper, attack, midfield, and defence
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Men's college lacrosse allies with the NCAA. The International Federation Of Women's Lacrosse Association (IFWLA) is founded.
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The first NCAA women's championship is played at Trenton State University between the University of Massachusetts and Trenton State University.
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The major indoor lacrosse league revives professional box lacrosse in Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia and Washington.
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The IFLWA World Cup is played in High Wycombe, England where the US defeated Australia for the cup.
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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.
