700 B.C. |
Prinz Siawusch – best Persian polo player under King Afrasiab. |
335 - 330 B.C. |
Letters between Darius II and Alexander the Great concerning polo. |
224 - 664 A.D. |
Sassan dynasty – birth of polo in Persia. |
618 - 907 A.D. |
Birth of polo in China under the Tang dynasty. |
712 i.sz |
International match: Tibet vs. China. |
826 A.D. |
King Tsung and son murdered due to fixation with polo. |
900 A.D. |
Kaiser Alexander injured in Byzanz playing polo. |
960 A.D. |
Sung dynasty – rebirth of polo in China. |
1192 |
Polo becomes Samurai tradition. |
1203 |
Polo taken to France by merchants from Constantinapole. |
1402 - 1424 |
Polo played in Peking. |
1830 |
Captain Pemberton sees polo played in Manipur. |
1859 |
Polo Club Manipur estabilished by Lt. Sherer. |
1869 |
Rules of polo compiled by E. Hartopp in English. |
1869 |
First match in Aldershot 9th Lancers vs. 10th Hussars. |
1898 |
First German polo club founded in Hamburg. |
1908 |
Polo becomes an Olimpic sport. |
1936 |
Olimpiad in Berlin - polo attracted more spectators than all other sport. |
1975 |
Polo played in over 39 countries with 538 registered clubs. |
1983 |
Foundation of International Polo Foundation Buenos Aires. |
1993 |
Re-foundation of Budapest Polo Club. |
1998 |
Opening of the new facilities in Etyek and establishing of La Estancia Polo Club.
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