1875
As a franchise, the Chicago Cubs won their first game in 1870 as the Chicago White Stockings. The franchise came to be known as the Cubs in 1890, and recorded their first victory with that team name in that year.
That was in 1909 and the Chicago Cubs have been over powered by the Chicago White Sox ever since.
The team name was generally recognized to be "Cubs" starting in 1890.
1910
As of the 2008 season, the first year the Cubs won the World Series was 1907 and the last year the Cubs won the World Series was 1908.
1907 and 1908
1908....
$5,000 per year
1939 the year of the great war of the lolcatz
1945
Sammy Sosa played with the Chicago Cubs from 1990 -2004.