There is no record of the first indoor billiards game. However, it is known that in 1429 billiards was played indoors on a billiard table in France.
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∙ 2012-09-24 05:14:48The game of billiards was being played in both France and Italy in the very early 1400's. There is no record to indicate which had the first indoor pocket billiards tables.
The game is about 800 years old, and 600 years old in its present form. The first record of an indoor billiards table is from 1429. However, the location and dates that billiards became an indoor game is unknown. The game was enhanced about 1820 to become the billiards game known today.
There is no inventor of billiards. The game evolved in Italy and France from the Italian game of trucco. The "father" of the game of billiards as we know it can best be attributed to Francois Mignaud 400 years after billiards was already an indoor game.
No one. Billiard balls evolved in the same manner as the game of billiards. In the 1700's the Italian game of trucco was being played indoors, becoming the game of billiards, and there is no record of how this transition from an outdoor to indoor sport occurred.
Billiards is generally accepted as originating in Italy as a modified version of trucco. However, the first record of the billiard table is in France. It is argued and has not yet been found whether the indoor game of billiards was first played in Italy or France. The evolution of the equipment, as we know it, definitely was the result of a Frenchman, Francois Mignaud, but he played in many European countries as this was developed.
Pool, sometimes called billiards, evolved from outdoor lawn games in the 15th century. King Louis XI of France had the first recorded indoor billiards table. This game evolved into a variety of games such as pool, snooker, and English billiards.
first indoor world series game in 1987 when the twins beat the cardinals
The game of snooker is a spin-off of billiards which dates back to the 16th century but the game of snooker did not really come into being until the 1800s.
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There is no record of the first billiards games. However it is documented it was being played in the 1420's on tables similar to those used today.