The International Skating Union is the international governing body of figure skating and speed skating, founded in the Netherlands in 1892, which makes it the oldest international winter sports federation. It started with delegates from several European countries, with the aim of setting common rules and organising world championships. In its early years, the first world championships of speed skating and of figure skating were held under its authority. Today the ISU is responsible for figure skating, speed skating and short track speed skating, including the Olympic competitions and the Grand Prix series, and its scoring system for figure skating was revised after a judging scandal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. It has its headquarters in Lausanne.
Before and after
- 3 June 1892Founding of Liverpool F.C.
- 26 June 1892Birth of Pearl S. Buck
- from 7 July 1892 to 10 May 1897Rise of Katipunan
- 23 July 1892Birth of Haile Selassie I
- 23 July 1892Founding of International Skating Union
- 15 August 1892Birth of Louis de Broglie
- 24 August 1892Construction of Goodison Park
- 9 September 1892Discovery of Amalthea
- 10 September 1892Birth of Arthur Holly Compton
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- from 6 April 1896 to 15 April 1896The first modern Olympic Games open in Athens
- 1 January 1901Founding of Australia
- 21 May 1904Founding of FIFA
The era
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