April 6, 1896

The first modern Olympic Games was held on April 6, 1896, with a thousand years since the last Olympiad on the Peloponnese Peninsula in the fourth century A.D. Only four years later, women began competing in the modern Olympic Games; in 1900, out of 997 athletes, 22 women competed in tennis, sailing, croquet, equestrianism and golf.

1896

1896 saw the first modern Olympic Games, initiated by Baron Pierre de Coubertine.

from 5 to 10 April 1896

The first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in Athens from 5 to 10 April 1896.

in Athens, Greece

The first modern Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece.

In April, 1896

It had been a long time coming, considering that the first modern Olympic Games were held in April 1896, in Athens, Greece, and Athens was at the 1904 Chicago Games that the first black Africans took part.