or Assemblies
BALLS
or Assemblies
| Name | Location | City | State | Honoring | Dates | |
| Black and Pooch Ball | Congress Hotel | - | NY | (Given By Irene Castle) | 1940's? | |
| Bradley Martin Ball | Waldorf Astoria | - | NY | - | - | 2/10/1897 |
| Butlers Ball | Riverside Plaza Hotel | New York City | NY | - | - | |
| Birthnight Ball | - | Williamsburg. | VA | None | - | Late 1800's |
| Centennial Ball, The | Metrop. Opera Hse. | New York City | NY | Cent.. | - | 1900? |
| Chuck Connor's Ball | (Tammany Hall!) | - | NY | Gibson Girls? | - | 1905 |
| Drag Ball (annual) | - | Harlem | NY | - | - | 1940's |
| Fairy Ball | Rockland Palace | (was raided /pd) | NY | Female Impersonators | 1938 | |
| Fancy Ball | California Exchange? | - | CA | - | 1857 | |
| Fat Men's Ball | Irving Hall | New York City | NY | - | - | 1/7/1870 |
| Grand Ball | City Hall | Washington | D.C. | President Lincoln | - | 4/4/1861 |
| Grand Ball | Academy of Music Hall | New York City | NY | Prince Of Wales | - | 10/12/1860 |
| Hunt Ball | Newport | - | - | - | - | 9/14/1889 |
| Inaugural Ball (1St. One) | Assembly Rooms | New York City | NY | George Washington | - | 5/7/1789 |
| Inaugural Ball | - | - | - | General Grant | - | -1869 |
| Memphisto Ball | - | New York | NY | (Bonnie Glass) | - | 1910's |
| Napier Ball, The | Willards Hotel | Washington City | - | None | - | 2/17/1859 |
| Revels At Merry Mount | USA | Merry Mount | MA | - | - | 1600's |
| Un Bal Du Cour Louis XIV | France | - | - | Louis XIV | - | 1800's? |
| Un Bal La Cour D' Henri III | France | - | - | Henry III | - | 1600's? |
| Vanderbuilt 19th Cent. Ball | 5th Avenue House | - | NY | - | 1900's | |
| Venetian Weddings | - | - | - | - | - | 1500's |
| W.C Whitney Cotillion Ball | - | - | NY | 1st of the century | - | 1/4/1901 |
In the season 1865-1866 over 500 balls were given in New York City alone. There are way to many to list here,
but if you need some info...this should help. Balls were often times called Assemblies.
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