Billiards has a long and rich history stretching from its inception in the 15th century, to the wrapping of the body of Mary, Queen of Scots, in her billiard table cover in 1586, through its many mentions in the works of Shakespeare, including the famous line "let's to billiards" in Antony and Cleopatra (1606–07), and through the many famous enthusiasts of the sport such as: Mozart, Louis XIV of France, Marie Antoinette, Immanuel Kant, Napoleon, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain,George Washington, French president Jules Grévy, Charles Dickens, George Armstrong Custer, Theodore Roosevelt,Lewis Carroll, W.C. Fields, Babe Ruth, Bob Hope, and Jackie Gleason.               From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia