1837/06/22

Paul Morphy born

1846/00/00

Gen. Winfield Scott visited New Orleans, Morphy not yet 9, beats him in chess.

1849/06/22

12th Birthday - 1st blindfold

1850/05/22

Morphy played Lowenthal

1850/05/25

Morphy played Lowenthal

1850/09/00

Morphy enrolled at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama.

1854/05/00

Paul received his A .B degree Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama

1855/05/00

Paul received his A .M degree Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama

1855/09/00

Paul attended the Law School at the University of Louisiana.

1857/04/07

Paul received his L .L. B. degree on April 7, 1857.

1857/09/23

Morphy left for New York, via Cincinnati

1857/10/04

Morphy arrived in NY city (11 days travel)

1857/10/05

Morphy attended 1^st American Chess Congress, NYC

1857/11/10

Morphy won the Congress

1857/11/11

Awards Ceremony

1857/12/17

Morphy left New York and arrived New Orleans just before the New Year.

1858/01/??

Chess Monthly Issue printed Pawn and Move Challenge

1858/01/??

Morphy - 2 board Blindfold New Orleans CC

1858/03/31

Morphy - 7 board Blindfold +6 -1 New Orleans CC

1858/04/??

Morphy - 7 or 8 board Blindfold New Orleans CC

1858/05/??

Morphy - 8 board Blindfold New Orleans CC

1858/05/31

Morphy left for New York on May 31, 1858 (trip took 6 days this time)

1858/06/08

Morphy boarded the steamship, Arabia, bound for Liverpool.

1858/06/20

The steamship, Arabia, arrived in Liverpool, England

1858/06/22

Morphy turns 21 becoming a  legal adult

1858/06/27

Morphy spends a weekend at Staunton's home in Streatham

1858/07/18

Chess column in London Era supplies info on Lowenthal vs. Morphy:
£100, play days Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at a game/day unless adjourned by mutual consent. Alternate Mondays and Tuesdays at the London CC while Thursday and Fridays would be at St. George's;  Seconds  were to be Hay and Owen for Morphy with Barnes and Oldham for Lowenthal.  Staunton would umpire the match with William Lewis holding the stakes.  The first to win 9 would be declared the victor. One intriguing term was that the games themselves would be the exclusive property of the contestants.

1858/07/19

Tuesday Lowenthal Morphy Game 1 London CC -  a 71/2 hour draw

1858/07/21

Thursday Lowenthal Morphy Game 2 St. Georges - Morphy

1858/07/22

Friday Lowenthal Morphy Game 3 St. Georges -  Morphy  (possibly adjourned.)

1858/07/25

Monday Lowenthal Morphy Game 4 London CC Morphy

1858/07/26

Tuesday Lowenthal Morphy Game 5 London CC Lowenthal

1858/07/28

Thursday Lowenthal Morphy Game 6 St. Georges Morphy

1858/07/29

Friday Lowenthal Morphy Game 7 St. Georges Morphy

1858/08/01

Monday Lowenthal Morphy Game 8 London CC Lowenthal

1858/08/02

Tuesday Lowenthal Morphy Game 9 London CC Morphy

1858/08/04

Thursday Lowenthal Morphy Game 10 St. Georges Morphy

1858/08/05

Friday Should have played 11

1858/08/06

Lowenthal, visibly ill, visits Morphy at Lowe's Hotel; Morphy postpones the game.

1858/08/10

Tuesday Owen's match started game 1 Morphy win in 18 moves

1858/08/10

or after - game 2 draw, Morphy won games 3 and 4

1858/08/12

Lowenthal match resumes

1858/08/14

Owen match resumes -  Morphy wins games 5 and 6

1858/08/21

Lowenthal match came to an end - Lawson

1858/08/22 

Saturday 08/22, the Lowenthal match came to an end - from the Era

1858/08/22

According to Edge, Aug.22 was a Monday, games were not played on Saturday

1858/08/28

Staunton chess column Match is 'Bunkum' Morphy comes unfurnished

1858/08/31

Morphy and Edge took the channel steamship to France

1858/09/01

Morphy plays M. Lecrivain odds of a Pawn & 2  easilyy winning.

1858/09/04

Morphy  loses a casual game to Harrwitz  at Cafe de la Régence. Harrwitz agrees to a match on his own terms.

1858/09/04

Morphy vs. Harrwitz match starts

1858/09/15

Morphy's first sitting for Lequesne's bust

1858/09/23

Morphy vs. Harrwitz resumes from 1st Postponement game 6

1858/09/27

Morphy - 8 Board Blindfold at the Cafe de la Régence.

1858/09/28

Morphy - dictates all the games to Edge

1858/09/29

Morphy vs. Harrwitz game 7, Draw - rook blunder costs Morphy the win.

1858/10/04

Harrwitz resigns by letter

1858/10/06

Morphy writes Staunton re: Bunkum, states I got the cash

1858/10/09

Staunton replies, same old excuses, claims No way Jose

1858/10/23

Staunton publishes new slant, pieces of Morphy's letter

1858/11/18

Edge writes Fiske - Morphy [public declare No Frenchmen even except Harrwitz, But Harrwitz had had enough

1858/12/15

Wednesday, Anderssen Arrives

1858/12/16

between 12/19 6 games Anderssen vs. Harrwitz  Anderssen wins +3-1=2

1858/12/20

Monday, Anderssen vs. Morphy match starts

1858/12/28

Anderssen vs. Morphy match ends. Morphy wins +7-2= 2

1858/12/29

Anderssen vs. Morphy in a series of 6 blitz games.  Morphy wins +5 -1

1858/12/29

Between Anderssen and Mongredien, Morphy gives "Pawn & Odds" to world

1859/01/02

Anderssen Leaves Paris

1859/02/26

Morphy's vs. Mongredien begins same day as Birkenhead sinks in 1852

1859/04/06

Morphy, Sybrandt and Rivière left Paris for England

1859/04/13

8 board blind @ London CC,

1859/04/18

Deacon claims Games played 10:AM - 2:00

1859/04/20

8 board blind @ St. George's 2:00 - 6:30

1859/04/21

between, and 4/24 9 game match Knight Odds avs. Worral, Mopphy winning +7-2

1859/04/26

5 board sighted vs. Löwenthal=, Rivière-0, Boden=, Barnes-1 and Bird-0, St. James CC

1859/04/30

Morphy boarded the Persia bound for New York

1859/05/11

Morphy arrived in New York

1859/05/11

 That Evening Morphy NYCC 4 or 5 Knight Odds games with F Perrin, wins all but 1. Perrin unconvinced challenges Morphy to a Match

1859/05/12

Morphy 5 Knight Odds match vs. F Perrin, Morphy wins all but 1

1859/05/14

Morphy wins 5 games at Knight Odds vs. Dr. James Stone that morning in his hotel room.

1859/05/14

Morphy attends the Union Chess Club, wins 2 each Knight Odds vs. Isidor and Bennecke

1859/05/15

Sunday. Morphy went to Hoboken for a dinner engagement with Eugene Cook

1859/05/16

Monday. Morphy  resumed his match with Perrin.

1859/05/17

Morphy wins 2 games Knight Odds vs. Dr. Horace Richardson, president of the Boston CC.

1859/05/19

Morphy wins 1 game vs. James Thompson at Knight Odds.  Thompson challenged Morphy to a 9 game match at Knight Odds.

1859/05/21

Morphy vs. Perrin match Ends Morphy wins +5=1

1859/05/22

Morphy vs. Thompson Queen Knight Odds match begins with Thompson winning game 1.

1859/05/25

Testimonial Chapel NY Univ. Morphy received his famous chess set

1859/05/28

Morphy rode to Boston

1859/05/28

Morphy spends the afternoon Boston CC and in the evening  plays Broughton and Dr. Richardson at Knight Odds.

1859/05/29

Morphy attends the Boston CC

1859/05/30

Longfellow went that evening to some unspecified chess club to watch Morphy play.

1859/05/31

Feted by Boston CC, at the Revere House Hotel with 140 invited guests

1859/06/01

Morphy Dinner, Oliver Wendell Holmes presided; speeches by Judge Shaw, Sparks, Prof. Agassiz

1859/06/02

Morphy dined with the homeopathic doctors in the armory of Faneuil Hill

1859/06/03

Morphy left Boston 4 NYC resumed match with  Thompson. Thompson won game 2.

1859/06/16

Morphy attended the Brooklyn Chess Club played H H Knott and N Marasche - Eagle 6/17

1859/06/17

Morphy vs. Thompson Queen's Knight Odds match ends with Morphy winning +5-3=1

1859/06/22

The Athenaeum Club of New York had a birthday party around Morphy birthday.He played 2 Knight Odds vs. George Cheney +1-1

1859/07/??

Sat for Loring Elliot Portrait

1859/08/??

Early August traveled to White Mountains and Newport

1859/09/??

Stayed at Ocean House and met with Mrs. Butt and daughter Virginia (Morphy played Virgina, Lawson p.232 states he probably lost )

1859/10/30

Morphy left New York bound for Philadelphia, then Baltimore.

1859/10/31

Morphy arrived Philadelphia

1859/11/17

Morphy left Philadelphia, arriving in Baltimore

1859/11/22

Morphy game vs. Chapin B. Harris, an invalid who wished to meet the world champion.

1859/11/24

Morphy left Baltimore for home.

1859/12/12

On or about, Arrives in New Orleans

1859/12/17

Staunton publishes Deacon counterfeits

1859/01/19

Morphy denies Deacon games in letter to Fuller

1860/05/00

Morphy returned to New York

1860/08/??

Morphy's association with the Ledger ends

1860/08/01

Morphy leaves New Orleans Jackson & Northern RR

1860/08/04

Arrives In New York, stays about a week

1860/08/11

(Not exact date) visits Saratoga and Newport - Lawson p.289

1860/09/10

( Not exact date) Early September returns to New York

1860/09/18

Loses a Knight Odds game in 76 moves to James Thompson

1860/10/10

Morphy played games with Perrin and Sam Loyd at Knight Odds

1860/10/??

Last days in NY he played JA Leonard and Otto Michaelis at Queen's Rook Odds

1860/10/24

or on 10/26 Morphy left NYC for New Orleans (a day before or after Paulsen's departure - pg 262 Lawson)

1861/04/12

The first shot, Fort Sumter

1861/10/00

Morphy visited Gen. Pierre G. T. Beauregard in Richmond, VA

1861/10/24

Morphy visited Richmond CC and played at least 10 games at Knight odds winning 8.

1862/10/10

Morphy gained incognito passage for Cuba

1862/10/16

Several Señors call upon him at his hotel

1862/10/18

Morphy, played some games and gave some blindfold demonstrations. Played several games probably at Sicre's home against Señors Medina, Fesser, Toscano, Felix Sicre, J.M.Sicre, slave of F Sicre. After banquet by Eduardo Fesser Morphy Leaves Cuba for Spain

1862/12/??

Morphy is now in Paris

1863/02/14

Kolisch challenges Morphy

1864/01/??

Morphy (end of Jan) left for New Orleans via Cuba

1864/02/16

Morphy only spent 2 days in Cuba

1864/02/30

Morphy is now back in New Orleans

1864/03/14

Morphy in New York working on his games to be published by Appleton

1884/03/01

Elliot's portrait presented to Manhattan CC by Thom. Frére at the 8th Annual Banquet

1884/07/10

Morphy pronounced dead 2:30 pm, New Orleans

1884/07/15

Elliot's portrait of Morphy draped for 3 months