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Chronology
1801 1 June—Brigham Young born in Whitingham, Vermont.

1805 23 December—Joseph Smith Jr. born in Sharon, Vermont.

1807 1 March—Wilford Woodruff born in Farmington (now Avon), Connecticut.

1808 1 November—John Taylor born in Milnthorpe, England.

1814 3 April—Lorenzo Snow born in Mantua, Ohio.

1820 Early spring—First Vision.

1823 21-22 September—Moroni visited Joseph Smith and showed him gold plates buried in Hill Cumorah.

1827 18 January—Joseph Smith married Emma Hale in South Bainbridge, New York.
22 September—Moroni gave the gold plates to Joseph Smith.

1828 February—Martin Harris showed Book of Mormon characters to Charles Anthon and Samuel L. Mitchill.
June-July—Martin Harris lost 116 pages of Book of Mormon manuscript.

1829 7 April—Joseph Smith resumed translation of the Book of Mormon with Oliver Cowdery as scribe.
15 May—John the Baptist bestowed the Aaronic Priesthood on Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in Harmony, Pennsylvania.
May or June—Peter, James, and John conferred the Melchizedek Priesthood upon Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery.
June—Translation of the Book of Mormon completed; witnesses saw the gold plates.
11 June—Copyright secured for the Book of Mormon.
August—Printing of the Book of Mormon began in the Grandin Printing Shop, Palmyra, New York.

1830 26 March—Book of Mormon published in Palmyra, New York.
April-June—Samuel Smith went on early missions in Western New York.
6 April—Organization of the Church at Whitmer Farm in Fayette, New York.
June—Book of Moses, chapter 1, revealed to Joseph Smith in Harmony, Pennsylvania.
9 June—First conference held at Whitmer Farm; Articles and Covenants accepted (D&C 20; 22).
September-October—Missionaries called to Lamanite mission.
October-November—About 130 individuals converted in Kirtland, Ohio, and vicinity.
December—Sidney Rigdon appointed as scribe for the New Translation of the Bible (D&C 35:20).

1831 January-May—Members from New York branches moved to Ohio.
1 February—Joseph Smith arrived at the Newel K. Whitney Store in Kirtland, Ohio.
4 February—Edward Partridge became first bishop.
9 February—Joseph Smith received "the law of the Church," including the law of consecration (D&C 42).
Spring— Parley P. Pratt, Leman Copley, and Sidney Rigdon visited Shakers near Cleveland, Ohio.
3-6 June—First high priests ordained.
20 July—Site revealed to Joseph Smith for center of Zion in Independence, Missouri (D&C 57).
2 August—Zion dedicated by Sidney Rigdon.
3 August—Joseph Smith dedicated the temple site at Independence, Missouri.
1-2 November—Decision made at conference in Hiram, Ohio, to print Book of Commandments.

1832 25 January—Joseph Smith sustained as president of the high priesthood, in Amherst, Ohio.
16 February—Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon received vision of the three degrees of glory (D&C 76), in Hiram, Ohio.
24 March—Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon beaten and tarred and feathered at John Johnson Farm in Hiram, Ohio.
1 June—The Evening and the Morning Star began publication at Independence, Missouri.
25 December—Joseph Smith received the prophecy on war (D&C 87).

1833 22 January—School of the Prophets organized in Whitney Store at Kirtland, Ohio.
27 February—Word of Wisdom revealed (D&C 89).
18 March—First Presidency organized with Sidney Rigdon and Frederick G. Williams (replacing Jesse Gause) as counselors to Joseph Smith.
2 July—First draft of Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible completed.
20 July—Independence, Missouri, Printing Office destroyed; Edward Partridge tarred and feathered by mob.
23 July—Kirtland Temple cornerstones laid; Saints made treaty with mob, agreeing to leave Jackson County, Missouri.
Late summer—School of the Elders organized by Parley P. Pratt in Jackson County, Missouri.
7 November—Saints driven from Jackson County, Missouri.
18 December—Joseph Smith Sr. became first patriarch to the Church.

1834 17 February—First stake and high council organized in Kirtland, Ohio.
3 May—Church adopted the designation "Latter-day Saints" (see Church, Names of).
8 May—Zion's Camp began its march from Ohio to Missouri.
October—Messenger and Advocate began publication in Kirtland, Ohio.
November—School of the Elders organized in Kirtland.
5 December—Oliver Cowdery named assistant president of the Church in Kirtland, Ohio.

1835 14 February—Quorum of the Twelve Apostles organized at Kirtland.
28 February—Original Quorum of Seventy organized.
28 March—Revelation on priesthood received (D&C 107).
6 July—Church members purchased Egyptian mummies and papyri from Michael Chandler.
17 August—Doctrine and Covenants accepted by the Saints as a standard work.
Fall—Emma Smith compiled hymns for publication.

1836 27 March—Kirtland Temple dedicated (D&C 109).
3 April—Jesus Christ, Moses, Elias, and Elijah appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in the Kirtland Temple (D&C 110).
9 May—John Taylor and wife, Lenora, baptized near Toronto, Canada.
29 June—Group of citizens at Liberty, Missouri, passed a resolution to expel the Saints from Clay County.
2 November—Articles of agreement drawn up for Kirtland Safety Society.

1837 2 January—Kirtland Safety Society antibanking company formed.
13 June—Heber C. Kimball and others left Ohio for England, the first missionary effort to extend beyond North America.
30 July—First converts baptized in Great Britain.
October—Elder's Journal began publication in Kirtland, Ohio.
December—Martin Harris excommunicated.

1838 12 January—Joseph Smith fled persecution in Kirtland, Ohio.
14 March—Far West, Missouri, established as new Church headquarters.
12 April—Oliver Cowdery excommunicated.
13 April—David Whitmer excommunicated.
26 April—Name of the Church specified as "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" (D&C 115:4).
19 May—Adam-ondi-Ahman selected for settlement in Daviess County, Missouri.
4 July—Far West Temple cornerstones laid.
6 July—Exodus of most Saints from Kirtland, Ohio.
8 July—Joseph Smith received revelation on tithing (D&C 119).
6 August—Gallatin Election Day fight.
25 October—Battle of Crooked River; David W. Patten killed.
27 October—Lilburn W. Boggs issued extermination order, driving the Saints from Missouri.
30 October—Haun's Mill Massacre.
31 October—Joseph Smith and other leaders arrested by Missouri State Militia.
9 November—Joseph Smith and others imprisoned in Richmond, Ray County, Missouri.
13 November—Joseph F. Smith born in Far West, Missouri.
1 December—Joseph Smith and others moved to Liberty Jail.

1839 Winter-Spring—Most Saints fled from Missouri.
February—Exiled Saints arriving in Quincy, Illinois, assisted by local citizens.
20-25 March—Joseph Smith wrote epistle to Saints from Liberty Jail (D&C 121-23).
April—Saints decided to settle at Commerce (later Nauvoo), Illinois, and soon began purchasing land.
26 April—Apostles gathered at Far West temple site in fulfillment of commandment respecting overseas mission (D&C 118).
29 October-4 March—Joseph Smith went to Washington, D.C., with redress petitions.
November—Times and Seasons began publication in Nauvoo.

1840 27 May—Millennial Star, first LDS periodical produced outside North America began publication in Manchester, England, with Parley P. Pratt as editor.
15 August—Baptism for the dead announced in Nauvoo.
14 September—Patriarch Joseph Smith Sr. died.
16 December—Nauvoo Charter signed by Illinois governor Thomas Carlin.

1841 19 January—Joseph Smith received revelation to build Nauvoo Temple and Nauvoo House; Hyrum Smith called as assistant president of the Church and to succeed his father as patriarch (D&C 124).
February—First wards organized at Nauvoo.
24 October—Holy Land dedicated by Orson Hyde.

1842 1 March—First segment of the book of Abraham and Wentworth letter, including the Articles of Faith, published in Times and Seasons.
17 March—Female Relief Society of Nauvoo organized.
4 May—First full endowments given on second floor of the Prophet's Red Brick Store, in Nauvoo.
6 August—Rocky Mountain prophecy given by Joseph Smith.
10 October—Lorenzo Snow presented copies of the Book of Mormon to Queen Victoria of England.

1843 May—Missionaries called to first non-English-speaking mission in the Church, island of Tubuai (now in French Polynesia).
12 July—Revelation on celestial marriage (including plural marriage) recorded (D&C 132).

1844 29 January—Presidential campaign of Joseph Smith began.
11 March—Council of Fifty organized.
7 April—King Follett Discourse given by Joseph Smith.
7 June—Only issue of Nauvoo Expositor published; three days later the press was declared a nuisance and destroyed by the Nauvoo City Council.
27 June—Joseph and Hyrum Smith killed at Carthage Jail.
8 August—Leadership of the Church under the Twelve Apostles approved by the majority of the Saints in Nauvoo.

1845 January—Nauvoo Charter repealed by Illinois legislature.
6 April—Apostles issued proclamation to all the world.
3 May—Nauvoo Neighbor began publication.
10 December-7 February 1846—Saints completed more than 5,000 endowments in the Nauvoo Temple.

1846 4 February—Saints began their evacuation from Nauvoo; other Saints left New York City for California on ship Brooklyn, under the leadership of Samuel Brannan.
24 April—Saints encamped at Garden Grove, Iowa.
30 April—Nauvoo Temple privately dedicated by Orson Hyde.
14 June—Saints encamped at Council Bluffs.
July—Thomas Kane visited the Saints on the Missouri River; U.S. Army enlisted approximately 500 volunteers for the Mormon Battalion.
31 July—Ship Brooklyn arrived in San Francisco bay.
13 August—Mormon Battalion began its 2,000-mile march from Fort Leavenworth to San Diego, California.
10-17 September—Battle of Nauvoo.
23 September—Saints encamped at Winter Quarters.

1847 14 January—Brigham Young received revelation regarding organization of Saints for journey west (D&C 136).
29 January—Mormon Battalion completed trek at San Diego, California.
5 April—Pioneer trek began with first company leaving Winter Quarters under the direction of Brigham Young.
16 July—Mormon Battalion disbanded at Los Angeles.
21-24 July—First pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley.
28 July—Site selected for the Salt Lake Temple.
27 December—Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Willard Richards sustained as new First Presidency at Kanesville, Iowa.

1848 24 January—Saints at Sutter's Mill in California when gold was discovered.
May-June—Miracle of the seagulls in Salt Lake Valley.
9 October—Arsonists burned Nauvoo Temple.
November—Oliver Cowdery rebaptized near Kanesville/Council Bluffs, Iowa.

1849 March—Icarians settled in Nauvoo, Illinois.
5 March—Provisional state of Deseret created.
October—Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company established.
9 December—First Sunday School organized in Rocky Mountains by Richard Ballantyne.

1850 28 February—University of Deseret (later University of Utah) founded.
3 March—Oliver Cowdery died in Richmond, Missouri.
15 June—Deseret News began publication in Salt Lake City.
9 September—Territory of Utah created by Congress; Brigham Young appointed governor 11 days later.

1851 June—Saints settled San Bernardino, California.
11 July—Franklin D. Richards published pamphlet entitled The Pearl of Great Price in Liverpool, England.
1 November—First issue of Journal of Discourses published in Liverpool, England.
8 November—Parley P. Pratt, the first missionary to South America, arrived in Chile.

1852 8 April—Preparation of Deseret Alphabet begun.
28-29 August—Plural marriage publicly announced at special conference, in which 106 missionaries were called to carry the gospel to various parts of the world.

1853 6 April—Cornerstones laid for Salt Lake Temple.
July—Walker War began.

1855 5 May—Endowment House dedicated in Salt Lake City.

1856 26 September—First handcart company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley.
October-November—Willie and Martin Handcart Companies rescued from early winter storms in Wyoming; more than 200 had died.
22 November—Heber J. Grant born in Salt Lake City.

1856-1857 Mormon Reformation.

1857 13 May—Parley P. Pratt murdered in Arkansas.
28 May—U.S. President James Buchanan sent 2,500 troops to Utah under Albert Sidney Johnston, beginning the Utah War.
24 July—Brigham Young informed of oncoming Johnston's Army.
5 August-15 September—Brigham Young declared martial law for Utah Territory and forbade Johnston's Army to enter the Salt Lake Valley.
11 September—Mountain Meadows Massacre.
October—Mormon raiding parties in Wyoming slowed progress of Johnston's Army.

1858 May—Saints in northern Utah evacuated their settlements in response to army's approach.
11 June—Peaceful resolution to Utah War, largely due to negotiating of Thomas L. Kane.
26 June—Johnston's Army passed through Salt Lake City en route to Cedar Valley.
July—Saints returned to their homes.

1859 10-17 July—Horace Greeley interviewed Brigham Young during visit to Salt Lake City.

1860 3 April—First Pony Express rider reached Salt Lake City.
24 September—Last handcart company arrived in Salt Lake City.

1861 23 April—First wagon trains sent from Salt Lake Valley with supplies to help bring immigrating Saints to Utah.
18 October—Telegraph line reached Salt Lake City.

1862 6 March—Salt Lake Theatre dedicated.
8 July—U.S. president Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act, the first federal anti-polygamy legislation.

1864 26 July—Cornerstone laid for Salt Lake Tabernacle.

1865 9 April—Beginning of four-year Black Hawk War.

1866 1 January—Juvenile Instructor began publication.

1867 6 October—First general conference in the new Tabernacle.
8 December—Relief Society reestablished with Eliza R. Snow as president.
1868 25 September—Last wagon train of pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley.

1869 1 March—ZCMI opened for business.
10 May—Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Point, Utah.
25 June—First Saints to immigrate completely by railroad from the East arrived in the Salt Lake Valley.
28 November—Young Women program initiated under the title Young Ladies' Retrenchment Association.
December—Godbeite movement began.

1870 1 January—First issue of Mormon Tribune (later the Salt Lake Tribune).
February—Liberal Party organized, which represented anti-Mormon interests in Utah Territory; it was opposed by the People's Party, representing the Church's point of view.
12 February—Woman suffrage granted by Utah Territorial legislature.
4 April—George Albert Smith born in Salt Lake City.
30 August—Martin Harris arrived in Salt Lake City and testified at general conference.

1872 2 January-25 April—Brigham Young placed under house arrest for bigamy; never brought to trial.
June—Woman's Exponent began publication.

1873 8 September—David O. McKay born in Huntsville, Utah.

1874 Winter—United orders inaugurated.
23 June—Poland Act became law, forcing Mormon polygamists to be tried by federal courts.