Chronology of Mormonism
| 1800 | Hyrum Smith (Joseph Smith's brother) is born |
| 1805, Dec. 23 | Joseph Smith, Jr. is born in Sharon, Vermont. |
| 1806, Oct. 3 | Oliver Cowdery is born |
| 1820 | Joseph Smith says God the Father and Jesus appear to him and say all churches are wrong. |
| 1823, Sept. 21 | Angel Moroni appears to Joseph Smith telling him the location of the golden plates. |
| 1827 | Joseph Smith receives the golden plates that were buried in the Hill Cumorah. |
| 1829 | John the Baptist gives the Aaronic Priesthood to Smith and Oliver Cowdery. |
| 1830 | Book of Mormon is first published. |
| 1830, April. 6 | The Mormon Church is first organized and called "The Church of Christ." |
| 1831 | The Mormon Church moves to Kirtland, Ohio. |
| 1833 | The Book of Commandments is published. |
| 1834 | Church name is changed to "The Church of Latter Day Saints." |
| 1838 | Joseph Smith leaves Kirtland and goes to Far West, Missouri. |
| 1838 | Church name is changed to "The Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints." |
| 1838 | About 19 Mormon men, women, and children are attacked and killed at Haun's Mill, Missouri. |
| 1839 | Settlement at Nauvoo, Illinois. |
| 1841, April 6 | Foundation laid for the Temple at Nauvoo. |
| 1843 | Kinderhook plates are found. |
| 1843 | The revelation that permits polygamy is received by Joseph Smith. |
| 1844, June 10 | Joseph Smith and others destroy the printing press of the Nauvoo Expositor. |
| 1844, June 25 | Joseph Smith is arrested and held in Carthage Jail, Carthage, Il. |
| 1844, June 27 | A mob breaks into the jail and kills Joseph and his brother Hyrum. |
| 1846 | Mormons leave Nauvoo led by Brigham Young. |
| 1849, March | State of Desert is founded in Salt Lake City. |
| 1850 | Utah Territory organized. |
| 1851 | First edition of the Pearl of Great Price is published. |
| 1857, Sept. 11 | Mountain Meadows Massacre where more than 120 men, women, and children were killed by Mormons and Indians. |
| 1862 | Polygamy is outlawed in the U.S. |
| 1876 | First proclamation of polygamy is published in D & C 132. |
| 1877, Aug. 29 | Brigham Young dies. |
| 1880 | Pearl of Great Price becomes Scripture. |
| 1890 | President Wilford Woodruff asks Mormons to stop practicing polygamy. |
| 1918, Nov. 19 | Joseph Fielding Smith, eldest son of Joseph Smith, dies. |
| 1967 | The Original papyri Smith used to translate the Book of Abraham are rediscovered -- it was found to be the Book of Breathings, a funeral text. |
| 1978 | Blacks are allowed to hold the priesthood. |
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