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