| 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. |
