1800-1860 Event Timeline By bradleymason Mar 6, 1820 Missouri Compromise passed Jan 1, 1821 Nat Turner runs away from his owner/master May 28, 1830 Indian Removal act passed Jan 1, 1831 Trail of Tears begins Jan 1, 1831 Nat Turner killed 55 white people in Virginia Jun 27, 1844 Joseph Smith was murdered Jan 1, 1847 Mormans move to Utah Jul 19, 1848 Seneca Falls Convention Oct 1, 1855 Bleeding Kansas May 22, 1856 Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner Oct 16, 1859 Raid on Harpers Ferry