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Joseph Smith Jr. was born on December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont, to Lucy Mack Smith and her husband Joseph Sr.
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Joseph Smith recorded that God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him in a grove of trees near his parents’ home in western New York State when he was about 14 years old. which later became known as the First Vision.
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Joseph Smith visited by angel Moroni and told of the Book of Mormon record. Joseph viewed the gold plates buried in a nearby hill
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Joseph Smith obtained the gold plates from Moroni at the Hill Cumorah. Smith later translates the plates and uses them to write The Book of Mormon
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Translation of the Book of Mormon completed. the plates were supposedly written in Reformed Egyptian. Smith translated them by putting a seer stone in the bottom of a hat and then placed the hat over his face to view the words written within the stone.
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First printed copies of the Book of Mormon available, Palmyra, New York.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is officially organized in Fayette Township, New York.
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Joseph Smith was imprisoned in Liberty Jail in Clay County, Missouri during the Mormon War of 1838. He received revelations during his imprisonment there, which are now recorded as sections 121, 122, and 123 of the LDS Doctrine and Covenants.
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Conflict between mormon settlers and their non-mormo neighbors in Missouri. as a result 22 people were killed, An unknown number of innocent civilians died due to exposure and hardship as a result of being expelled from their homes in Missouri.
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Joseph Smith angered non-Mormons by destroying a newspaper that had criticized Smith's power and practice of having many wives. After Smith was imprisoned in Carthage, Illinois, he was killed when a mob stormed the jailhouse.
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Church conference chooses Brigham Young and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as leaders of the Church.
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After 17 months of travel Brigham Young leads 148 mormons into the salt lake valley, seeking religious freedom.
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Polygamy or Plural marriage is officially announced as a Church practice though many Mormons had practiced it for years. Brigham Young married a total of 55 women.
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Brigham Young Academy is founded in Salt Lake City, Utah. this ls now known as Brigham Young University (BYU)
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After 40 years of building the 253,015 square foot temple is complete and dedicated.
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