Joseph Smith

The Pennsylvania General Assembly granted Washington Academy its charter on September 24, 1787, though the school initially lacked faculty, students, and facilities.

Smith visited a hill near Manchester, New York, on September 22, 1823, following angelic instructions. He attempted to take the plates but was forbidden.

Smith reported recovering the golden plates on September 22, 1827, after four annual attempts, with friends present in Palmyra.

Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery claimed to have received the Aaronic priesthood from John the Baptist on May 15, 1829, at Harmony, Pennsylvania.

The Book of Mormon was published in Palmyra, New York, and advertised for sale on March 26, 1830, following dictation sessions between 1828 and 1829.

Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and approximately 30 believers formally organized the Church of Christ into a legal institution on April 6, 1830.

Historian Marquardt argues that the Fayette branch of the Church of Christ was founded five days after the formal organization, on April 11, 1830.

A mob dragged Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon from their beds, beat them, and tarred and feathered them on March 24, 1832.

The 1833 storm significantly influenced the scientific study of meteors.

The storm inspired cultural works, including the song 'Stars Fell on Alabama'.

A spectacular meteor storm occurred on 12–13 November 1833, observed widely over North America.

Sarah Granger Kimball and Margaret A. Cook proposed a Ladies' Society for sewing temple clothing. Eliza R. Snow drafted a constitution, which Joseph Smith rejected in favor of priesthood-based organization.

Twenty women gathered in Nauvoo on March 17, 1842, to form a Ladies' Society. They unanimously agreed to name it "The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo."

Emma Smith denied the revelation's existence, and the RLDS Church rejected it as not originating with Smith.

Joseph Smith dictated a revelation on July 12, 1843, in Nauvoo, Illinois, recommending plural marriage, a document widely accepted by historians.

Hyrum Smith read the revelation to the High Council on August 12, 1843, causing a split between polygamist and anti-polygamist factions.

Joseph Smith publicly denied plural marriage in the streets of Nauvoo on October 5, 1843, despite the private revelation.

A mob of armed men stormed Carthage Jail in the late afternoon of June 27, 1844, killing Joseph and Hyrum Smith.

Eyewitnesses reported that Joseph Smith was shot by a makeshift firing squad after being propped against a well.

Members gathered in Nauvoo to choose between Young and Rigdon. Young emphasized collective leadership over individual succession.

Young started the exodus in February 1846 due to indictments and rumors of troops preventing departure. The ship Brooklyn cleared New York harbor on February 4, 1846, the same day the exodus began.