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Born
Joseph Smith was born december 23, 1805 in Sharon Vermont to Lucy Mack Smith and Joseph Smith. When he was a child he had typhoid fever, causing him to develop a limp that he had his whole life. -
Napoleon excludes Brittish good
In 1806 Napoleon Boneaparte excludes Brittish goods from "Fortress Europe". This caused a war in 1812. Exact date unkown -
Charles Dickens is born
Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 to John Dickens and Elizabeth Dickens. He was the second of 8 children. -
Russians build Fort Rossiia
On November 20, 1812, the Russians bulit Fort Rossiia about 90 miles North of San Francisco. They built it because they had fur trading acsess in Alaska -
Moved to Palmyra, New York
His family moved to western New York to become more successful farmers. While living in New York, he became more interested in religon. Exact date unkown -
Saw God and Jesus
In the spring of 1820, 14 year old Joseph Smith was praying in the woods when he was visited by God and Jesus. They told him that none of the other religons were right and he had to start his own. Exact date unkown. -
Florence Nightengale is born
Florence was May 12, 1820, to William and Frances in Italy. She was named after the city in which she was born. -
Visited by the angel Moroni
The angel Moroni appeared in his room 3 times telling him that he had to translate the ancient records of God dealing with former nataive americans from Jerusalem and Jesu's second coming in America. This record was written on golden plates near where Joseph Smith lived. -
House of Representatives elect John Adam as president
In 1824 the House of Representatives elect John Adams president. He was America's sixth president. Exact date unkown -
Got Married
On December 18, 1827, he married Emma Hale in South Bainbridge, NY. They eloped. -
Moved to Pennsylvania
He moved to Pennsylvania to translate the plates. He translated these hieroglyphics by putting the plates in a hat and translating it with the seer stone while a man named Martin Harris wrote down what he was saying. Exact date unkown -
Book of Mormon is published
When the translations where finished, he published it in the Book of Mormon. This book spread the Mormon faith. It spread across Pennsylvania, New York, and other surrounding areas. -
Exodus to Ohio
After being kicked out of New York/Pennsylvania, Joseph Smith had the Mormon community migrate to Kirtland, Ohio and Missouri. Joseph Smith stayed in Ohio with some of his followers. Exaxct date unkown -
First coed college in the United States
In 1833 Oberlin Collage on Ohio opened. This was the first coed college in the United States. Exact date unkown -
Word of Wisdom is published
Word of Wisdom was a book that encouraged Mormons not to use tobacco, drink alcohol, and drink hot drinks. It also told them to only eat meat in the winter. -
Andrew Jackson an oath
On March 4, 1833, Andrew Jackson takes an oath for a second term on presidency. That was his last term as president -
Mark Twain is born
Mark Twain was born November 30, 1835 as Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born in Florida, Missouri. -
Smith migrates to Missouri
After advocates forced a vote fot him and his followers to leave Ohio, he rejoined his Missouri followers. This is where he claimed the Garden of Eden was. Exact date unkown -
Railway Expess Co. founded
In 1939 the Railway Express o. was founded in Boston. It ran regular trips to New York City. Exact date unkown -
Migrates to Nauvoo
After being threatened with death in Missouri, his followers migrated to Nauvoo, IL. He had said the "nauvoo" was Hebrew for "beautiful". Exact date unkown -
Published book about the "Hamitic Curse"
In the 1840s Smith published a book about the "Hamitic Curse". This curse is what caused black skin. Because of this, blacks were banned from becoming priests. Exact date unkown -
Ran for president
On Jan. 29, 1884, Joseph Smith ran for president of the United States. He advocated theodemocracy and slave abolition. -
Outed for polygamy
In 1844, an apostle published a piece that exposed Joseph Smith ogfpermitting polygamy. Smith told his followers to destroy the defector's press. Exact date unkown. -
Smith is murdered
On June 27, 1844, after sending his followers to destory the press of the apostle who outed him for permitting polygamy, the surrounding "Gentiles" had a reason to take action. The govoner of IL send the malitia to arrest him, but instead they brutaly murdered him. -
James K. Polk takes oath
On March 4, 1845, James K. Polk takes an oath to become the 11th president of the United States. He served one term. -
Liberty Bell gets cracked
In 1846, the Liberty Bell gets cracked for a second time. This happened becuase they decided to ring it on George Washington's birthday, even though it was in rough shape.
