Timeline Of Mormonismo

Dec. 23, 1805	Birth of Joseph Smith in Sharon, Vermont
1820	God and Jesus appear to 14-year-old Joseph Smith in the "First Vision"
1823	Joseph Smith discovers golden plates
1827	Joseph Smith marries Emma Hale Smith
April 6, 1830	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founded by Joseph Smith
1838	Massacre at Haun's Mill
1843	Joseph Smith runs for President of the United States
1843	A special revelation introduces polygamy, which is called the "Law of Abraham," "Patriarchal Order of Marriage," or "Celestial Plural Marriage." Along with the "Law of Abraham" went the "Law of Sarah," in which women were admonished to accept polygamy. Joseph Smith assigns some women to some men.
1844	Joseph Smith killed by a mob
1847	Brigham Young establishes the First Presidency
1850	James Strang crowned as "king"
1856	James Strang is shot and killed
1857	Mountain Meadows Massacre
1860	Joseph Smith III claims to receive a revelation as Prophet/President of a "New Organization" of the Latter Day Saint church. Eventually this group gathered together many of the remnants of the various Midwestern Latter Day Saint groups into the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, now called the "Community of Christ."
1882	Edmunds Act outlaws polygamy
1978	A special revelation discontinues racism
2002	"Reform Mormonism" founded