State of Missouri.- December 7; Elder O. Hyde returned from his mission to Jerusalem.-December 26; J. Smith was arrested the third time under a requisition from the Governor of the State of Missouri.

1844.

June 27; Joseph and Hyrum Smith were assassinated in Carthage jail.

1845.

September 24; The authorities of the Church made a treaty with the mob to evacuate Nauvoo the following spring.

1846.

February; In the beginning of this month the Exodus from Nauvoo commenced, by the chief authorities of the Church and a large company of Saints leaving it for the West.-April 24; The exiled Saints arrived at Garden Grove, Iowa Territory.- May 16; The Pioneer camp of the Saints arrived at Mount Pisgah, Iowa Territory. June; A call was made by the General Government for the Mormon Battalion. - September 10, 11, and 12; Battles took place between the citizens of Nauvoo and the mob.-September 16; The Trustees of the Church in Nauvoo made a treaty with the mob for the surrender of the city, and its immediate evacuation by the remnant of the Saints.

1847.

April 14; The Pioneers left Winter Quarters for the Rocky Mountains.-July 24; The Pioneers entered Great Salt Lake Valley. December; A First Presidency of the Church, consisting of a quorum of three, was re-organized.—December 23; The Twelve sent forth an Epistle to the Saints to re-commmence the gathering.

1848.

May; President B. Young left Winter Quarters the second time for Great Salt Lake Valley.-September 20; Presidents B. Young and H. C. Kimball arrived, the second time, in the Great Salt Lake Valley.-November 19; The Temple in Nauvoo was burned.

1849.

Great Salt Lake Valley was surveyed by Captain Stansbury and Lieutenant Gunnison, by order of the United States Government. October 6; The organization of the P. E. Fund Company was commenced.

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1850.

May 27; The walls of the Temple at Nauvoo were blown down by a hurricane.-June 14; The first missionaries to Scandinavia landed in Copenhagen, Denmark.-June 15; The first number of the "Deseret News " was published.-August 12; The first baptisms in Denmark by legal authority in this Dispensation, took place.-September 9; The "Act" for organizing the Territory of Utah became a law.-October 13; The first company of P. E. Fund emigrants arrived in Great Salt Lake City, from the United States.-December 7; the first Branch of the Church in France was organized at Paris.

1851.

January 9; Great Salt Lake City was incorporated.—April 5; The General Assembly of the Provisional State of Deseret was dissolved.-April 7; A General Conference in G. S. L. City voted to build a Temple.-September; Difficulties occurred with the United States judges.-December 13; The first settlers of Iron County, U. T., arrived on Centre Creek, near where the City of Parowan now stands.

1852.

August 29; The revelation on the Celestial Law of Marriage was first made public.-September 3; The first company of P. E. Fund emigrants from Europe arrived in Utah.December 13; The Legislative Assembly of Utah Territory met for the first time.

1853.

January 17; The "Deseret Iron Company" was chartered by the Legislature of Utah.-January 25; Elders O. Spencer and J. Houtz, missionaries, arrived in Berlin, Prussia, and were banished from there on the 2nd of February following. —February 14; The Temple Block in G. S. L. City was consecrated.-March 7; The first missionaries to Gibraltar arrived there.-April 6; The corner stones of the Temple in G. S. L. City were laid. This year Keokuk was selected as a place of outfit for the emigration. In the summer and autumn of this year, the inhabitants of Utah suffered much from the effects of a war with the Indians.-September 26; Captain J. W. Gunnison and party were massacred by Indians.-November 1; The first Number of the "Journal of Discourses was published in England.

1854.

March 11; President W. Richards died.-April 7: J. M. Grant was appointed one of the First Presidency.-May 23;

Patriarch John Smith died.-June 28; John Smith, son of Hyrum Smitlr, was appointed Patriarch over the Chruch. 1855.

January 29; Walker, chief of the Utah Indians, died. May 5; The Endowment House in G. S. L. City was consecrated.-May 11; A treaty of peace was concluded with the Utah Indians.-October; A Branch of the Church was organized in Dresden, Germany.-October 15; Elder O. Spencer died. During this year grasshoppers and drought caused a great failure of the crops in Utah. - October 29; The First Presidency of the Church, in their General Epistle, proposed for the Saints who emigrate by the P. E. Fund, to cross the Plains with hand-carts.-December 10; The Legislature of Utah met for the first time in Fillmore, the capital of the Territory. In this month the Legislature passed a "Bill," authorizing an election of Delegates to a Territorial Convention, for the purpose of forming a State Constitution, and to petition Congress for the admission of Utah into the Union. They also passed a Bill," authorizing an enumeration of the inhabitants of the Territory.

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1856.

March 17; A Convention of Delegates met in G. S. L. City, and adopted a State Constitution, and also elected G. A. Smith, and J. Taylor, Delegates, to present their Memorial to Congress for the admission of Utah into the Union. During this year the practice of paying tithing was generally introduced among the Saints in Europe. During the winter and spring of this year, there was a great scarcity of food in Utah, and great numbers of domestic animals perished. This year Iowa City was made the point of outfit for the Plains. September 26; The first company of Saints who crossed the Plains with hand-carts, arrived in G. S. L. City.

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CHRONOLOGY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF MORMON.

600 B. C.

Lehi, Sariah, and their four sons, Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi, left Jerusalem by the commandment of God, and journeyed into the wilderness of Arabia-pp. 17, 44, 97 ; pars. 3, 47, 4.

592.

Lehi and his family arrived at the land Bountiful, so called because of its much fruit. Its modern name is Arabia Felix; or Arabia the happy-p. 36, par. 17.

570.

Jacob and Joseph were consecrated Priests and Teachers over the people of Nephi-p. 66, par. 5.

560.

Nephi was commanded to make a second volume of plates -p. 67, par. 6.

545.

Nephi commanded Jacob to write on the small plates such things as he considered most precious-p. 114, par. 1. 421.

Jacob having committed the records into the hands of his son Enos, and Enos being old, he gave the records into the hands of his son Jarom-pp. 133, 136; pars. 9, 7.

400.

The people of Nephi kept the law of Moses, and they rapidly increased in numbers, and were greatly prosperedp. 137, par. 3.

362.

Jarom being old, delivered the records into the hands of his son Omni-p. 138, par. 6.

324.

Omni was a wicked man, but he defended the Nephites from their enemies-p. 138, par. 1.

318.

Amaron, the son of Omni, was appointed to take charge of the records-p. 138, par. 2.

280.

Amaron delivered the plates to his brother Chemish-p. 139, par. 3.

124.

After Abinadom, the son of Chemish, Amaleki,* the son of Abinadom, king Benjamin, and Mosiah had successively kept the records, Mosiah, the son of king Benjamin, was consecrated king-p. 157, par. 2. 121.

Mosiah sent sixteen men to the land of Lehi-Nephi to enquire concerning their brethren-p. 158, par. 2.

91.

Mosiah died, having conferred the records upon Alma, who was the son of Alma. Mosiah also established a republican form of government, and appointed Alma the first and chief judge of the land-pp. 205, 209; pars. 1, 7.

90.

Nehor suffered an ignominious death for apostacy, and for killing Gideon-p. 210, pars. 3, 4.

86.

The usurper Amlici was slain by Alma. In this year many battles were fought between the Nephites on the one hand, and the Amlicites, who were Nephite revolutionists, and the Lamanites on the other. The Nephites were mostly victorious-pp, 215, 217; pars. 14, 18.

85.

Peace was restored, and many were baptized in the waters of Sidon, and became members of the Church-p. 218, par. 1.

84.

Peace continued, and three thousand five hundred became members of the Church of God-p. 218, par. 2.

83.

The members of the Church became proud because of their great riches- p. 218, par. 3.

Whilst Amaleki was keeping the records, Mosiah, the father of king Benjamin, and as many as would hearken to the voice of God, were commanded to go into the wilderness, and were led by the power of the Almighty to the land of Zarahemla, where they discovered a people who left Jerusalem at the time that Zedekiah was carried away captive into Babylon. They were led by Mulek, the only surviving son of Zedekiah; and on their arrival in America met with Coriantumr, the late king of the Jaredites, who were slain a little previous to the immigration of Mulek and his people.-pp. 139, 40, 411, 549, pars. 6, 9.