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* June 7 - [[William Law]] publishes the first and only edition of the [[Nauvoo Expositor]]. | * June 7 - [[William Law]] publishes the first and only edition of the [[Nauvoo Expositor]]. | ||
| − | * June 10 - Nauvoo | + | * June 10 - [[Nauvoo]] city council ordered destruction of [[Nauvoo Expositor]] |
* June 11 - [[Joseph Smith]] and the [[Nauvoo]] city council charged with riot in the destruction of the [[Nauvoo Expositor]] press. | * June 11 - [[Joseph Smith]] and the [[Nauvoo]] city council charged with riot in the destruction of the [[Nauvoo Expositor]] press. | ||
* June 18 - [[Nauvoo]] is placed under martial law by [[Joseph Smith]] | * June 18 - [[Nauvoo]] is placed under martial law by [[Joseph Smith]] | ||
Revision as of 23:11, 9 September 2007
| Centuries: | 18th century - 19th century - 20th century |
| Decades: | 1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s |
| Years: | 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 |
Contents
January
- January 29 - Joseph Smith nominated as a candidate for President of the United States by a political convention in Nauvoo.
February
March
- Joseph Smith confers on the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles all of the ordinances, keys, and authority that he possesses
- Last meetings for the Female Relief Society held in Nauvoo.
April
- April 7 - The King Follett sermon is delivered by Joseph Smith
- April 30 - Addison Pratt starts mission in Tubuai, the first missionary in the South Pacific.
May
- May 7 - Press for the Nauvoo Expositor arrived.
- May 11 - Council of Fifty organized.
June
- June 7 - William Law publishes the first and only edition of the Nauvoo Expositor.
- June 10 - Nauvoo city council ordered destruction of Nauvoo Expositor
- June 11 - Joseph Smith and the Nauvoo city council charged with riot in the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor press.
- June 18 - Nauvoo is placed under martial law by Joseph Smith
- June 22 - Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith surrender themselves to Governor Thomas Ford to answer charges laid against them.
- June 27 - At Nauvoo, Illinois, Elder John Taylor writes a eulogy announcing the martyrdom of Joseph Smith which is later cannonized as D&C 135.
- June 28 - The bodies of Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith are placed into two separate wagons and taken to Nauvoo by Willard Richards, Samuel Smith and Artois Hamilton.
July
August
- August 8 - Sidney Rigdon's request to be appointed guardian of the Church was rejected by a special conference, and Brigham Young was sustained in his assertion that leadership should fall to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
September
October
November
December
Unknown Dates
Births
Deaths
- June 27 - Joseph Smith is murdered in Carthage Jail.
- June 27 - Hyrum Smith is murdered in Carthage Jail.
