1844

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

January

January 29 - Joseph Smith nominated as a candidate for President of the United States by a political convention in Nauvoo.

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 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.

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.

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.