1800, February 9:

Hyrum Smith, Joseph F. Smith’s father, born in Tunbridge, Vermont.

1801, July 21:

Mary Fielding, his mother, born in Honidon, England.

1837, December 24:

Marriage of Hyrum Smith and Mary Fielding, Kirtland, Ohio.

1838, November 13:

Joseph F. Smith born in Far West, Missouri.

1844, June 27:

Joseph and Hyrum Smith martyred, Carthage Jail (5; numbers in parentheses show Joseph F. Smith’s age).

1846, September– September 1848:

Mary Fielding Smith family treks from Nauvoo to Salt Lake City (7–9).

1852, May 21:

Joseph F. Smith baptized by President Heber C. Kimball (13).

1852, September 21:

Mary Fielding Smith dies in Salt Lake City (13).

1854–1857:

Serves mission to Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) (15–19).

1860–1863:

Serves mission to Great Britain (21–24).

1864:

Special mission to Hawaii with Elders Ezra T. Benson and Lorenzo Snow (25–26).

1865–66:

Member of territorial legislature; also 1867–70, 1872, 1874, 1880, 1882.

1866, July 1:

Ordained an Apostle and Counselor to the First Presidency (27).

1867, October 8:

Set apart as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (28).

1874–1875, 1877:

Two terms as president of the European Mission (35–36, 38).

1877, August 29:

Death of President Brigham Young, Salt Lake City (38).

1880, October 10:

Sustained as Second Counselor to President John Taylor (41).

1887, July 25:

Death of President John Taylor, Kaysville, Utah (48).

1889, April 7:

Sustained as Second Counselor to President Wilford Woodruff (50).

1890, September 24; October 6:

Manifesto received; Official Declaration 1 accepted by the Church (51).

1893, April 6:

Dedication of the Salt Lake Temple by President Wilford Woodruff (54).

1898, September 2:

President Wilford Woodruff dies, San Francisco, California (59).

1898, September 13:

Sustained Second Counselor to President Lorenzo Snow (59).

1901, October 10:

Death of President Lorenzo Snow, Salt Lake City (62).

1901, October 17:

Ordained and set apart as President of the Church (62).

1901, November 10:

Sustained as President of the Church in a special conference (62).

1906, July–September:

First President of the Church to tour Europe during his administration (67).

1909, November:

First Presidency issues the doctrinal exposition “The Origin of Man” (70).

1911:

YMMIA adopts the Boy Scout program, named MIA Scouts (72).

1912:

Granite Seminary in Salt Lake City houses first released-time classes.

1913:

YWMIA adopts the Campfire Girls summer program; 1914, replaced with year-round Beehive Girls program (74).

1913, July 27:

Dedicates the site for the Alberta Temple (74).

1915, April 27:

The First Presidency urges members to hold regular home evenings (76).

1915, June 1:

Dedicates the site for the Hawaii Temple (76).

1916, June 30:

First Presidency and the Twelve issue the doctrinal exposition “The Father and the Son” (77).

1918, October 3:

Receives the Vision of the Redemption of the Dead, which became Doctrine and Covenants D&C 138 (79).

1918, November 19:

Dies in the Beehive House, Salt Lake City (80).

1918:

End-of-year statistics: 495,962 members; 75 stakes; 839 wards; 22 missions.