Chronology of Church and World History

	Church		World
1796	Marriage of Joseph Smith, Sr., and Lucy Mack, Tunbridge, Vermont	1803	U.S. purchases Louisiana Territory. War erupts between Britain and France
1801	Brigham Young born, Whittingham, Vt.	1804	Napoleon crowned emperor in Paris
1805	Joseph Smith, Jr., born, Sharon, Vt.	1804– 1826	Latin American countries achieve independence
1807	Wilford Woodruff born, Avon, Conn.	1806	England prohibits slave trade
1808	John Taylor born, Milnthorpe, Engl.	1807	Robert Morrison, first Christian (Protestant) missionary arrives in China
1814	Lorenzo Snow born, Mantua, Ohio	1812– 1815	War of 1812
1816	Joseph Smith, Sr., family moved to Palmyra, New York	1814	First practical steam locomotive
1818	Joseph Smith, Sr., family moved to Manchester, New York	1814– 1815	Congress of Vienna
1820	Joseph Smith’s First Vision	1815	Napoleonic wars end; Treaty of Ghent
1823– 1827	Visitations of Angel Moroni	1820s	William E. Channing leads Unitarian movement
1827	Marriage of Joseph Smith, Jr., and Emma Hale	1823	Monroe Doctrine announced
1829	Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods restored Three Witnesses view Book of Mormon plates Translation of the Book of Mormon completed	1825	First railroad in England
		1829	Independence of Greece
1830	Book of Mormon published	1830	Revolutions in France, Belgium, and Poland; Uprisings in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal; Rise of the Disciples of Christ
		1830s	William Miller begins Adventist movement
1831	Saints directed by revelation to gather in Ohio	1831	Independence of Belgium