Church History,

-- 1817-1892
[General Religious History] The life of Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith (1)

-- 1817
George A. Smith born in Potsdam, NY, cousin of Joseph Smith. (2)

Religious revival held in NY area. (2)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Smiths purchase 100 acres of virgin forest land two miles south of Palmyra. (3)

-- Jan. 1817
[Lucy Mack Smith] Lucy and the children follow Joseph Sr. to Palmyra. They live in a small house on Main Street. (3)ack

-- 1817-18
[Sydney Rigdon] Sydney Rigdon said to have "coveted the aging David Philips's pastorship." and "began to put himself forward and seek the preeminence" (5)

-- Jan 17, 1817
[Oliver Cowdery] Phoebe Cowdery born to William & Keziah Cowdery in Middleton, Rutland, VT. (6)

-- Mar 4, 1817
James Monroe becomes U.S. President. (2)

-- 1817 April
[Joseph Smith] Joseph Smith, Sr., is living in the village of Palmyra, New York, on Road District 26. (7)

-- Apr. 1817
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Smith Sr.'s name appears on a Palmyra road list. (3)ack

-- 1817 Spr
[Sydney Rigdon] Sydney Rigdon affected a conversion experience (a personal experience of the miracle of grace); applied with Peter's Creek Church for baptism; Pastor Phillips "entertained serious doubts at the time in regard to the genuineness of the work" (5)

[Sydney Rigdon] Thomas Campbell moved with family from Pittsburgh to Newport, KY; served as headmaster at new academy in Burlington, Boone Co. (5)

[Sydney Rigdon] Thomas Campbell's Independent Church united with another independent group of Haldane persuasion, under the leadership of John Tassey. Samuel Church and John Tassey presided over the joined congregations. (5)

-- May 6, 1817
[Lucy Mack Smith] Howard Coray is born in Stueben County, New York, to Silas Coray and Mary Stephens Coray. (3)ack

Footnotes:
1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_religion#History_of_Religion
2 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
3 - http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org/history_mother_appendix
4 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
5 - http://sidneyrigdon.com/Rigdchrn.htm
6 - http://olivercowdery.com/history/Cdychrn1.htm
7 - Inventing Mormonism:Tradition and the Historical Record, H. Michael Marquardt Wesley P. Walters. A Chronology of Mormon Origins, p.xxvi

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