-- Mar 23, 1833
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith met with a council of high priests and elders to discuss purchasing land in Kirtland. (1)
-- Mar 26, 1833
"After much discussion," high priests in Zion accept the seven high priests sent from Kirtland to preside over the branches in Zion. The seven are Oliver Cowdery, W. W. Phelps, John Whitmer, Sidney Gilbert, Edward Partridge and his two counselors (Isaac Morley and John Corrill). (2)
Hyrum Smith leaves Kirtland on a mission to to Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania. Reaches Painesville. (2)
Orson Pratt and Lyman E. Johnson begin a mission to the East. They arrive in Bath, New Hampshire, on June 7, having baptized thirteen. (2)
[Pratt, Orson] Left Kirtland with Lyman E. Johnson 26 March 1833 to preach again in East. (3)
-- During Mar 1833
Joseph Smith names Sidney Rigdon as First Counselor in the First Presidency. (4)
-- During March 1833
[Higbee, Elias] Moved to Jackson County March 1833. (3)
[Patten, David Wyman] Mission to eastern states with Reynolds Cahoon March 1833. Established several branches of Church in New York. (3)
-- Apr 2, 1833
Kirtland council. Frederick G. Williams to manage brickyard at the French farm and hire workers, also to rent the farm. Ezra Thayer to purchase Arnold Mason's tannery. (2)
[Thayer, Ezra] Appointed to purchase tannery from Arnold Mason for Church 2 April 1833. (3)
-- Apr 3, 1833
[Murdock, John] Left for New York on mission with Zebedee Coltrin 3 April 1833. (3)
-- Apr 6, 1833
Hyrum, Lyman E. Johnson and Orson Pratt , John Murdock and Zebedee Coltrin meet at Brother Winchester's "for the Purpose of Seperating" Doctor Hurlbut and L. [?] Copley. Copley to travel with John Boynton and Hurlbut with Orson Hyde "for the cause of god." (2)
-- Apr 10, 1833
Hyrum returns to Kirtland. (2)
Footnotes:
1 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
2 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
3 - Lyndon W. Cook, The Revelation of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
4 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
Mormon History Timeline / Chronology
http://mormon-church-history.blogspot.com/
A lighter version of this timeline: http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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