* 1844 – The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ).

One of the more substantial collections of Aldine Press books and Aldine imitations in North America is at the Harold B. Lee library on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

* 1852 – At a general conference of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young explains the Adam – God doctrine, an important part of the theology of Mormon fundamentalism.

Some other early Latter-day Saint leaders, including Brigham Young, Orson Pratt and Elizabeth Ann Whitney claimed to have received several words in the Adamic language in revelations.

Brigham Young (; June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877 ) was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States.

Young also led the foundings of the precursors to the University of Utah and Brigham Young University.

The history of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is typically divided into three broad time periods: ( 1 ) the early history during the lifetime of Joseph Smith, Jr. which is in common with all Latter Day Saint movement churches, ( 2 ) a " pioneer era " under the leadership of Brigham Young and his 19th century successors, and ( 3 ) a modern era beginning around the turn of the 20th century as Utah achieved statehood.

Because Hyrum was Joseph's successor, their deaths caused a succession crisis, and Brigham Young assumed leadership over the majority of Saints.

Brigham Young took Smith's advice and led his followers, known in modern times as the Mormon pioneers, to Nebraska and then in 1847 to what became the Utah Territory.

By 1857, tensions had again escalated between Mormons and other Americans, largely as a result of accusations involving polygamy and the theocratic rule of the Utah territory by Brigham Young.

The history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) is typically divided into three broad time periods: ( 1 ) the early history during the lifetime of Joseph Smith, Jr. which is in common with all Latter Day Saint movement churches, ( 2 ) a " pioneer era " under the leadership of Brigham Young and his 19th Century successors, and ( 3 ) a modern era beginning around the turn of the 20th century as the practice of polygamy was discontinued.

After Smith's death, a succession crisis ensued, and the majority voted to accept the Quorum of the Twelve, led by Brigham Young, as the church's leading body.

Among the official changes to the organization during the modern area include the ordination of black men to the priesthood in 1978, reversing a policy originally instituted by Brigham Young.

A Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Century I 6 volumes ; Brigham Young University Press ; ISBN 0-8425-0482-6 ( 1930 ; Hardcover 1965 ) ( out of print )

* A Visit to Brigham Young

The Deseret alphabet ( Deseret: < big > </ big > or < big > </ big >) is a phonemic English spelling reform developed in the mid-19th century by the board of regents of the University of Deseret ( later the University of Utah ) under the direction of Brigham Young, second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

In June 2005, for example, classicists at Oxford University worked on a joint project with Brigham Young University, using multi-spectral imaging technology to retrieve previously illegible writing ( see References ).

* Drop Forging from Brigham Young University

In October 2008 de Klerk spoke at Brigham Young University concerning the global politics and role of the United States as the world's last remaining superpower.

* 19th century – The history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ), contains extensive references to the phenomenon of speaking in tongues by Brigham Young, Joseph Smith and many others.

At the 1836 dedication of the Kirtland Temple the dedicatory prayer asks that God grant them the gift of tongues and at the end of the service Brigham Young speaks in tongues, another elder interprets it and then gives his own exhortation in tongues.

* " History of Scotland: Primary Documents " from Brigham Young University

* 1801 – Brigham Young, American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement ( d. 1877 )

To prevent war, Brigham Young led the Mormon pioneers ( constituting most of the Latter Day Saints ) to a temporary winter quarters in Nebraska and then eventually ( beginning in 1847 ) to what became the Utah Territory.

** Many Mormons begin their migration west from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake, led by Brigham Young.

The Great Salt Lake lends its name to Salt Lake City, originally named " Great Salt Lake City " by the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( known as the Mormon or LDS Church ) Brigham Young, who led a group of Mormon pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley southeast of the lake on July 24, 1847.

" The order led to the founding last Mormon colony settled under the direction of Brigham Young.

Settlement of the county was slowed by events prior to and during the Civil War, but the present day unincorporated community of Thompsonville ( 3 miles northwest of Perry on the Delaware River ) was the first established in 1851 by Mormon settlers who initially refused to accompany the main group led by Brigham Young to the Salt Lake Valley.

Among the most prominent of the native sons of Aurelius were inventor Birdsill Holley and Miriam Angeline Works, first wife of Brigham Young, who led the " Latter-Day Saints " into the Great Salt Lake Valley in 1847.

In 1996, a group of students from Brigham Young University, led by BYU professor Dennis Martin, burned bags of Tostitos tortilla chips in a bonfire and called for a boycott of all Tostitos products.

Brigham Young, seeking to leave American jurisdiction to escape religious persecution in Illinois and Missouri, led the Mormons to the valley of the Great Salt Lake, owned at the time by Mexico but not controlled by them.

Harris proved a poor spokesman, however, and the English missions sided with the LDS church led by Brigham Young.

Walton's organization disavows the label " Mormon ", but claims to be the original church established in 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr. His church denies the authority of Brigham Young, who led the majority of Latter Day Saints to Utah after Smith's death, together with that of Joseph Smith III, who became the leader of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

These included Smith's Quorum of the Twelve, led by Brigham Young ; James Strang, a newly-baptized convert from Wisconsin ; and Sidney Rigdon, who had served as Joseph Smith's " First Counselor ".

The largest of these, led by Brigham Young and now based in Salt Lake City, Utah, continued using Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints until incorporating in 1851, when the church standardized the spelling of its name as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

After the death of Joseph Smith, Jr., Brigham Young assumed the leadership of the church and led the members of this church to the territory now known as Utah.

* The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles — the council in charge of the church's missionary program — led by Brigham Young.

By far the largest of the sects with membership in the millions, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to be led by Brigham Young's successors.

Mormon theology was far out of the mainstream, and the Mormons were driven out of state after state ; Smith was assassinated and Brigham Young led the people out of the U. S. into Utah — at the time virtually ungoverned.

Before the 2010 realignment that eventually led to Brigham Young joining the conference, the last change of membership was in 1980, when Seattle University left the conference.

A major contender for leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints church during the 1844 succession crisis, Strang vied with Brigham Young and Sidney Rigdon for control of the main body of Latter Day Saints in Nauvoo, Illinois before his rejection by that group led him to start his own sect.

Daniel L. Simmons of Brigham Young University, who discovered the COX-2 enzyme, is suing Pfizer to be credited with discovery of the technique in 1989 that eventually led to the drug, and for $ 1 billion USD.

Regardless of his ultimate religious beliefs, most scholars would accept the judgment of Brigham Madsen that Roberts possessed a " deeply embedded integrity, and above all ... fearless willingness to follow wherever his reason led him.

After Brigham Young led the first band of Latter-day Saints into what is now Salt Lake City, Utah, the pioneers had the good fortune of a relatively mild winter.