* 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 led the LDS Church from 1844 until his death in 1877.

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 )

After the death of Joseph Smith, First Presidencies were reorganized by Brigham Young for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by Sidney Rigdon for the Rigdonites ( now defunct ), by Joseph Smith III for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ( now Community of Christ ), by James J. Strang for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ( Strangite ), and by William Bickerton for The Church of Jesus Christ, although the latter two organizations have not had a First Presidency for much of their history.

First shown in 1977 at documenta 6 in Kassel, Germany, it included steam works by Joan Brigham, Otto Piene, and Paul Earls.

First it was known as Clover Creek by Oregon Trail travelers, later it became Belmont and finally was given the name Montpelier by Brigham Young, one of the founding fathers of Mormonism, after a town in his birth state of Vermont.

* The Triple Alliance ( First 8 Articles ) The World War I Document Archive, Brigham Young University Library, accessed 2008-04-21

The canonical First Vision story was not emphasized in the sermons of Smith's immediate successors Brigham Young and John Taylor within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ).

Writing of the " unusual excitement on the subject of religion " described in the First Vision story canonized by the LDS Church, Milton V. Backman, associate professor of history and religion at Brigham Young University, said that although " the tools of the historian " could neither verify nor challenge the First Vision, " records of the past can be examined to determine the reliability of Joseph's description regarding the historical setting.

On the death of Church President Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1844, this position was held by Brigham Young, and he persuaded the Church that Smith's death left him and not Sidney Rigdon, who had been Smith's First Counselor in the First Presidency, as the senior leader.

In 1847, the Quorum of the Twelve reconstituted the First Presidency, with Brigham Young as President.

The next day, May 4, he introduced the Nauvoo endowment ceremony to nine associates: Associate President and Patriarch to the Church, Smith's brother Hyrum ; first counselor in the First Presidency, William Law ; three of the Twelve Apostles, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and Willard Richards ; Nauvoo stake president, William Marks ; two bishops, Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, and a close friend, Judge James Adams of Springfield, Illinois.

However, Brigham Young presided over the church for three years as the President of the Quorum of the Twelve before the First Presidency was reconstituted after the death of Joseph Smith.

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 ".

Kimball's grandfather, Heber C. Kimball, was one of the original Latter Day Saint apostles, who later served as first counselor to Brigham Young in the First Presidency of the LDS Church.

The most significant of these were Brigham Young, president of Smith's Twelve Apostles ; Sidney Rigdon, the sole surviving member of Smith's First Presidency ; and James Strang.

On July 1, 1866, Smith was ordained an apostle by Brigham Young and sustained as a counselor to the First Presidency, where he served until Young's death.

By 1968, the First Presidency was composed of six members, which made the body larger than it had been since the death of Brigham Young in 1877.

Holland was called as a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy on April 1, 1989, bringing an end to his term as president of Brigham Young University.

George Quayle Cannon ( January 11, 1827 – April 12, 1901 ) was an early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ), and served in the First Presidency under four successive presidents of the church: Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and Lorenzo Snow.

On April 8, 1873, Cannon became a member of the church's First Presidency when he was called as a counselor to Church President Brigham Young.

Rather, because Cannon was a member of the First Presidency, the church simply appointed the next senior apostle of the church — Brigham Young, Jr .— to be the President of the Quorum.

In 1868, Smith was called to replace Heber C. Kimball as First Counselor in the First Presidency under Church President Brigham Young.