1846.--_February_. In the beginning of this month, the exodus of the Saints from Nauvoo commenced. _May_ 16. The Pioneer camp of the Saints arrived at Mount Pisgah, Iowa Territory. _June_. A call was made, by the general government, for the Mormon Battalion. _September_ 10, 11, 12. Battles took place between the citizens of Nauvoo and the mob. _September_ 16. The Trustees of the Church, in Nauvoo, made a treaty with the mob for the surrender of the city, and its immediate evacuation by the remnant of the Saints. 1847.--_April_ 14. The Pioneers left Winter Quarters for the Rocky Mountains. _July_ 24. The Pioneers entered Great Salt Lake Valley. _December_ 23. The Twelve sent forth an epistle to the Saints to recommence the gathering. 1848.--_May_. Presidents B. Young and Heber C. Kimball left Winter Quarters, the second time, for Great Salt Lake Valley. _September_ 20. Presidents B. Young and H. C. Kimball arrived, the second time, in Great Salt Lake Valley. _November_ 19. The Nauvoo Temple was burned. 1849.--_October_ 6. The organization of the P. E. Fund Company was commenced. 1850.--_June_ 14. The first missionaries to Scandinavia landed in Copenhagen, Denmark. _June_ 15. The first number of the "Deseret News" was published. _August_ 12. The first baptisms in Denmark, by legal authority, in this dispensation, took place. _September_ 9. The "Act" for organizing the Territory of Utah became a law. _October_ 13. The first company of P. E. Fund emigrants arrived in Salt Lake City, from the United States. _December_ 7. The first branch of the Church, in France, was organized at Paris. 1851.--_January_ 9. Salt Lake City was incorporated. _January_ 13. The first settlers of Iron County, U.T., arrived on Centre Creek, near where the city of Parowan now stands. 1852.--_August_ 29. The revelation on the law of Celestial Marriage was first made public. _September_ 3. The first company of P. E. Fund emigrants from Europe arrived in Utah. _December_ 13. The Legislative Assembly of Utah Territory met, for the first time. 1853.--_January_ 25. Elders O. Spencer and J. Houtz, missionaries, arrived in Berlin, Prussia, and were banished from there on the second of February following. _February_ 14. The Temple Block in Salt Lake City was consecrated. _March_ 7. The first missionaries to Gibraltar arrived there. _November_ 1. The first number of the "Journal of Discourses" was published in England. 1854.--_May_ 23. Patriarch John Smith died. _June_ 28. John Smith, son of Hyrum Smith, was appointed Patriarch over the Church. 1855.--_May_ 5. The Endowment House in Salt Lake City was dedicated. _October_. A branch of the Church was organized in Dresden, Germany. During this year grasshoppers and drouth caused a great failure of crops in Utah. _October_ 29. The First Presidency of the Church, in their General Epistle, proposed, for the Saints who should emigrate by the P. E. Fund, to cross the plains with handcarts.