[Joseph Smith] [Joseph Smith] Elected lieutenant general of Nauvoo Legion. (1)
-- 1841, February 4
[Joseph Smith] (age 35)Elected lieutenant general of the newly organized Nauvoo Legion, a unit of the Illinois state militia. (2)
-- 1841 Feb 4
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph commissioned as lieutenant-general of Nauvoo Legion. (3)
-- 6 Feb. 1841
[Lucy Mack Smith] Martha Jane Knowlton and Howard Coray are married by Robert B. Thompson. (4)
-- February 11, 1841
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith performed the wedding of Philo Dibble and Hannah Ann Dubois Smith at his home, and his wife, Emma Smith, prepared a wedding supper for a large party of friends assembled. (5)
-- about February 21, 1841
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Taylor remembers that Joseph Smith prophesied to his worried mother that her son John would safely return from jail within a week after having been imprisoned in Missouri for six months; he returned six days later. (5)
-- During 1841 February
First wards organized at Nauvoo. (6)
-- March 1, 1841
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. At the Nauvoo City Council meeting, Joseph Smith presented a bill for an ordinance allowing free toleration and equal privileges to all religious sects and denominations. (5)
-- 1 Mar. 1841
[Lucy Mack Smith] Work on Nauvoo temple begins. (4)
-- 10 Mar. 1841
[Lucy Mack Smith] Josephine Donna Smith, third daughter of Don Carlos Smith and Agnes Coolbrith Smith, is born at Nauvoo. (4)
-- March 16, 1841
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to Amos Keeler, a Kirtland dry goods merchant. (5)
-- about March 26, 1841
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 125, a revelation concerning the Saints gathering in Iowa. (5)
-- 5 Apr. 1841
[Lucy Mack Smith] Louisa Beaman becomes Joseph Jr.'s first acknowledged plural wife. (Joseph may have married Fanny Alger in 1833 and Lucinda Pendleton Morgan Harris in 1838.) (4)
Footnotes:
1 - http://josephsmithpapers.org/TimelineOfEvents.htm
2 - Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah
3 - History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced by Scot Facer Proctor Maurine Jensen Proctor
4 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
5 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
6 - http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
