Fast Day changed from first Thursday of month to first Sunday. [See Fast and Testimony Meeting.] (1)
-- 1896
Church Membership at end of year: 241,427
New Converts : 10,311
Percent Change from previous year: 4.46% (2)
[Deseret] Butch Cassidy formed the Wild Bunch which consisted of 15 men and 4 women. (3)
[Deseret] Utah is admitted to the Union. (3)
[Deseret] Utah becomes the 45th state on January 4 and Heber M. Wells is inaugurated as the first governor. (4)
[Deseret] With statehood, Utah women regain the right to vote. (4)
-- During 1896-
[Periodicals] De Ster; Netherlands Mission Rotterdam, and (Unified 1967) The Hague, Holland Frankfurt, Germany DUTCH (Periodical) (5)
-- Mar 1, 1897
[Wilford Woodruff] Attends the celebration of his 90th birthday. (6)
-- Mar 13, 1897
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Death of daughter, Vera May Clawson, from drinking furniture cleaning fluid with carbolic acid. (7)
-- Mar 21, 1897
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Attends dedication of new Brigham City tabernacle. (7)
-- Oct 7, 1897
[Quorum of the Twelve] Matthias F. Cowley and Abraham O. Woodruff ordained. (8)
-- Oct 07, 1897
[U.S. Religious History] Elijah Mohammed, Black Muslim leader. was born. (9)
-- During 1897, November
First issue of Improvement Era published. (1)
Footnotes:
1 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
2 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
3 - Legends of America, Old West Timeline, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-TimeLine2.html
4 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
5 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
7 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
8 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
9 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
