| 14 March 1838 | Joseph Smith arrives in Far West. |
| June | Danites organize in Far West. |
| 17 June | Sidney Rigdon delivers "Salt Sermon" condemning Mormon dissenters. |
| 19 June | After receiving warning, dissenters flee from Caldwell County. |
| 28 June | Mormons lay out town and organize a Stake of Zion at Adam-ondi-Ahman in Daviess County. |
| July | Mormons open settlements at DeWitt and throughout northwestern Missouri. |
| 4 July | Fourth of July celebration at Far West. Rigdon declares Mormons will wage a "war of extermination" against mobs. |
| 14 July | Carroll citizens meet to oppose Mormon settlement at DeWitt. Meetings and threats against Mormons at DeWitt continue throughout the summer. |
| 6 August | Gallatin election battle. Daviess settlers talk of organizing against the Mormons. |
| 7 August | Joseph Smith leads one hundred fifty Danites to Diahman to protect the Saints. Mormons threaten judge Adam Black and others suspected of anti-Mormon activities. Reports of Mormon "invasion" spread through upper counties. |
| 13 August | Daviess County judges issue writs for the arrest of Joseph Smith and Lyman Wight. |
| 13 August | Committee of Carroll citizens orders the Saints to leave the county. |
| 20 August | One hundred armed men ride into DeWitt and threaten Mormons. |
| 20-30 August | Citizen groups and vigilantes meet in upper counties and resolve to assist Daviess and Carroll counties in bringing alleged Mormon criminals to justice. |
| 30 August | Governor Lilburn W. Boggs, responding to reports of civil and Indian disturbances in western counties, orders twenty-eight hundred state troops to stand ready to march. |
| 3 September | David R. Atchison and Alexander W. Doniphan are hired as lawyers for Smith and Wight. |
| 7 September | Smith and Wight are tried at a preliminary hearing in Daviess County. Judge Austin A. King orders the defendants to post bail and appear at the next hearing of the grand jury in Daviess. |
| 9 September | Excitement in upper counties continues as Mormons capture three men attempting to transport guns to vigilantes in Daviess County. Mormons and Missourians petition Judge King to quell the disturbances. |
| 10 September | Judge King orders General Atchison to raise four hundred troops and disperse the Mormons and non-Mormon vigilantes. |
| 13 September | Carroll vigilantes postpone assault on DeWitt and march to Daviess to assist settlers against the Mormons. |
| 18 September | After receiving reports of disturbances, Governor Boggs orders out two thousand troops and prepares to lead march to western Missouri. |
| 20 September | Atchison disperses vigilantes in Daviess County and leaves one hundred troops under General Parks to maintain peace. |
| 21 September | Carroll County vigilantes, returning from Daviess, resolve to expel the Saints from DeWitt. |
| 24 September | Governor Boggs receives letter from Atchison stating that vigilantes in Daviess have dispersed. Boggs dismisses troops and returns to Jefferson City. |
| 1 October | Vigilantes attack DeWitt, burn the home and stables of Smith Humphrey. During the next several days Mormons appeal to Governor Boggs and other civil authorities for protection. |
| 6 October | General Parks arrives in DeWitt with one hundred troops to quell disturbances. Anti-Mormon spirit among troops forces Parks to return to Ray County a few days later. |
| 9 October | Messenger reports to Mormons that the governor said they must rely on local authorities for protection. He will not intervene. |
| 11 October | Mormons at DeWitt surrender and move to Caldwell and Daviess counties. Carroll vigilantes resolve to help settlers expel Mormons from Daviess. |
| 14-15 October | Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon call upon Mormon troops to ride to Diahman to protect the Saints, threatening those who will not join the Mormon army. Four hundred soldiers march to Daviess County. |
| 16-17 October | Generals Doniphan and Parks prepare to march with troops to Daviess, but inclement weather and anti-Mormon sentiment in militia causes generals to abandon expedition. Parks continues to Daviess alone. |
| 18 October | Mormon soldiers attack Gallatin, Millport, and other settlements in Daviess, driving non-Mormon settlers from their homes, plundering, and burning. Missourians retaliate. |
| 18 October | General Parks visits Mormons and Missourians in Daviess. Parks discovers that civil war has broken out and declares that Mormons are now the aggressors. |
| 22 October | Mormon troops return to Far West after driving nearly all non-Mormons from Daviess. |
| 24 October | Apostles Thomas B. Marsh and Orson Hyde sign affidavits in Ray County describing Mormon activities. Ray committee returns from Daviess with similar reports of depredations. Capt. Samuel Bogart calls out Ray troops to prevent invasion by Mormons. |
| 24 October | Bogart and his troops harass Mormon settlers in Ray and Caldwell counties. They capture two Mormon spies and threaten to execute them. |
| 25 October | Capt. David W. Patten leads Mormon troops to rescue spies. Troops clash at Crooked River, with three Mormons and one Missourian killed. Exaggerated reports of Crooked River battle spread throughout the state. Fearing the Mormons intend to continue attacks, Generals Atchison, Doniphan, and Parks call out state militia to quell alleged Mormon rebellion. |
| 27 October | Governor Boggs, responding to reports of Mormon depredations in Daviess County and their attack on state troops at Crooked River, orders that the Mormons must be "exterminated or driven from the state." |
| 30 October | Missouri troops, under command of Gen. Samuel D. Lucas of Jackson County, arrive outside Far West. Mormon leaders send messengers to learn intentions of troops. |
| 30 October | Two hundred soldiers from Livingston and nearby counties overrun Mormon village of Haun's Mill, killing eighteen and wounding fifteen. |
| 31 October | Col. George Hinkle, John Corrill, and other Mormon representatives attempt to negotiate with General Lucas, but receive demands for surrender. Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Lyman Wight, and other Mormon leaders give themselves up as hostages. About seventy-five Mormon soldiers, advised of the surrender plans, flee from Far West during the night. |
| 1 November | Joseph Smith advises Mormon troops at Far West and Diahman to surrender. Mormon War ends. |
| 1 November | General Lucas holds a court-martial of seven Mormon leaders. Opposition of General Doniphan and others prevents the execution of Mormon prisoners. |
| 2 November | Mormons forced to deed over their property to pay expenses for the war. This part of the surrender agreement is later declared illegal. |
| 4 November | General Clark arrives with troops and announces his intention to carry out the surrender terms exacted by General Lucas. |
| 12-29 November | Judge Austin A. King presides at Court of Inquiry held in Richmond, Ray County. Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and a number of other Mormons are committed to prison on the basis of testimony against them. |
| December- February 1839 |
Missouri legislature debates whether to investigate the disturbances and allow the Mormons to remain. Legislation to investigate is tabled until July, after the Mormons have already left the state. |
| February | Mormons pool resources and organize to leave Missouri. |
| 11 April | Joseph Smith and four other Mormons are indicted for crimes in Daviess County, and are granted a change of venue to Boone County. |
| 16 April | Smith and other prisoners escape from their guards and return to Saints, who are gathering at Quincy, Illinois. |
| May | Nearly all the Saints have left Missouri. |
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