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1833.	March 8. The first presidency organized by the appointment of Sidney Rigdon and Frederic G. Williams as Smith's counselors. July 23. The foundation of Kirtland Temple laid by Smith. The mob at Independence, Jackson county, Mo., rise against the Mormons, and extort a promise of half to leave by January, and all by April, 1834. October 30. The mob destroys ten Mormon houses. Two of the mobbers are killed by the Saints. This was the first blood shed, and the Mormons shed it. November. The Mormons fly from Jackson, and are kindly received in Clay county, Mo.
1834.	February 20. Smith goes with companies from Kirtland to Missouri, to the relief of the Saints; organizes a small army, and begins to dream of physical conquest and temporal sovereignty. May 4. Mormon Church first called "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" by Sidney Rigdon. at a convention at Kirtland. July 9. Smith returns to Kirtland, where his presence began to be needed.
1835.	February 14. The first quorum of the Twelve Apostles ordained at Kirtland; and among them Brigham. Young and Heber C. Kimball. Classes of instruction and school of Prophets commenced. Sidney Rigdon delivers six lectures on Faith, generally attributed to J. Smith, being unaccredited to their author, and bound in the book of Smith's Revelations (Doctrines and Covenants).