Mormon Church founded by Joseph Smith

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Mormons
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Date of occurrence 1830-04-06

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United States (Location)

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On the 6th of April, 1830 Joseph Smith Jr. (23rd December, 1805 - 27th June, 1844) organised The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during a meeting with a small group of believers. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also popularly referred to as the 'Mormon Church') was based on the Latter Day Saint movement which Smith had founded after he claimed an angel had appeared to him and revealed the location of a collection of ancient writings, known as the

Book of Mormon

. Smith published

The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi

in March 1830.

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