1844

Centuries:	18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s
Years:	1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849

January

• January 29 - Joseph Smith nominated as a candidate for President of the United States by a political convention in Nauvoo.

March

• Joseph Smith confers on the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles all of the ordinances, keys, and authority that he possesses
• Last meetings for the Female Relief Society held in Nauvoo.

April

• April 30 - Addison Pratt starts mission in Tubuai, the first missionary in the South Pacific.

May

• May 11 - Council of Fifty organized.

June

• June 7 - William Law publishes the first and only edition of the Nauvoo Expositor.
• June 11 - Joseph Smith and the Nauvoo city council charged with riot in the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor press.
• June 22 - Joseph Smith surrenders himself to Governor Thomas Ford.
• June 27 - At Nauvoo, Illinois, Elder John Taylor writes a eulogy announcing the martyrdom of Joseph Smith which is later cannonized as D&C 135.

August

• August 8 - Sidney Rigdon's request to be appointed guardian of the Church was rejected by a special conference, and Brigham Young was sustained in his assertion that leadership should fall to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Deaths

• June 27 - Joseph Smith is murdered in Carthage Jail.
• June 27 - Hyrum Smith is murdered in Carthage Jail.