Editing 1830s (section)

== Religion ==
* [[March 26]], [[1830]] – The [[Book of Mormon]] is published in [[Palmyra, New York]].
* [[April 6]], [[1830]] – [[Joseph Smith]] and 5 others organize the [[Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)|Church of Christ]] (later renamed the [[Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]]), the first formally organized church of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]], in northwestern [[New York (state)|New York]].
* [[February 2]], [[1831]] – [[Pope Gregory XVI]] succeeds [[Pope Pius VIII]] as the 254th [[pope]].
* [[August 7]], [[1831]] – American [[Baptist]] minister [[William Miller (preacher)|William Miller]] preaches his first sermon on the Second Advent of Christ in Dresden, New York, launching the Advent Movement in the United States.
* [[March 24]], [[1832]] – In [[Hiram, Ohio]], a group of men beat, [[tar and feather]] [[Latter Day Saint movement]] founder [[Joseph Smith]].
* [[October 27]], [[1838]] – Missouri Governor [[Lilburn Boggs]] declares Mormons to be enemies of the state and encourages the extermination or the exile of the religious minority, forcing nearly 10,000 Mormons out of the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=Quincy, Illinois: A Temporary Refuge, 1838–39|url=http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/mormon-thoroughfare/7-quincy-illinois-temporary-refuge-1838%E2%80%9339 |access-date=May 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190234/http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/mormon-thoroughfare/7-quincy-illinois-temporary-refuge-1838%E2%80%9339 |archive-date=October 29, 2013 }}</ref>
* [[1838]] – [[Biblical criticism]]: [[Christian Hermann Weisse]] proposes the [[two-source hypothesis]].