Mar. 27: Kirtland Temple dedicated by Joseph Smith.

Easter, Apr. 3 Elijah restores sealing keys.

Feb. 4: Westward exodus from Nauvoo begins.

Apr. 30: Nauvoo Temple dedicated privately by Orson Hyde.

July 24: Pioneers arrive in the Salt Lake Valley.

July 26: Brigham Young sees vision and identifies site for Salt Lake Temple.

Dec. 27: Brigham Young sustained as President of the Church.

Feb. 14: Site dedicated and ground broken for the Salt Lake Temple by Brigham Young.

Apr. 6: Cornerstones laid for the Salt Lake Temple by Brigham Young.

Salt Lake Tabernacle entered service.

Fall: Salt Lake Temple walls finally reach ground level.

Jan. 1: Baptistry and lower main assembly hall dedicated in St. George Temple.

Jan. 11: First endowments for the dead performed in the St. George Temple.

Mar. 1: Pattern of performing vicarious ordinances for more than relatives inaugurated.

Apr. 6: St. George Temple dedicated by Daniel H. Wells.

Apr. 25: Manti Temple site dedicated by Brigham Young.

May 18: Ground broken for Logan Temple by Brigham Young.

Aug. 21: Baptisms performed for prominent men and women at St. George.

Aug. 29: President Brigham Young dies.

Sept. 19: Cornerstones laid for Logan Temple.

May 17: Manti Temple dedicated privately by President Wilford Woodruff.

May 21–23: Manti Temple dedicated publicly by Lorenzo Snow.

Apr. 5: Two-hour open house at Salt Lake Temple, first in the Church

Apr. 6: Salt Lake Temple dedication by President Woodruff begins.

Apr. 24: Temple dedication concludes following 31 sessions.

St. George Temple remodeled to create two additional sealing rooms.

Dec. 4: Logan Temple fire destroys stairway and badly damages other areas.

Aug. 14: Plans to construct temples in Provo and Ogden announced.

Oct. 22: New Salt Lake Temple annex and North Visitors’ Center dedicated by Hugh B. Brown.

Jan.: Joseph Fielding Smith becomes President of the Church.

Sept.: 9 Ogden Temple cornerstone placed.

May 21: Provo Temple cornerstone placed.

Dec. 16–30: More than 150,000 visit Ogden Temple during open house.

Jan. 10–29: 246,201 visitors attend Provo Temple open house.

Jan. 18–20: Ogden Temple dedicated in six sessions by President Joseph Fielding Smith.

Feb. 9: Provo Temple dedicated in two sessions by President Smith.

July: Harold B. Lee becomes President of the Church.

Oct. 13–25: 73,967 persons visit St. George Temple open house following renovation.

Nov. 11–12: St. George Temple rededicated in six sessions by President Spencer W. Kimball.

Feb. 6–Mar. 3: 213,184 visit rebuilt Logan Temple during open house.

Mar. 13–15: Logan Temple rededicated by President Kimball following renovation.

June 9: Ground broken for Jordan River Temple by President Kimball.

Aug. 15: Cornerstone ceremony for Jordan River Temple.

Sept. 29–Oct. 31: 568,342 attend Jordan River Temple open house.

Nov. 16–20: Jordan River Temple dedicated in fifteen sessions by Marion G. Romney

June 14–16: Manti Temple rededicated by Gordon B. Hinckley after refurbishment.

Nov. : Ezra Taft Benson becomes President of the Church.

June: Howard W. Hunter becomes President of the Church.

Nov. 5–Dec. 17: More than 870,000 attend Bountiful Temple open house.

Jan. 8–14: Bountiful Temple dedicated in twenty-four sessions by President Howard W. Hunter.

Mar.: Gordon B. Hinckley becomes President of the Church.

Sat., May 13: Ground broken for Vernal Temple by President Hinckley.

Aug. 10–Sept. 21: 679,217 participate in Mount Timpanogos Temple open house.

Oct. 13–19: Mount Timpanogos Temple dedicated in twenty-three sessions by President Hinckley.

Oct. 18–25: Approximately 118,700 visit Vernal Temple open house.

Nov. 2–4: Vernal Temple dedicated in eleven sessions by President Hinckley.

Nov. 17: Groundbreaking in Monticello just six weeks after announcement of temple by Ben E. Banks.

July 16–18: 20,348 visit during brief Monticello Temple open house.

July 26–27: Monticello Temple dedicated in eight sessions by President Hinckley.

Nov. 2–9: Open house for newly enlarged Monticello Temple.

Nov. 17: Monticello Temple rededicated by President Hinckley.

Nov. 18: Angel Moroni statue placed on Ogden Temple.

Aug. 5: Ground broken for Draper Temple by President Hinckley

Dec. 16: Ground broken for Oquirrh Mountain Temple by President Hinckley

Mar.: Draper Temple dedicated by President Thomas S. Monson

Aug.: Oquirrh Mountain Temple dedicated by President Monson

July 31: Ground broken for Brigham City Temple by Boyd K. Packer.

Dec. 17: Provo Tabernacle destroyed by fire, would later become temple.

Oct. 8: Ground broken for Payson Temple by Dallin H. Oaks.

2012 May 12: Ground broken for Provo City Center Temple by Jeffrey R. Holland.

Aug. 18–Sept. 15 404,352 persons attend Brigham City Temple open house.

Sept. 23: Brigham City Temple dedicated in three sessions by Boyd K. Packer.

Apr. 24–May 23: 475,542 persons visit Payson Temple open house.

June 7: Payson Temple dedicated in three sessions by Henry B. Eyring.

Aug. 8: Ground broken for Cedar City Temple by L. Whitney Clayton.

Jan. 11–Mar. 5: Over 800,000 visit Provo City Center Temple open house.

Mar. 20: Provo City Center Temple dedicated by Dallin H. Oaks.

Apr. 2: Saratoga Springs Temple announced at general conference.

Oct. 27–Nov. 18: 187,614 visitors attend Cedar City Temple open house.

Dec. 10: Cedar City Temple dedicated by Henry B. Eyring.

Jan. Russell M. Nelson becomes President of the Church.

Apr. 1: Layton Temple announced at general conference.

May 20: Jordan River Temple rededicated by Henry B. Eyring.

Oct. 7: Plans for temple in Washington County announced at general conference.

Apr. 7: Plans for temple in Tooele Valley announced at general conference.

Oct. 5: Orem and Taylorsville Temples announced at women’s session of general conference.

Oct. 19: Groundbreaking for Saratoga Springs Temple by Craig C. Christensen.

Nov. 4: St. George Temple closes for extensive restoration.

Dec. 29: Salt Lake Temple closes for seismic upgrade and major renovation.

Mar.: COVID-19 pandemic; Church meetings and temple activity suspended.

Mar. 18: Moroni’s trumpet dislodged from Salt Lake Temple by 5.7 magnitude earthquake.

Apr. 5: Syracuse Temple announced at general conference.

May 23: Ground broken for Layton Temple by Craig C. Christensen.

June: Washington County Temple named Red Cliffs Temple.

Sept. 5: Ground broken for Orem Temple by Craig C. Christensen.

Oct. 4: Lindon Temple announced at general conference.

Oct. 31: Ground broken for Taylorsville Temple by Gerrit W. Gong.

Nov. 7: Groundbreaking for Red Cliffs Temple in St. George by Jeffrey R. Holland.

Jan.: Tooele Valley Temple site changed and renamed Deseret Peak Temple.

Mar. 12: Additional ordinance rooms to be built in Salt Lake Temple.

Apr. 4: Smithfield Temple in Cache Valley announced.

May 1: Manti renovation plans changed; temple announced for Ephraim.

May 15: Ground broken in Tooele for Deseret Peak Temple by Brook P. Hales.

June 12: Ground broken for Syracuse Temple by Kevin R. Duncan.

Oct. 2: Manti Temple closed for renovation.

Oct. 3: Heber Valley Temple announced; Provo Temple to be reconstructed.

Apr. 23: Lindon Temple groundbreaking by Kevin W. Pearson.

June 18: Ground broken for Smithfield Temple by Quentin L. Cook.

Aug. 27: Ground broken for Ephraim Temple by President Nelson.

Oct. 8: Ground broken for Heber Valley Temple by President Nelson.