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Events on Wednesday 4 February 1846 1
1846Mormon exodus from Nauvoo beginsLatter-day Saints start their trek westFacing mob violence in Illinois, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began crossing the frozen Mississippi from Nauvoo. Led by Brigham Young, the migration eventually brought them to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847.