1853
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1853 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar and a common year of the Julian calendar, the 1853rd year of the Common Era (CE), the 53rd year of the 19th century, and the 4th year of the 1850s decade. As of the start of 1853, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. 1853 corresponds to the years 9–10 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.
Events[edit]
- Beginning of the Second Epoch of the Heroic Age of the Bahá’í Faith.
- January 12: Bahá’u’lláh is exiled from Persia. He departs Tehran and sets out for Baghdád with His family.
- March 21: Bahá'u'lláh and His companions observe Naw-Rúz in an orchard near Khániqayn, a town in Iraq close to the Persian border.
- March 26: A group of five Bábís acting independently assassinate the Governor of Nayríz resulting in violent retaliation against the Bábí community.
- April 8: Bahá’u’lláh and His family arrive in Baghdád.
- September: Bahá’u’lláh undertakes another pilgrimage to Karbalá. Mírzá Áqá Ján, a sixteen year old from Kashan, travels to Baghdád, and then to Karbalá to meet Him. Bahá’u’lláh employs him as His amanuensis, despite his lack of a formal education.
- October: The Bábís of Nayríz flee the city and hide in the surrounding hills as the Governor of Nayríz continues arresting Bábís and pillaging their homes.
- October 31: Approximately 860 Bábís imprisoned in Nayríz, most of them women, are taken to Shíráz on foot, along with 180 heads of Bábís who had already been executed.
- November 24: The Nayríz prisoners arrive in Shíráz. More of them are executed, and their heads are sent to Tihrán.
