1864

Centuries:	18th century 19th century 20th century
Decades:	1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s
Years:	1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Declarations Establishments - Publications
Media:	1864 (Events)

1864 was a leap year of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year of the Julian calendar, the 1864th year of the Common Era (CE), the 64th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1864, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. 1864 corresponds to the years 20–21 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

Events

• April: Hundreds of Bahá'ís in Najafábád are arrested on the orders of Shaykh Muhammad-Báqir, who Bahá’u’lláh entitled the Wolf. They are taken to Isfahán to be executed, but other clerics persuade Báqir to reconsider. He has two Bahá'ís executed, eighteen sent to Tihrán where they are imprisoned for three months, and the rest returned to Najafábád where they are beaten. Two of the Bahá'ís sent to Tihrán are executed on the orders of Báqir after returning to Najafábád.
• December: Mírzá Yahyá invites Bahá'u'lláh to dine with him, and poisons Him.

Births

• March 27: A. L. M. Nicolas, European scholar who wrote about the Báb.
• August 15: Díyá'u'lláh, son of Fátimih and Bahá’u’lláh.
• Mírzá Hádí Shírází, father of Shoghi Effendi
• Alma Knobloch, early American Bahá'í who pioneered to Germany in 1907.

References

• https://bahai-library.com/chronology/186-