1872

Centuries:	18th century 19th century 20th century
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
Years:	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Declarations Establishments - Publications
Media:	1872 (Events)

1872 was a leap year of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year of the Julian calendar, the 1872nd year of the Common Era (CE), the 72nd year of the 19th century, and the 3rd year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1872, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. 1872 corresponds to the years 28–29 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

House of the Báb, which was restored in 1872.

Events

• Bahá’u’lláh begins to reveal the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.
• Restoration of the House of the Báb begins at the request of His widow, Khadíjih Bagum. She takes up residence and serves as caretaker of the House when renovations are complete.
• January 22: Siyyid Muhammad-i-Isfahání and two other Azalís are murdered by Ustád Muhammad-`Alíy-i Salmání, Aqa Husayn-i-Ashchi, and five other Bahá’ís despite Bahá’u’lláh's instructions that no hostile actions were to be taken against the Azalís. The murderers are imprisoned for seven years, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá is chained in prison with twenty-five other innocent Bahá'ís and Bahá’u’lláh is interrogated and imprisoned for seventy hours.
• November/December: Munírih Khánum arrives in `Akká, having been sent for by Bahá’u’lláh. She is accommodated in Mírzá Músá's household.

Births

• Joseph Hannen, Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá‎
• May 31: Thomas Breakwell, the first English Bahá’í.
• August 19: Martha Root, prominent Bahá’í and "foremost travel teacher in the first Bahá’í Century".

References

• https://bahai-library.com/chronology/187-