April 9

April 9 is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 266 days remain until the end of the year.

• 1848: The Báb is removed from the fortress of Máh-Kú by orders of Hájí Mírzá Áqásí. The Russian Minister in Tihrán had requested that the Báb be moved further from the Russian border due to political concerns.
• 1899: An upheaval against the Bahá'ís begins in Najafábád, with their homes being looted. They take refuge in the British Telegraph Office.
• 1908: Two building plots in Wilmette are purchased by the American Bahá'í community for a future Mashriqu'l-Adhkár.
• 1913: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá arrives in Budapest. He stays at the Ritz Hotel, and a press conference is held in the hotel lobby shortly after his arrival.

Deaths

• 2015: Joseph Sheppherd, an American Bahá’í author and pioneer to South America and Africa.