Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries from Bahá’í history for February 19.
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- 1850: Seven Bábís are executed in Tihrán on the false charge of having plotted to kill the Grand Vizier. They become known as the Seven Martyrs of Tihrán.
- 1878: German-Russian Bahá'í George Adam Benke is born in Ukraine. After his death, he is named by Shoghi Effendi as the first European Bahá'í martyr.
- 1968: Malietoa Tanumafili II, King of Western Samoa, embraces the Bahá'í Faith, becoming the first reigning monarch to do so.
- 1993: The first Bahá'í Winter School of Slovenia and Croatia takes place in Mozirje, Slovenia, attended by 20 adults and seven children.
