Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries of events in Bahá’í history.
January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
Bahá - Jalál - Jamál - ‘Aẓamat - Núr - Raḥmat - Kalimát - Kamál - Asmá’ - ‘Izzat - Mashíyyat - ‘Ilm - Qudrat - Qawl - Masá’il - Sharaf - Sulṭán - Mulk - Ayyám-i-Há - ‘Alá’
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- 1897: Shoghi Effendi, the great-grandson of Bahá’u’lláh, is born in the House of 'Abdu'lláh Páshá in 'Akká.
- 2017: The Universal House of Justice writes to the Bahá'ís of the world about the economic life of society.
- 2019: The Ngungu Center for Community Agriculture opens in Kabwe, Zambia, sponsored by the Bahá’í-inspired Inshindo Foundation.
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March 2: Bahaipedia:Today in History/March 2
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- 1935: Birth of Universal House of Justice member Glenford E. Mitchell.
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- 1845: The Báb sets sail for Búshihr but stops in Muscat for two months.
- 1876: ‘Azíz’u’lláh Mesbah, headmaster of the Tarbíyat School, is born.
- 1910: Hand of the Cause Hají Ákhúnd passes away.
- 1929: The Council of the League of Nations upholds the claim of the Bahá’í community to the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad.
- 1954: The first Bahá'í pioneers arrive in Kiribati, settling on the island of Abaiang (aka Charlotte Island, of the Gilbert Islands).
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- 1855: Birth of Hyde Dunn, appointed posthumously as a Hand of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi
- 2008: Mahvash Sabet, a member of the Baha'i 7, is summoned to Mashhad and arrested.
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March 6: Bahaipedia:Today in History/March 6
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March 7: Bahaipedia:Today in History/March 7
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- 1873: Marriage of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Munírih Khánum.
- 1900: At a meeting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Ibrahim Kheiralla announces that he no longer accepts ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as leader of the Bahá’í Faith.
- 1917: 'Abdu'l-Bahá reveals the last of the Tablets of the Divine Plan, addressed to the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada.
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March 9: Bahaipedia:Today in History/March 9
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- 1866: Bahá'u'lláh moves from the house of Amru'lláh in Adrianople, which was shared with Mírzá Yahyá, to the house of Ridá Big. This is now known as the 'Most Great Separation'.
- 2014: The first grandchild of Behrouz Tavakkoli, one of the seven Bahá'í leaders imprisoned in Iran, is born in Canada.
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- March 11: The Bahá'í International Community presents a statement at the 63rd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York City.
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March 12: Bahaipedia:Today in History/March 12
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March 13: Bahaipedia:Today in History/March 13
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- 1914: Richard Nolen, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh named for pioneering to Azores, is born.
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- 1938: Mary Thornburgh-Cropper, first Bahá’í in England, dies.
- 1973: The house at Mazra'ih, where Bahá’u’lláh lived for two years, is purchased.
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- 1900: A ten member Bahá'í Board of Council is established in Chicago.
- 1906: Borrah Kavelin, member of the Universal House of Justice, is born.
- 2009: The Egyptian Supreme Administrative Court rejects an appeal challenging the right of Bahá’ís in Egypt to be explicitly identified on official documents.
- 2011: The seven Bahá’í leaders imprisoned in Iran are told their original 20-year jail terms have been reinstated.
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- 2019: The Bahá'í World News Service is made available in French and Spanish.
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- 1992: Iranian Bahá’í Bahman Samandari is executed after having been arrested and held without charge; government officials claim he was a Zionist spy.
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- 1856: At the request of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Bahá’u’lláh returns to Baghdad after His period of seclusion in the Sulaymaniyyih mountains of Kurdistan.
- 1856: Louis Bourgeois, architect and designer of the Bahá’í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, is born in Saint-Célestin-de-Nicolet, Quebec.
- 1965: Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of Korea.
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- 1848: Mullá Ḥusayn visits the Báb at the fortress of Máh-Kú.
- 1909: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá inters the remains of the Báb on the spot chosen by Bahá’u’lláh years earlier.
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- 1909: The mortal remains of the Báb are laid to rest in the Shrine of the Báb after 59 years in hiding.
- 1909: Opening of the first American Bahá’í Convention
- 1993: The Kitáb-i-Aqdas is released in English with commentary.
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March 22: Bahaipedia:Today in History/March 22
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- 2019: Ground is broken for the construction of the first local Baha’i House of Worship in Africa, in Matunda Soy, Kenya.
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- 1937: Shoghi Effendi marries Mary Maxwell, entitled Rúhíyyih Khánum. The wedding was a symbol of the uniting of the East and West.
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- 1912: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá boards the RMS Cedric in Alexandria, heading for the United States.
- 1952: Death of well-known Canadian architect and Hand of the Cause William Maxwell.
- 1957: Death of Hand of the Cause George Townshend.
- 1992: Death of Hand of the Cause and prominent American Bahá’í William Sears.
- 1998: Death of Universal House of Justice member Hugh Chance.
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- 1916: 'Abdu'l-Bahá reveals the first of the Tablets of the Divine Plan, addressed to the Bahá'ís of the Northeast United States.
- 2016: The Universal House of Justice addresses a message to the Bahá'ís of the World to commemorate the centenary of the first of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablets of the Divine Plan.
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- 1849: Royal troops build fortifications around the Fort of Shaykh Tabarsi and begin bombarding it.
- 1863: The Tablet of the Holy Mariner is publicly read to the Bábís in Baghdad on the fifth day of Naw-Rúz.
- 1864: A. L. M. Nicolas, European scholar who wrote about the Báb, is born.
- 1885: Knight of Bahá’u’lláh Charles Dunning is born.
- 1987: The National Spiritual Assembly of South and West Africa officially changes its name to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of South Africa.
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- 1847: The Báb, on His way to Tehran at the Sháh's request, is diverted instead to Kulayn at the orders of Hájí Mírzá Áqásí.
- 1911: William Sears, Hand of the Cause and prominent American Bahá’í, is born.
- 1912: The RMS Cedric arrives in Naples with ‘Abdu'l-Bahá and his retinue on board, on their way to New York City.
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- 1829: Nabíl-i-Akbar (pictured), Apostle of Bahá’u’lláh, is born near Bírjand, Persia.
- 1849: The Battle of Fort Ṭabarsí is mentioned in the Journal de Constantinople; it is among the first direct mentions of the Báb in the contemporary press.
- 1888: Edward Granville Browne gives a talk on 'Bábism' at the Essay Society in Newcastle, England.
- 1942: Louise and Joseph Sawyer host a reception for Ruth Moffett and Esther Sego, the first racially integrated meeting among the Bahá'ís of North Carolina.
- 2006: Death of Ruth Katharine Meyer, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh, named for pioneering to Margarita Island.
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- 1848: Mullá Ḥusayn travels to Mázindarán on the instructions of the Báb, visiting Khuy, Urúmíyyih, Marághih, Mílán, Tabríz, Zanján, Qazvín and Tihrán on the way.
- 1903: A Tablet from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá is received by the Chicago House of Spirituality, approving the request to construct an American Mashriqu'l-Adhkár.
- 1913: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá departs Paris for Stuttgart, Germany.
- 1937: Future Universal House of Justice member Hooper Dunbar is born.
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- 1898: Fifty lunar years after His execution, the remains of the Báb arrive in the Holy Land.
- 1907: The Bahá'í calendar is used in North America for the first time.
- 1932: The Local Spiritual Assembly of New York City is incorporated; its constitution and by-laws are later used as a model by other Assemblies worldwide.
- 1963: During a televised interview in the United States, King Hasan of Morocco claimed that the Bahá'í Faith was not a religion and was "against good order and also morals".
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Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries of events in Bahá’í history.
January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
Bahá - Jalál - Jamál - ‘Aẓamat - Núr - Raḥmat - Kalimát - Kamál - Asmá’ - ‘Izzat - Mashíyyat - ‘Ilm - Qudrat - Qawl - Masá’il - Sharaf - Sulṭán - Mulk - Ayyám-i-Há - ‘Alá’
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