Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries from Bahá’í history for May 22.
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- 1844: Two hours and eleven minutes after sunset, the Báb makes His declaration to Mullá Ḥusayn and reveals the first chapter of the Qayyúmu'l-Asmá' (Commentary on the Súrih of Joseph). The end of the Adamic Cycle of 6,000 years and the beginning of the Bahá'í Cycle; the beginning of the Heroic Age.
- 1944: The Centenary of the Declaration of the Báb is celebrated in the Holy Land, and at the House of the Báb in Shíráz; ninety delegates to the Iranian national convention and members of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran assemble discreetly for the latter. The end of the celebrations marking this occasion signal the end of the First Epoch of the Formative Age.
- 1955: The dome of the National Bahá’í Centre in Tihrán is demolished with the personal participation of several high-ranking army officers. The publication of the pictures of this episode encourages a widespread outburst of persecution of Bahá’ís throughout Iran.
- 2001: At dusk, the Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb are officially opened in a special ceremony attended by some 4,500 people from over 200 countries and territories.
- 2016: Ground is broken for the construction of the local Bahá'í House of Worship for Norte del Cauca, Colombia.
