Bahá’í Timeline 
by Joel Nizin

1743-1826		Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsa'i - founder Shayki school

1793-1843		Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti

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1813	    	Birth Mulla Husayn born in Bushruyih

1817	Nov 12	Birth Bahá'u'lláh ( Mírzá Husayn Alí ) in Tehran ( - 1892 )
			parents are Mírzá Buzurg + Khadíjih Khánum (3rd child of 2nd wife)

1819	Oct 20	Birth Báb (Mírzá Alí Muhammad) in Shiraz ( - 1850) 
			His house is the 3rd holiest spot for Bahá’í pilgrimage

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1820	   	Birth Fátimih Ummm-Salmaih
		Siyyid Kazim had called her Qurratu'l-'Ayn—the Solace of the Eyes. 
		Bahá’u’lláh called her Tahirih—the Pure

	   	Birth Quddús (Alíy-i-Bárfurúshi)

1823	   	Bahá'u'lláh age 5 dreams of garden where huge bird attacked. Went to sea to 			bathe and fish attacked. Interpret - sea is the entire world, birds and fish are the 			people. Bahá'u'lláh would promulgate something of vital importance, no one 			would be able to stop him

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1834	Sept 9	Persia - coronation Muhammad Sháh (-1848)

	   	Báb age 15 studies under Mulla Abd al-Kháliq Yazdi

1835	Oct	Marriage Bahá'u'lláh & Navváb (Asíyih Khánum) (-1886) The Most Exalted 			Leaf the and daughter of Mírzá Issmá’il-i-Vazír 
7 children, 3 survived
		1) ‘Abbás - The Most Great Branch ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
		2) Fatimih - The Greatest Holy Leaf - Bahíyyih Khánum 
		3) Mihdí - The Purest Branch

	  	Báb joins family business in Bushrihr (1835-1840)

1839	  	Death Mírzá Buzurg - (father of Bahá'u'lláh)

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1840 	   	Báb to Najaf & Kabilá listens to lectures of Siyyid Kázim Rashti
	“He is of noble lineage. He is a descendant of the Prophet of God of the Family 			Háshim. He is young in age and is possessed of innate knowledge. His learning 			is derived, not from the teachings of Shaykh Ahmad, but from God. My 				knowledge is but a drop compared to the immensity of His knowledge, my 				attaintments a speck of dust in the face of the wonders of His grace and power. 			Nay immeasurable is the difference. He is of medium height, abstains from 			smoking, and is of extreme devoutness and piety.”

1842	   	Báb returns to Shíraz after 11 months in Karbilá

	August	Báb (age 23) marries Khadíjih-Bagum

1843	   	Death Báb's only son Ahmad

1844	Jan 2	Death Siyyid Kazim -i-Rashti in Karbilá

	Jan 22	Mulla Husayn arrive Karbilá 3 weeks after death of Siyyid Kazim

	Feb	Mulla Husayn goes to Masjid al-Wali mosque for 40 days with Muhammad Hasan (brother) and Muhammad-Baqir (nephew); joined after several days by Mullá Alí-i-Bastámí and 12 others 

	April 1	Mulla Husayn goes to Bushihr, stops in Shiraz on way to Kerman

	May 22	Declaration of the Báb ( age 25 yr, 4 mn, 4 day ) in Shiráz to Mulla Husayn
			“Enter therein, in peace secure” Koran 15:46
			2 hours, 11 minutes after sunset
			Arabic commentary on the Surih of Joseph - Qayyúmu'l-Asmá is revealed
			End Adamic Cycle, end Prophetic cycle
			Start Bahá’í Cycle (500,000 years)
			Start Bahá’í Era (1,000)
			Start Heroic Apostolic or Primitive Age ( -1921)

	May 23	Birth Abdu'l-Bahá ( - 1921) in Tihran

	5/22-7/2	All 18 Letters of the Living declare (Váhid = unity = 19)

		 	Mullá Husayn-i-Bushrú'í -> martyred in Shaykh Tabarsí
			 	Mírzí Muhammad-Hasan-i-Bushrú'í ->
				brother to Mullá Husayn, martyred in Shaykh Tabarsí
			 	Muhammad-Báqir ->nephew to Mullá Husayn, martyred in Shaykh Tabarsí
			 	Mullá 'Alíy-i-Bastámí -> first martyr to Iraq, taught Tahirih
			 Abdu'l-Vahhab ->pleaded to go with him but his father Haji 'Abdu'l-Majid beat  Mullá 'Alíy-i-Bastámí with a club and wouldn’t allow him to go; later he was martyred in the Siyad-Chál, he left singing & dancing
			 Mullá Khudá-Bakhsh-i-Qúchání -> renamed Mulla Alí, long life
		 Mullá Hasan-i-Bajistání -> Covenant breaker in his later years
		 Siyyid Husayn-i-Yazdí -> renamed Kátib or ‘Aziz; 			martyred in Tihran 1852 was the Báb’s amanuensis & companion in 			Adharbayjan prison
		 Mirzá Muhammad Rawdih Khán-i-Yazdi
		 Sa'íd Hindí -> travel teacher to India
		 Mullá Mahmúd-i-Khu'í -> martyred in Shaykh Tabarsí
		 Mullá Jalíl-i-Urúmí -> martyred in Shaykh Tabarsí
		 Mullá Ahmad-i-Ibdál-Marághi'í -> martyred in Mázindarán upheavel
		 Mullá Báqir-i-Tabrízí -> follower of Bahá'u'lláh
		 Mullá Yúsif-i-Ardbílí -> martyred in Shaykh Tabarsí
		 Mirzá Hádí -> son of Mulla 'Abdu'l-Vahháb-i-Qazvíní
		 Mirzá Muhammad 'Alíy-i-Qazvíní -> martyred in Shaykh Tabarsí, 			brother in law of Tahirih
		 Tahirih -> Born as the pure Fátimih Ummm-Salmaih
		 Quddús-> martyred in Bábul, Mázindarán upheavel, age 22, 			descendent of Iman Hasan

	July-Sept	Mulla Husayn travel teach trip to Isfahan, Kashan, Qum, Tehran, Mashad
	“A secret lies hidden in that city. When made manifest, it shall turn the earth into a paradise. My hope is that you may partake of its grace and recognize its splendor”

	August	Mulla Husayn in Tihran - gives message to Bahá'u'lláh via Bahá'u'lláh's brother
		while staying at madrish of Mirza Salih

	Sept 10	Báb leaves Shiraz to start pilgrimage

	Sept 20	Báb arrives port Bushihr, arranges supplies for 2 month boat trip

	Oct 2	Báb receiver Mulla Husayn letter from Mashad then set sail to Jiddah enroute to 		Mecca

	Oct 14	Mullá Alíy-Bastami arrive Najaf, Iraq with copy of Surih of Joseph

	Dec	Báb arrive port Jiddah, takes camel to Mecca

	Dec 22	Báb holds ring to door of Ka'bah, repeats x3 
		“I am the Qá'im whose advent you have been waiting”

1845	Jan 10	Báb arrives Medina with Quddus stays 27 days

	Jan 13	Mulla Alíy-Bastami trial at Baghdád the first martyr

	Feb 6	Báb leaves Medina

	March 21	Báb's return from Mecca

	Aug 6	Mulla Sadiq & Quddus arrested in Shiraz by Husayn Khan

	Sept 23	Báb's arrest in Shiraz at his uncle's house

1846	July 15	Birth Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf) ( - 1937)

1847	March 29	Báb detained in Kulayn after summons to Tehran by Muhammad Sháh

	April 1 	Báb in Kulayn receives letter from Bahá'u'lláh

	May	Báb en route to Máh-kú keep 40 days in Tabriz
	Summer	Báb arrival Máh-Ku in Adhirbáyján stayed 9 months Reveals Persian Bayán 8000 		verses
	Sept	Bahá'u'lláh 1st prison due to murder of Haji Mulla Taqiy-i-Baraghani, the uncle and father-in-law of Qurratu'l-'Ayn. (Tahirih)

1848	March	Mulla Husayn arrive Máh-kú from Mashhad 1200 miles by foot, to get Báb's directions en route Mulla Husayn meets Bahá'u'lláh and Tahirih. Stays 9 days. Visits Bahá'u'lláh again on return trip. Meets Quddus.

	March	Mulla Husayn goes from Barfurush to Mashad, builds Bábiyyih with 			Mirza Muhammad-Baqir. 

	   	Fulfill Shi'í prophesy that Qu'im from Khurasan would appear in Mosque of Iman 		Rida at pulpit of Sahibu'z Zaman (Lord of the Age)

	April 10	Báb arrival Chihríq , Adhirbayján

	June	Conference Badasht (22 days)
 81 Followers then to Mashhad, Kurasan to help Mulla Husayn. Badasht was a hamlet near the border of Mazindarar.  Three gardens rented by Bahá’u’lláh for Quddus, Tahirih and Bahá’u’lláh Jinab-i-Bahá was Bahá’u’llláh’s common Bábi name after the Conference Mulla Husayn, the Bábu’l-Báb was absent. He was a guest of Hamzih Mirza, the Hishmatu'd-Dawlih—a brother of Muhammad Shah and the Governor.

	July 21	Begin Black Standard by Mulla Husayn to assist Quddus with 202 followers

	   	Mulla Husayn after leaving the house of Hamzih Mirza intended to go to Karbila, but instead the Báb gave him a new name - Siyyid Ali, a turban and …
“Adorn your head with my green turban, the emblem of my lineage and with the Black Standard unfurled before you, hasten to the Jaziyi-i-Khadra (in Mazindaran), and lend your assistance to Quddus “

	   	'Should your eyes behold the Black Standards proceeding from Khurasan, hasten ye towards them, even though ye should have to crawl over the snow, 				inasmuch as they proclaim the advent of the promised Mihdi, the 					Vicegerent of God.'

	July ??	Báb interrogation in Tabríz -” I am, I am, I am, the Promised One…” sent back to Chihríq

	Sept 4	Death Muhammad Shah

	Sept 4	Reign Násiri'd Din Sháh

	Oct 10	Arrival Barfurush by Mulla Husayn, Sa'idu'l-Ulama raises jihad against the 				Bábis. Here Mulla Husayn cuts musket, tree and head of the murderer of his companion.

	Oct 12	Arrival at Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsi Mulla Husayn attacked by horseman from Qadi-Kulá

	Oct ??	Arrival 1st time Bahá’u’lláh at Fort Tabarsi. Takes Mulla Mihdiy-i- + six men to 				Sari and demands the release of Quddus after 95 days imprisoned. Quddus had been in the house of Mirza Muhammad-Taqi, one of the prominent divines of the province of Mazindaran.

	    	Bahá’u’lláh left the fortress, with Nazar-'Ali Khan & Shaykh Abu-Turab, & went to Tehran

	Nov 27	Arrival Fort Tabarsi of Quddus after release from Sárí makes 313 total companions

	    	Tahirih was taken to Tihran, under house arrest in the residence of Mahmud Khan the kalantar of the capital. She remained until her martyrdom in 				August 1852.

	Dec 19	Arrival Fort Tabarsi ‘Abdu’llah Khan start of seige

	Dec 21	Bahá'u'lláh bastinadoed on way to Fort Tabarsi - 2nd imprisonment in Amul (9 miles away)

	   	Birth Mírzá Mihdí (The Purest Branch) ( - 1870 )

1849	Feb 2	Martyrdom Mulla Husayn at Fort Tabarsi

	April	Fall of Fort Tabarsi

	May 10	Quddus tricked into surrender at Fort Tabarsi

	May 16	Martyrdom Quddus in Barfurúsh

	???	Bahá'u'lláh marriage to Fátimih Khánum ( Mahd-i Ulyá) (-1904)
			Children 6, 4 survived all Covenant Breakers + Mother
			Samadiyyih (daughter) , Muhammad-Ali, Diya’u’llah, Badi’u’llah (sons)
			Eldest son Mírzá Muhammad-’Alí Arch-Breaker

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1850	 Feb 20	Seven Martyr's of Tihrán arrested / beheaded

	May 13	Begin Zanján upheaval

	May 27	Begin Nayríz upheaval

	June 19	Báb brought from Chihríq to Tabriz

	    	Báb Gives pen, seals, rings to Mulla Báqir (Letter Living) then to 		Mullá ‘Abdu’l Karim -i- Qazvin (Mirzá Ahmad-i-Kátib), amanuensis to the Báb 			and  later amanuensis to Mirzá Yahyá. and then pen, seals, rings to 	Bahá’u’lláh

	June 21	End first Nayriz upheaval

	June 29	Martyrdom of Vahid in Nayríz

	July 9 	Martyrdom of the Báb in Tabriz (noon)

		 Nírzá Muhammad-’Alíy-i-Zunúzí - youth shot with the Báb

		 “Not until I have said to him all those things I wish to say, can any earthly 				power silence Me. Though all the world be armed against Me, yet they be 				powerless to deter Me from fulfilling, to the last word, My intention.”

		  	“O wayward generation. Had you believed in Me every one of you would have 				followed the example of this youth, who stood in rank above most of you, and willingly would have sacrificed himself in My path. The day will come when you will have recognized Me; that day I shall have ceased to be with you.”

	Aug 18	Martyrdom Tahirih in Ilkáni Garden, Tihrán

1851	July 30	Bahá'u'lláh arrive Karbala

	Aug	Bahá'u'lláh to go Iraq pilgrimage

	Aug 21	Bahá'u'lláh meet Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunuzi in Karbila. He had been promised to meet “Him whom God shall make manifest”

	Oct 5	Shaykh Hasan (Báb's amanuensis) meet Bahá'u'lláh in Karbila 

1852	Aug	Bahá'u'lláh return Iran after 1 year absence

	Aug 15	Attempt life of Shah Nasiri'd-Din Sháh

	    	Bahá'u'lláh imprisoned Siyad-Chal 3rd imprison 4 months
			Chains called Salásil and Quará-Guhar
			His 1st declaration
			Rash-i-Amá a persian poem of victory “Day of God” “I am He”
		Persian Prayer - “God is sufficient unto me; He verily is the All Sufficing. In 	Him let the trusting trust .”

	Aug 18	Martyrdom Tahirih outside Tihran in Garden Ilkhaní
	“I worship not that which ye worship and ye do not worship that which I 				worship. I shall never worship that which ye worship neither will ye worship that which I worship. To you be your religion, to me my religion.”

	Dec	Bahá'u'lláh released & recovers at house of half brother Mírzá Ridá-Qulí, and wife Maryam (the Crimson Leaf )

1853	Jan 12	Bahá'u'lláh banish to Baghdád - 4 month trip
	Abdu'l-Bahá age 9, Bayíyyih Khánum age 6 while Mírzá Mihdi stayed 			behind, also Bahá’u’lláh’s brothers Mirza Musa (Aqay-i-Kalim) & Mirza Muhammad-Quli

	April 8	Bahá'u'lláh arrive Baghdád - 10 year stay
			  	2nd holiest spot for pilgrimage
				The Most Great House - Bayt-i- A'zam

			 A Bábi youth named Mirza Aqa Jan had a dream, in which the Báb 					appeared, and then he came upon some of the writings of Bahá’u’lláh. Ascertaining that Jinab-i- Baha was in Baghdad, he attained His presence.This distinction remains his, that he was the first to recognize in the person of Bahá’u’lláh the Promised One of the Bayan—the Promise of All Ages. In later years, Bahá’u’lláh honoured him with the title of Khadimu'llah—Servant of God.

	   	Birth eldest son Mírzá Muhammad-’Alí (Arch-Breaker) of 2nd wife Mahd-i-’Ulyá; 9 years younger than ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

1854	April 10	Bahá'u'lláh dervish in Kurdistán - 2 years
			Residence #1 is Sar-Galú Mountain
			Companion was Aqa Abu'l-Qasim-i-Hamadani
			Residence #2 was the town of Sulaymáníyyih 
				theological seminary of Mawlana Khalid
			Reveals Qasídiy-i-ízz--Varqá’íyyih 
				style of Ta’iyyih ode of the Egyptian mystic Ibnu’l-Farid

	    	“None is to be found at this time worthy to hear these melodies “ 
		
	    	All the manifestations spent time in private reflection in the desert ->
			Moses to Sinai, Buddha wilds of India, Christ wilderness of Judea, 
			Muhammad to hills of Arabia

1856	    	Bahá'u'lláh leaves mountains of Sulaymaniyyih

	March 19	Bahá'u'lláh arrives Baghdad to House of Sulaymán-i-Ghannám

1858	    	Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh revealed

	    	The Seven Valley's revealed 

Before 1863	    	Bahá'u'lláh Marriage to Gawhar Khánum she stayed in Baghdád with brother 				Mirá Mihdíy-i- Káshání then Mosul then Akká Daughter Furúghíyyih 				Covenant Breaker + mother

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1861	    	Kitáb-i-Iqan - Book of Certitude, dedicated to Báb's uncle Hají Mírzá Siyyid 		Mahammed

	    	Ottoman- Sultan 'Abdu'l-Azíz banished Bahá'u'lláh 3x

1862	    	Bahá'u'lláh reveal Kitáb-i-Iqán (Book Certitude) to questions of the Báb's uncle

1863	March 21	Bahá'u'lláh reveals Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet Holy Mariner) talks of Covenant, with Bahá'u'lláh as Holy Mariner and believers are dwellers in the Ark.

	April	Abdu'l-Bahá arrange feast & Bahá'u'lláh reveals ode Halih-Halih-Yá-Bushárat

		Najib Pasha offers garden Najibiyyih across Tigris to Bahá'u'lláh
	April 21	Ridvan 1 - Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh (#2) - Day of supreme felicity
			Heroic, Apostolic, Primitive Age

		 Reveals Suriy-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb for Hájí Muhammad-Taqi surnamed 				Ayyúb (job) 

			1)	Forbid use of sword in this Dispensation
			2)	No other Manifestation before 1000 years
			3)	All names and attributes of God fully manifested within all created things.

		  Assumes táj - the tall felt hat
		  Crosses river with Abdu'l-Bahá, Mirza Mihdí, Muhammed-Alí & Mírza Aqá Ján
		  Enters garden during evening prayer Alláh'u'Akbar

	April 29	Ridvan day 9 - Holy family joins Bahá'u'lláh

	May 2	Ridvan day 12 - Bahá'u'lláh banished to Constantinople - 6 month trip

	Aug 13	Bahá'u'lláh via steamer from Sámsún to Constantinople

	Aug 16 	Bahá'u'lláh arrive Constantinople - 2 month stay

	Sept	Bahá'u'lláh banish to Adrianople - 3 month trip

	Dec 12	Bahá'u'lláh arrive Adrianople (4 years, 8 months 22 days)

	    	Reveals tablets to the Napoleon III, Shah Persia (3rd declaration)

1864	Aug 15	Bahá'u'lláh's son Mirza Niya'u'lláh born house Amru'lláh

1867	    	Bahá'u'lláh youngest son Mirzá Badi'u'lláh born 

1868	Aug 12	Bahá'u'lláh leave Adrianople to Gallipoli

	Aug 21	Bahá'u'lláh leave Gallipoli for Haifa - 11 days
	The captain who had accompanied us from Adrianople came one night to 				take his leave. And as he stood humbly, expressing his regrets, the Blessed Perfection addressed him: “Tell the king that this territory will pass out of his hands, and his affairs will be thrown into confusion. Not I speak these words, but God speaketh them.”

	Aug	ship docks at Port Sa’id

	Aug	ship docks at Jaffa

	Aug 	ship docks at Haifa

	Aug 31	Bahá'u'lláh arrive Akka (2 years, 2 month, 5 day)

		 Hosea had extolled Haifa as a 'door of hope'

	 Muhammed 'Blessed the man that hath visited 'Akka, and blessed he that hath 			 visited the visitor of 'Akka. . . . And he that raiseth therein the call to prayer, his voice will be lifted 
	   	Reveals tablets to Napoleon III, Queen Victoria, Czar

	   	Haifa - Templars begin to settle a few months after Bahá’u’lláh’s arrival

	   	Hammam al-Pasha. The Public Bath where Bahá’u’lláh met Haji Abu'l-Hasan-i-				Ardikani, the first pilgrim to be able to enter 'Akka and meet Bahá’u’lláh. The building is now the Muncipal Museum.

	   	Ustad Isma'il-i-Kashi, arriving from Mosul, with poor sight gazed from the far 				moat, failed to discern Bahá’u’lláh’s face and returned to his cave on Mt Carmel

	   	Khalil Mansur, coppersmith, the first Bahá’í to settle down in Haifa & help 		pilgrims

	    	Siyyid Muhammad-i-Isfahani (the Antichrist of the Bahá’í Revelation) and Aqa Jan-i-Kaj-Kulah (of Salmas in Adharbayjan) live over City Gates

1869	   	Badí (age 17 ) arrive by foot from Iran-Baghdád-Mosul. Given tablet for the Shah

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1870	    	At the behest of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá - Ahmad Big Tawfiq restored the aqueduct that 				used to run from the spring at Kabri to the mansion of 'Abdu'llah Pasha at Mazra'ih, from there to Bahji and thence to 'Akka, entering the city close to the Burj al-Kummandar. The first to build an aqueduct from Kabri to the city was al-Jazzar, but that aqueduct ran along a course to the east or the present one, which was built by Sulayman Pasha in 1814. It wasimproved by 'Abdu'llah Pasha who used it to supply his properties at Mazra'ih and Bahji It had fallen into disrepair x 30 years

	Jun 23	Ascension Mirza Mihdi in Most Great Prison or Ghusnu'llahu'l-Athar (The Purest 		Branch)

		 a prayer that exalts his death to the rank of those great acts of atonement 				associated with Abraham's intended sacrifice of His son, with the 					crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the martyrdom of the Imam Husayn we 				read the following: 

		  	“I have, O my Lord, offered up that which Thou hast given Me, that Thy 				servants may be quickened, and all that dwell on earth be united.”  And likewise, these prophetic words, addressed to His martyred son: “Thou art the Trust of God and His Treasure in this Land. Erelong will God reveal through thee that which He hath desired.”

	Nov 4	Bahá'u'lláh leaves the Most Great Prison

	   	Other Bahá’ís move to Khán-i-'Avámíd ( Inn of the Pillars ) close to the sea-shore
			site of first children's school
			site of first pilgrim's house
			residence of Mishkín-Qalam & Jináb-i-Zayn

	   	Bahá'u'lláh moves to House of Malik (3 months) --Fakhurah quarter, in the western part of the prison-city. Near Church of St. Andrew

1871	Feb	Bahá'u'lláh moves to House of Khavvam (2 months) opposite the House of 		Malik

	April	Bahá'u'lláh moves to House of Rábi'ih (4 months )

	Sept	Bahá'u'lláh moves to House Udí Khammár , a Christian Maronite

1872	Jan 22	Bahá'u'lláh imprisoned x3 days in Khan-i-Shavirdi
My captivity cannot harm Me. That which can harm Me is the conduct of 			those who love Me, who claim to be related to Me, and yet perpetrate what causeth My heart and My pen to groan. . . . My captivity can bring on Me no shame. Nay, by My life, it conferreth on Me glory. That which can make Me ashamed is the conduct of such of My followers as profess to love Me, yet in fact follow the Evil One.

	Sept	Marriage Abdu'l-Bahá and Munirih Khánum ( -1938)
			two boys, seven girls born - 4 girls survive
			Zíyá'íyyih Khánum - mother Shoghi Effendi
			Rúhá Khánum
			Túbá Khánum
			Munavvar Khánum

1873	   	Kitáb-i-Aqdas - Book of Laws in House Udí Khammár

	Dec	Bahá'u'lláh moves to House 'Abbúd - 4 year, 6 month - it is next to & now combined with House Udí Khammár

1874	   	Birth Louis Gregory, S. Carolina son of a freed slave (-1951)

1875	   	Birth Roy Wilhelm (-1951)

	   	Birth Agnes Alexander

1876	   	Ottoman- death Sultan 'Abdu'l-Azíz
		coronation of 'Abdu'l-Hamad II (-1909)

1877	Spring	Bahá'u'lláh leaves Akká to visit grove of trees next to Mazra'ih on land of Kamál 		brothers

	June	Bahá'u'lláh moves to Mazra'ih (5 pound rent a year) - 2 yr, 4 mn - upon the insistence of Muhammadan Shaykh
			Ridván gardens (originally garden Na'mayn )
			Ashraf gardens see Master mason Mulla Abú-Talib of shrine of Báb
			Firdaws garden

	   	Holy family stays in House 'Abbúd

1878	   	Mishkin-Qalam, apostle, released from Cyprus and goes to Akká

1879	Sept	Bahá'u'lláh moves to Mansion Bahjí - 12 year 9 mn
			built by Abdu'lláh Páshá; restored by Udí Khammár who fled in 1870 due 			to bubonic plague

	  	Mírzá Muhammad-Qulí ( half brother Bahá'u'lláh) moves to Jordan Valley Ein 		Gev

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1880 	June	Bahá'u'lláh visit Druze village of Yerka

1882	   	Death Khadíjih-Bagum wife of the Báb

1883	   	Bahá'u'lláh visits Haifa 1st time

1886	   	Ascension Navváb, wife of Bahá'u'lláh, “consort in all the world's of God”

1887	   	Bahá'u'lláh first mentions Hands of the Cause of God
		Ascension Mírzá Músá Aqáy-i-Kalím ( brother Bahá'u'lláh )

1888	Dec 11	Nabil present Dawnbreakers story to Bahá'u'lláh

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1890	Spring	Bahá'u'lláh visits Haifa 2nd time

	April 15-20	Prof E.G. Browne visits Bahá'u'lláh

1891	Summer	Travellers Narrative by Abdu'l-Bahá

	   	Bahá'u'lláh visits Haifa for 3 months 3rd time
			Tablet of Carmel;
			Epistle to the Son of the Wolf - last revealed volume
			designates site of Shrine of Báb
			Visits Oliphant House of Templar's on Hagefen Street
			“Der Herr ist nahe “ or God is nigh 

	   	Bahá'u'lláh appoints Hands of the Cause

1892	May 29 	Ascension (3 AM) Bahá'u'lláh in Bahjí - Qiblih
		Kaaba in Mecca for the muslims is Qiblih

	   	Death by suicide Nabíl

	June	Will & Testament appoint Abdu'l-Bahá Center of Covenant

	   	Abdu'l-Bahá stays near Lower Cave of Elijah x 1 month upper apt, western side

1893	Sept 23	USA - First mention USA / Chicago Exposition Dr Henry Jessup in Parliament of 		Religion 

	   	Ibrahim Kheiralla first American Bahá’í teacher

1894	Feb	USA- establish 1st Bahá’í center in Chicago
			Sarah Farmer establish universal platform to discuss religion in Eliot 			Maine

		Thornton Chase 1st American Bahá’í

1896	   	Marriage Díyá'íyyih Khánum & Mírzá Hádí Shírází Afnán

	Oct	Abdu'l-Bahá moves to House 'Abdu'lláh Páshá ( till 1910)

1897	March 1	Shoghi Effendi born in House 'Abdu'lláh Páshá

1898	   	Start Tarbíyat Boy's school (-1934)

	Dec 10	First Western pilgrims to House 'Abdu'lláh Páshá
			Phoebe Hearst; Lua Getsinger,Mary Maxwell, May Bolles
			Robert Turner, 1st Black Bahá’í USA butler of Hearst

1899	Jan 31	remains of the Báb arrive Akká hidden House 'Abdu'lláh Páshá in the room of the Greatest Holy Leaf

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1901	   	First English Bahá’í Thomas Breakwell taught by Mary Maxwell

	Aug 20	Abdu'l-Bahá reconfined by Turks (-1908)

1902	Nov 28	'Ishqábáb - construction first Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, architect - Volkov

	   	Marriage Mary Bolles Maxwell and Sutherland Maxwell

1905	   	Railroad between Haifa and Damascus built by Germans 

1908	Sept	Abdu'l-Bahá released by Young Turk's 
		Abdu'l-Bahá finishes house on Mount Carmel on Haparsim Street

	   	USA - Bahá’í Publishing Trust set-up in Wilmette

	   	Some Answered Questions by Laura Clifford Barney

	Oct	Roy Wilhelm moved to West Englewood, has house designed by Bourgeouis

1909	   	Start Tarbíyat girl's school in Iran

	March 21	Báb interred in Shrine Mt Carmel along with Muhammad-Alíy-i-Zunúzí ( Anís )

	March 21	USA - Bahá’í Temple Unity est by convention in Wilmette

	   	Ottoman death 'Abdu'l-Hamad II
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1910	   	USA- Bahá’í news and Star of the West published (-1924)

	Aug	Abdu'l-Bahá moves to Haifa near Templar colony

	   	House 'Abdu'lláh Páshá no longer in Baha'í ownership till 1975

	   	Eastern Pilgrim House started by Mírzá Ja'far
			“This is a spiritual House for pilgrims, and its founder is Mírzá Ja'far 1327 AH”

	Sept	Abdu'l-Bahá travels to Egypt

1911	Sept 4	Abdu'l-Bahá arrive London

1912	April 11	Abdu'l-Bahá arrive NYC by Cedric

	May 1	Cornerstone of Mashriqu'l-Adhkár laid Wilmette Architect - Louis Bourgeois

	May 14	Mohonk Conference Peace and Arbitration in New York State

	June 19	NYC designated as the “City of the Covenant”

	June 29	First Unity Feast In Teaneck, New Jersey - start of Annual Souvenir Picnic

	Nov 24	Farwell Banquet Great Northen Hotel NYC

	Dec 5	Abdu'l-Bahá leave USA

	   	Death Mírzá Yahyá in Cyprus

1913	Dec	Abdu'l-Bahá returns Haifa

	   	Bahá’í community in Holy land moves to Druze village Abú-Sinán

1915	   	Hands of the Cause of God referred to by Abdu'l-Bahá in “Memorials of the Faithful”

1916-17	   	Reveals Tablets of Divine Plan Abdu'l-Bahá

1918	June	Shoghi Effendi graduate American U Beirut

1919	March	Tablets of Divine Plan Abdu'l-Bahá published in USA

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1920	April 27	L.J. Bourgeois design accepted for Temple Wilmette

	April 27	Abdu'l-Bahá British knighthood for feeding poor
	Oct	Shoghi Effendi enters Oxford Balliol College

1921	May 19	Race Amity Conference by Mrs Agnes Parsons in D.C.

	Nov 28	Ascension Abdu'l-Bahá - 
		Burial North side Shrine Báb
		End Apostolic Age (1844-1921 )
		Transitional, Formative, Iron Age 
		1st epoch of that Age(21-46) - Administration

1922	Jan 3	Last Will & Testament - names Guardian Shoghi Effendi

1925	   	Shoghi Effendi translates Hidden Words

1926	Jan 30	Rumania - Martha Root meets Queen Marie

1927	   	USA & Canada - Incorporation NSA

	Aug 1	Geyersville summer school - John Bosch 

1929	   	Green Acre summer school

	Nov 27	Return of Bahjí from covenant-breakers

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1931	   	USA - Eggleston, Michigan summer school
		Shoghi Effendi translates Kitab-i-Iqan

1932	July 15	Ascension Greatest Holy Leaf burial Monument Gardens
		Shoghi Effendi translates Dawn Breakers 

1933	   	India - Incorporation NSA

1934	   	Egypt - Incorporation NSA

	   	Closing Tarbíyat schools for May 23 Martyrdom of Báb

1935	   	Shoghi Effendi translates Gleanings

1937	March 24	Marriage Shoghi Effendi & Rúyhíyyih Khánum
		(nee Mary Maxwell) - no children

	April 30	Ascension Munírih Khánum (wife Abdu'l-Bahá)
		Inception Seven Year Plan

1938	   	Australia, New Zealand - Incorporation NSA

	   	Shoghi Effendi translates Prayers and Meditations

	   	Shoghi Effendi writes Advent Divine Justice - “The Most Challenging Issue”
1939	Dec 25	Reinterred in Monument Gardens Navváb and Mírza Mihdí

	   	England - Incorporation NSA

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1942	   	Sutherland Maxwell designs superstructure for Shrine Báb

	June 26 	U.N. Charter established

	   	India - New Era Bahá’í school opens

1946	Ridvan	2nd epoch of that Age(46-63) teaching plans

	   	2nd American 7 year plan

1947	   	UN recognizes NGO status of Faith

	   	UN paper “Bahá'í Declaration of Human Obligations and Rights”

1949	   	Start building superstructure Shrine Báb

	   	Israel - sovereign state

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1951	Jan 9	International Bahá’í Council appointed by Shoghi Effendi

	   	Hands of the Cause Appointed by Shoghi Effendi posthumously

1951	Dec 24	Hands of the Cause Appointed by Shoghi Effendi
			
1952	Nov	Expansion properties Bahjí

	Feb 29	Hands of the Cause Appointed by Shoghi Effendi

	March 26	Hand of the Cause Appointed by Shoghi Effendi

1953	Ridván	10 year Crusade

	May 2	dedication Mashriqu'l-Adhkár Wilmette

	Oct	Finish superstructure Shrine Báb

	Dec 7	Hand of the Cause Appointed by Shoghi Effendi

1954	   	Hands of God appointed

	March	Establish Auxiliary Board to assist Hands

	   	Begin construction International Archives ( -1957)

	Nov	First Conclave of Hands in the Holy land

1957	March 27	Hand of the Cause Appointed by Shoghi Effendi 

	June	Full retrieval Bahjí from Covenant-breakers

	Oct	Hands of the Cause Appointed by Shoghi Effendi

	Nov 4	Ascension Shoghi Effendi in London

	   	Complete International Archives Building

1959	   	UN paper - endorse Genocide Convention

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1961	Jan 15	Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Kampalu, Uganda

	Ridván	Elect first International Bahá’í Council

	Sept 16	Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Sydney Australia 

1963	   	3rd epoch of that Age (63-86)

	Ridván	Election Universal House of Justice 1st time conclude 10 year crusade

	August	Destruction 'Ishqábáb first Mashriqu'l-Adhkár

1964	Ridvan	Nine year plan

	July 4	Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Frankfurt, Germany

1968	Feb 19	Highness Malietoa Tanumafilia II of Western Samoa first ruling monarch to 		become Bahá’í

	Ridvan	2nd election Universal House of Justice

	June 21	Creation Continental Board of Counsellors

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1970	   	Bahá’í International Community gains consultative status UNESCO

1971	Dec 19	Obelisk built on Mt Carmel for Mashriqu'l-Adhkár

1972	April 29	Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Panama

1973	   	Auxiliary Board assistants created
	Naw-Rúz	Haifa - Purchase Mazra'ih

	Ridván	3rd election UHJ
		Publish Synopsis Kitáb-i-Aqdas
		Publish Constitution Universal House of Justice

	June 5	International Teaching Centre created

1974	Ridvan	5 year plan

1975	Jan 14	Haifa - Purchase House Abdu'lláh Páshá Birthplace Shoghi Effendi

1976	March	Bahá’í International Comunity consultative status UNICEF

1977	   	Radio Bahá’í Equador

1978	Ridván	4th election Universal House of Justice

1979	July	Air Ecuador 1420 AM 	
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1982	July	Air Peru 890 AM

	Winter	Complete seat Universal House of Justice

1983	Jan 31	Universal House Justice moves into present building

	   	House Abdu'lláh Páshá open to pilgrims

	   	5th election Universal House of Justice

1984	   	Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Western Samoa

	March	Air Bolivia 1010 AM

	May	WLGI - Radio Bahá'í USA 90.9 FM

1985	   	Promise of World Peace by the Universal House of Justice

1986	Jan	Air Panama 1300 AM

	Ridvan	4th epoch of that Age (86- )

	Ridvan	6 year plan

	Nov 86	Air Chile 1160 AM
		Air Liberia 990 AM

	Dec 	Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in New Delhi, India

1988 	   	6th election of the Universal House of Justice
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1992	Nov	2nd World Congress in NYC

1993	   	7th election of the Universal House of Justice

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