Some Historical Events During the Month of January
- 2009:
1,800 Baha’is from Mongolia, Russia, and other nations gather in a
regional conference in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, convened by the Universal
House of Justice
- 2001:
The Universal House of Justice announces that the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh
enters the Fifth Epoch of its Formative Age
- 2000:
The passing of Hand of the Cause Amatu’l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum -- “the
Baha'i world's last remaining link with the family of 'Abdu'l-Baha”
- 2000:
Adib Taherzadeh, member of the Universal House of Justice, passes away
- 1994:
First worldwide fireside on Internet takes place in New York City
Baha’i Center
- 1986:
The Universal House of Justice announces the inception of the Fourth Epoch
of the Formative Age
- 1979:
Construction begins for the first Mashriqu’l-Adhkar in Western Samoa
- 1976:
First annual meeting of the Association for Baha’i Studies is held in
Canada
- 1975:
The House of ‘Abdu’llah Pasha is purchased
- 1973:
The Universal House of Justice announces the completion of the ‘Synopsis
and Codification of the Kitab-i-Aqdas' -- to be published in Ridvan 1973
- 1971:
Baha’i continental conference is held in Liberia – The Universal House of
Justice explains the role of the emerging Baha’i community in alleviating
the various ills afflicting the people of Africa
- 1961:
Dedication of the Baha’i House of Worship in Kampala, Uganda – ‘the mother
temple of Africa” and the third Mashriqu’l-Adhkar in the Baha’i World
- 1954:
Hand of the Cause Dorothy Baker passes away
- 1951:
Shoghi Effendi announces the formation of the International Baha’i Council
– forerunner of the Universal House of Justice
- 1933:
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India and Burma becomes
legally incorporated -- The second NSA in the Baha’i world to achieve this
status
- 1928:
Martha Root has her second audience with Queen Marie of Rumania
- 1922:
The Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Baha is publically read at His home in
Haifa
- 1922:
Shoghi Effendi writes a letter to the Persian believers stating that he
would soon establish the Universal House of Justice
- 1922:
In the home of the Greatest Holy Leaf, the Will and Testament of the
Master was read aloud to nine men, most of them members of the family of
'Abdu'l-Bahá
- 1921:
Shoghi Effendi enters Oxford’s Balliol College
- 1914:
Mirza Abu’l-Fadl passes away in Cairo
- 1913:
‘Abdu’l-Baha pays a visit to Woking mosque at Surrey, England
- 1913:
‘Abdu’l-Baha left London for Paris
- 1910:
Persian-American Educational Society is inaugurated in Washington, DC
- 1901:
Lua and Edward Getsinger go to Port Said, Egypt, from Haifa to study with
Mirza Abu’l-Fadl
- 1899:
The sacred remains of the Bab arrive in the Holy Land
- 1899:
Lua Getsinger receives her first Tablet from ‘Abdu’l-Baha
- 1898:
Eighteen individuals join the Baha’i Faith in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
- 1870:
Birth of May Bolles Maxwell
- 1861:
Baha’u’llah reveals the Kitab-i-Iqan (The Book of Certitude)
- 1853:
Baha’u’llah and His family leave Iran for Baghdad
- 1849:
Prince Mihdi-Quli Mirza arrives in the vicinity of Fort Tabarsi with 3000
royal troops
- 1845:
The Báb arrives in Medina from Mecca
- 1844:
Mulla Husayn returns to Karbala after a journey of two years in Persia
