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1899 3 Dec 189- |
Charles Mason Remey became a Bahá'í in Paris through May Bolles. [BFA2:151–2] | Charles Mason Remey; May Maxwell (Bolles); Paris, France; France | |
1899 19 Nov 189- |
Birth of Yan Kee Leong, the first believer in Malaya, in Selangor, Malaysia. | Yan Kee Leong; Births and deaths; Selangor, Malaysia; Malaysia; British Malaya | First believer in Malaya |
1899 (Fall) 189- |
Edward Getsinger appointed five men as a "Board of Counsel" for the Baha'is of northern New Jersey. Isabella Brittingham was made the honorary corresponding secretary, but was not a member of the body. [The Service of Women on the Institutions of the Baha'i Faith] | Edward Getsinger; Board of Council; New Jersey, USA; United States (USA) | |
1899 Oct - Nov 189- |
Stoyan Vatralsky, a Harvard educated, Bulgarian Christian, attacked the Bahá'ís, `Truth-knowers', in a series of talks in a church in Kenosha, Wisconsin. [BFA1:XXIX, 114–15; SBBH2:111 SBBH1p232; SBBH1p232-238]
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Opposition; Statistics; Kenosha, WI; Wisconsin, USA; United States (USA) | |
1899 Summer 189- |
Ethel Jenner Rosenberg accepted the Bahá'í Faith, the first English woman to become a Bahá'í in her native land. [AB73–4; ER39; GPB260; SBR20, 33; SEBW55-64, SCU17]
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Ethel Rosenberg; First Bahá'ís by country or area; United Kingdom | First English woman to become a Bahá'í in her native land |
1899 18 May – 28 Jul 189- |
At the suggestion of Czar Nicholas II of Russia, the First International Peace Conference was held in The Hague. 26 nations attended.
Although the conference failed to achieve its primary objective, the limitation on armaments, it did adopt conventions defining the state of belligerency and adopted the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes thus creating the Permanent Court of Arbitration. [Encyclopaedia Britannica]
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- International peace conferences; Czar Nicholas II; Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes; Permanent Court of Arbitration; Peace; Central Organization for a Durable Peace; The Hague, Netherlands; Netherlands | |
1899 c. 1 May (and period following) 189- |
Kheiralla returned to the United States from `Akká. [BFA1:xxix, 158] (After his departure from Palestine he was abandoned by his British-American wife.) [SBBH1p239]
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Ibrahim George Kheiralla; Covenant-breaking; Hájí `Abdu'l-Karim-i-Tihrani; Hájí Hasan-i-Khurasani; Mírzá Asadullah-i-Isfahani; Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; `Alí Kulí Khán; United States (USA); Akka, Israel | |
1899 May 189- |
A council board of seven officers, a forerunner of the Local Spiritual Assembly, was established in Kenosha. [BFA1:112; GPB260]
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Board of Council; Spiritual Assemblies; LSA; Kenosha, WI; Wisconsin, USA; United States (USA) | |
1899 9 Apr 189- |
Upheaval at Najafábád. [BBRXXX, 426; BW18:384–5]
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Najafabad upheaval; - Upheavals; Najaf, Iranabad, Iran; Iran | |
1899 Spring 189- |
After May Bolles returned from pilgrimage in 1899 she was the lone Bahá'í in Paris but soon established the first Bahá'í group on the European continent. The list of those who enrolled in the Faith before 1902 include: Edith MacKaye (the first to believe), and by the New Year of 1900, Charles Mason Remey and Herbert Hopper were next to follow. Then came Marie Squires (Hopper), Helen Ellis Cole, Laura Barney, Mme. Jackson, Agnes Alexander, Thomas Breakwell, Edith Sanderson, and Hippolyte Dreyfus, the first French Bahá'í. Emogene Hoagg and Mrs. Conner had come to Paris in 1900 from America, Sigurd Russell at fifteen years old returned from 'Akká a believer, and in 1901, the group was further reinforced by Juliet Thompson, Lillian James, and "the frequent passing through Paris of pilgrims from America going to the Master . . . and then again returning from the Holy Land." These are but a few, for "in 1901 and 1902 the Paris group of Bahá'ís numbered between twenty-five and thirty people with May Bolles as spiritual guide and teacher. [BW8p634; BFA2:151–2, 154–5; GBP259-26/a>; AB159; BBRSM106; SBBH1:93] | May Maxwell (Bolles); Thomas Breakwell; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Laura Clifford Barney; Charles Mason Remey; Herbert Hopper; Marie Squires (Hopper); Helen Ellis Cole; Mme. Jackson; Agnes Alexander; Edith Sanderson; Emogene Hoagg; Mrs Conner; Sigurd Russell; Juliet Thompson; Lillian James; Paris, France; France | First Bahá'í group on European continent. First Frenchman to embrace the Faith. |
1899 23 Mar 189- |
Edward and Lua Getsinger departed Akká and arrived in New York City on the 20th of May. [LGHC30]
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Edward Getsinger; Lua Getsinger; Pilgrimage; First pilgrims; Pilgrims; Greatest Name; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Voice recordings of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Gifts; Akka, Israel; New York, USA; United States (USA) | |
1899 13 Mar 189- |
Near the end of the first Western pilgrims to Akka (8 December 1898 to 23 March 1899), government officials in Akka received word from Istanbul that they were to prevent all foreigner from visiting 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Only 5 of the group of Western pilgrims remained by this time but a group of Persian pilgrims were required to leave almost immediately after the start of their pilgrimage. [LWS150-151]
One possible trigger was the conspicuous arrival of two American women and their retinue. One of these women, Margaret Bloodgood Peeke, had altered their travel plans by adding Akka so that she could meet 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [LWS151] |
Pilgrimage; First pilgrims; Pilgrims; Margaret Bloodgood Peeke; Akka, Israel | |
1899 12 Mar 189- |
Margaret Peeke (b. 8 April 1838, d. 2 November 1908) and an unknown companion visited 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Akka. They had two interviews of two and three hours each. Mrs Peeke was a presenter at Green Acre and wrote several books on the Rosicrucians, the occult and psychic phenomena.. [SoW Vol 2 No 14 November 23, 1911 p16; LWS152-158]
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Pilgrimage; First pilgrims; Pilgrims; Margaret Peeke; Occultism; Akka, Israel | |
1899 16 Feb 189- |
Birth of Hermann Grossmann, Hand of the Cause of God, in Rosario de Santa Fé, Argentina, into a family of German background. [Bahaipedia] | Hermann Grossmann; * Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Rosario, Argentina; Argentina | |
1899 16 Feb 189- |
The third group of Western pilgrims arrived in the Holy Land after completing their six-week cruise on the Nile.
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Pilgrimage; Pilgrims; First pilgrims; Anne Apperson; Julia Pearson; Robert Turner; May Maxwell (Bolles); Maryam Thornburgh-Cropper; Haifa, Israel; Akka, Israel | |
1899 c. Feb - Mar 189- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, accompanied by Kheiralla, laid the foundation stone for the Shrine of the Báb. [BFA1:XXVIII, 142; BBD209; GPB275; SBBH2:112; LWS148]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Báb, Shrine of; Foundation stones and groundbreaking; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; Haifa, Israel | |
1899 Feb 189- |
The first Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in America. [BFA1:143]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Firsts, other; United States (USA) | First Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá arrive in America |
1899 31 Jan 189- |
The Remains of the Báb arrived in the Holy Land. [BBD209; DH66; GPB274; LWS147]
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Báb, Remains of; Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Báb, Shrine of; House of `Abdu'lláh Páshá; Akka, Israel | |
1899 mid Jan 189- |
By mid-January Marion Kheiralla arrived in Akka. [BFA1p145] | Pilgrimage; First pilgrims; Pilgrims; Marion Miller Kheiralla; Akka, Israel; Haifa, Israel | |
1899 (In the year) 189- |
Siyyid Mustafá Rúmí and others transported a marble casket to the Holy Land made by the Bahá'ís of Mandalay to accommodate the remains of the Báb. [BW10:517] Photograph of the sarcophagus in its transport crate after it reached Haifa. [Bahá'í Media Bank] |
Siyyid Mustafa Rumi; Báb, Shrine of; Báb, Sarcophagus for; Sarcophagus; Haifa, Israel; Mandalay, Myanmar | |
1899 (In the year) 189- |
A local spiritual assembly called "The Consulting Assembly of Tihrán", a forerunner of the National Spiritual Assembly was established. [EB175–6; 26 November, 2007]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; LSA; * Hands of the Cause; Appointments; Elections; Tehran, Iran; Iran | first National Assembly of Iran |
1899 (In the year) 189- |
The Serpent by Thornton Chase, an 18-page pamphlet on the image of the serpent in the Bible, was published in Chicago. This was probably the first published essay written by an American Bahá'í. [BFA2:26] | Thornton Chase; - First publications; * Publications; Chicago, IL; United States (USA) | First published essay written by American Bahá'í |
1899 (In the year) 189- |
Miss Olive Jackson of Manhattan became the first black American woman Bahá'í. [BFA1:126–7] | Race; Firsts, other; Olive Jackson; Manhattan, NY; New York, USA; United States (USA) | First black American woman Bahá'í |
c. 1899 189- |
It is believed that the first Bahá'ís, a couple, were in Italy in 1899. [BN #43 Aug 1930 p8]
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Italy | First Bahá'í group in Italy. First group in Italy. |
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