Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith

World Canada

1700s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 1700s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

Date 1912-00-00, descending — sort earliest first

date	event	tags	firsts
1912 (In the year) [191-]	The publication of The Brilliant Proof by Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáygání in Chicago by the Bahai News Service, 1912. The first edition notes state that it was written December 28, 1911, in Syria, "by the pen of Mirza Abul Fazl Gulpaygan." 239D93 says this book was written by Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl in answer to a London minister's criticism of the Cause. The publication of this book marked the end of an early era of Bahá'í teaching in the West. As 'Abdu'l-Bahá continued his journeys in the United States and Canada, He delivered hundreds of public talks and private addresses which were tailored to Western audiences. The fresh outpouring of teachings which resulted from these encounters produced a new Bahá'í literature of the words of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in the West. Examples include the following: The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by `Abdu'l-Bahá During His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912, compiled by Howard MacNutt, (Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1922-25); Paris Talks: Addresses Given by `Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris in 1911-1912 (London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1912); 'Abdu'l-Bahá in London.	Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Criticism and apologetics; Proofs; * Publications; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Chicago, IL; USA
1912 (In the year) [191-]	Margaret Stevenson was the first believer in New Zealand. [New Zealand Bahá'í News, May 1997] See 11 February, 1941 for biographical information. For a photo see Encyclopedia of New Zealand She was the first New Zealand Bahá'i, and for 10 years from 1912, the only one. When the first New Zealand Bahá'i group formed in 1924, Stevenson was elected its president. Her two sisters also joined the faith. Stevenson remained secretary of the Bahá'i Spiritual Assembly in New Zealand until her passing in 1941.	Margaret Stevenson; First Bahá'ís by country or area; New Zealand	first believer in New Zealand.; first group in New Zealand
1912 (In the year) [191-]	Mírzá Muhammad-`Alí and his wife were killed in Bárfurúsh (now called Babol), Mázandarán. [BW18:387]	Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Babul (Barfurush), Iran; Mazandaran, Iran; Iran; Babul (Barfurush), Iran
1912 (In the year) [191-]	Birth of `Alí Muhammad Varqá, Hand of the Cause of God, in Tihrán.	Varqá, `Alí-Muhammad; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Varqa; Tehran, Iran; Iran
1912 (In the year) [191-]	By this year at least 70 Bahá'í books and pamphlets had been produced in English. [BBRSM:103–4]	Publishing; * Translation; Statistics; * Publications
1912 (In the year) [191-]	There were about two dozen Bahá'ís in Canada by this year. [BFA2:158]	Statistics; Canada
1912 (In the year) [191-]	The publication of Universal Principles of the Bahai Movement, Social, Economic, Governmental by The Persian-American Bulletin. The original. The pdf.	Introductory; Persian-American Bulletin; Washington, DC, USA; USA
1912 c. [191-]	Mishkín-Qalam (b.1826, Shiraz, Iran) passed away in the Holy Land. He was buried in the Bahá'í Cemetery Bahjí. [BBD157; EB272] See Bahá'í Chronicles. See Memorials of the Faithful #38. He was appointed as one of the Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.	Mishkin-Qalam; Births and deaths; In Memoriam; - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Haifa, Israel