1. 1907-11-26 —
   The first national Bahá'í conference was held in America. [BFA2:XVI; BW10:179]
   • At the invitation of the House of Spirituality of Chicago, nine Bahá'ís from various communities joined some ten from the Chicago area at a one-day conference to foster national cooperation on the Temple project and to choose a suitable site for the Temple. [BFA2:280; CT78; GPB262, 349]
   • M. Momen posits that this was probably the first Bahá'í convention. [BAHAISM xi. Bahai Conventions]
2. 1968-06-22 —
   The first National Youth Conference of the Bahá'ís of the United States opened in Wilmette, Illinois. [BW15:327 8]
   • For picture see BW15:325.
3. 1969-04-04 —
   The first National Youth Conference of Australia opened at Bolton Place summer School. [BW15:329]
   • For picture see BW15:328.
4. 1969-05-24 — The first Bahá'í Youth Conference of Japan opened on Jogashima Island. [BW15:329]
5. 1970-00-00 — Botswana held its first National Youth School. [BW15:329]
6. 1978-01-15 — The first National Bahá'í Women's Conference of Niger took place.
7. 1989-03-23 — The First National Women's Conference of Spain was held in Madrid. [BINS201:6]
8. 1990-01-24 — The first All-Union Bahá'í Conference was held in Moscow with 250 people gathered from all over the Soviet Union and from 17 other countries. This was the first national Bahá'í conference held in the USSR in about 60 years. [BINS224:8; VV112]
9. 1990-10-20 — The first National Children's Conference of Nicaragua was held in Retiro, Aurora, Managua, attended by more than 40 children. [BINS243:8]
10. 1991-01-27 — The first National Teaching Conference of Yugoslavia was held in Belgrade. [BINS243:3]
11. 1991-10-25 — The first National Teaching Conference of Bulgaria was held in Plovdiv. [BINS258:2–3]
12. 1994-05-19 — The first National Bahá'í Conference of Armenia was held in Yerevan. [BINS318:5–6]
13. 1995-01-00 — The first National Teaching Conference of Cambodia was held in Phnom Penh, attended by more than 50 Bahá'ís. [BINS334:2]

1. 2025-04-25 — The National Convention was held in Toronto, ON. Those elected to the National Spiritual Assembly were: Mehran Anvari, Alex Arjomand, Jordan Bighorn, Zelalem Bimrew Kasse, Nabet Fani, Hoda Farahmandpour, Ciprian Jauca, Karen McKye and Veronica Robinson. [Message from the National Spiritual Assembly dated 29 April 2025; CBNS 30 June 2025]

   The officers were selected on the 3rd of May and they were: Chairman – Ciprian Jauca; Vice-chairman – Jordan Bighorn; Treasurer – Mehran Anvari; Secretary – Karen McKye; Assistant Secretary – Nabet Fani. [from the letter from the NSA dated 6 May 2025]

   This year’s Convention held special historical significance, marking the 100th anniversary of the election of the first National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada, at a convention held in Eliot, Maine in July 1925. [OPA Canada 2 July 2025]

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