Tag "- First Bahais by country or area"

tag name:	- First Bahá'ís by country or area	type:	People
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1.   from the main catalog (5 results; expand)

Robert Stockman. Chase, Thornton (2009). — On the first person in the West to become a steadfast Baha’i, one of the founders of the Chicago B... Robert Stockman. Chase, Thornton (1995). Moojan Momen. Cyprus Exiles, The (1991-06). — History of Mirza Yahya's family and the four followers of Baha'u'llah exiled with them in Cyprus. In... Zuo Xuan. Religious Chic (2010-01-27). — A portrait of the Baha'is in contemporary China. Universal House of Justice. Secret of Divine Civilization Translation, Capital Punishment, and Other Questions (1991-06-20). — On the capitalization of pronouns, reference to "we Muslims," works of Abdu'l-Baha revealed during t...

2.   from the Chronology (134 results; expand)

1862-00-02 — Haji Mirza Muhammad-'Ali, a cousin of the Bab, lived in Shanghai during this period. This is the fir... 1868-09-05 — The ship that had delivered the exiles to 'Akka carried on and Mirza Yahya arrived in Cyprus with hi... 1873-04-12 — Birth of Hippolyte Dreyfus, the first French Baha'i, in Paris. Named by Shoghi Effendi a Disciple of... 1894-06-05 — Thornton Chase became a Baha'i in Chicago. [BBD53; BFA1:35–6] For some time before he heard of ... 1895-00-00 — Mrs Kate C. Ives of Orleans, Cape Cod, Massachusetts became a Baha'i, making her the first Western w... 1895-06-00 — Miss Marion Brown became a Baha'i in London, the first European to accept the Baha'i Faith. [BFA1:37... 1899-06-00 — Ethel Jenner Rosenberg accepted the Baha'i Faith, the first English woman to become a Baha'i in her ... 1901-06-00 — Thomas Breakwell, an Englishman living in the United States, learned of the Baha'i Faith in Paris fr... 1902-00-05 — Baha'i groups were established in Canada and in the Hawaiian Islands. [BBRSM:106-7; BFA2:160; SBBH1 1905-00-00 — A Baha'i group was established in Germany soon after the arrival of the first Baha'i in the country,... 1906-00-01 — The first Baha'i of Hungarian origin, Countess Aurelia Bethien, declares her faith in the USA. [... 1909-00-00 — Karl Kruttner, a professor in Bohemia, became a Baha'i, the first person to do so in the Austro-Hung... 1912-00-00 — Margaret Stevenson was the first believer in New Zealand. [New Zealand Baha'i News, May 1997] Se... 1916-00-00 — Anthony Yuen Seto and his wife Mamie Lorettta O'Connor became Baha'is in Hawaii. Mr Seto was the fir... 1916-04-00 — The first Chinese Baha'i in China, Chen Hai An (Harold A. Chen), became a Baha'i while studying at t... 1919-00-00 — The first Norwegian to accept the Faith, Johanna Christensen-Schubarth, `the mother of the Norwegian... 1919-09-20 — Martha Root arrived in Argentina, the first recorded visit of a Baha'i to this country. [MR101] ... 1920-00-00 — Hyde and Clara Dunn arrived in Samoa enroute to Australia, the first Baha'is to visit the islands. ... 1920-08-00 — The first Argentineans to become Baha'is, Hermann Grossmann and his sister Elsa Grossman, accepted t... 1922-00-01 — Oswald Whitaker, a Sydney optometrist, and Euphemia Eleanor `Effie' Baker, a photographer, become Ba... 1924-00-00 — Miss Nora Lee, who became a Baha'i in New Zealand, was the first Baha'i to travel to Fiji, working a... 1926-01-00 — Orcella Rexford and her husband Dr Gayne Gregory (the first to accept the Faith in Alaska) went to H... 1928-06-00 — Martha Root visited the parents of Milosh Wurm in Brno. He had been the first to become a Baha'i in... 1931-04-31 — Mr Refo Capari (Chapary), the first Albanian Baha'i, arrived in Tirana, Albania from New York where ... 1935-00-01 — Husayn Uskuli, a Baha'i resident in Shanghai, traveled to Taiwan, the first Baha'i known to visit th... 1936-00-01 — Mr E. R. and Mrs Loulie Mathews arrived in Guatemala, the first Baha'i teachers to visit the country... 1936-11-00 — Renée Szanto-Felbermann became a Baha'i, the first to accept the Faith in Hungary. She was consider... 1938-00-00 — William DeForge became the first Baha'i to visit the Dominican Republic. He made a one-day trip from... 1938-00-00 — The first Baha'i to be resident in Finland, Aminda Josephine Kruka, an American nurse, arrived in th... 1938-07-00 — The first Finnish Baha'i, Pastor Väinö Rissanen, accepted the Faith. He was taught by Miss Joseph... 1939-08-27 — The first Baha'i resident in Guatemala, Gerrard Sluter-Schlutius, arrived in the country from Toront... 1939-10-00 — Antonio Roca, the first Baha'i in Honduras, entered the country.... 1939-11-00 — F. Ferrari became a Baha'i, the first to accept the Faith in Honduras.... 1939-11-02 — The first people to become Baha'is in El Salvador, Luis O. Pérez, Emilio Bermudez and José Manuel ... 1939-12-00 — Sr. Perfecto Perez Toledo, the first Cuban Baha'i, accepted the Faith.... 1940-00-00 — By the mid-1940s Corporal Thomas Bereford Macauley became a Baha'i in Nigeria, the first Baha'i in t... 1940-01-13 — Maria Teressa Martin de López (Irizarry), from Puerto Rico, became a Baha'i in the Dominican Republ... 1940-03-01 — May Bolles Maxwell (b. 14 January 1940 in Englewood, NJ) passed away in Buenos Aires. [BBD153; TG49]... 1940-08-01 — The first four people to become Baha'is in Costa Rica accepted the Faith after Gayle Woolson and Ame... 1940-10-20 — Ralph Laltoo, the first Trinidadian to become a Baha'i, accepted the Faith in Halifax, Nova Scotia.... 1940-12-00 — Luis Carlo Nieto became the first Baha'i in Colombia. He soon left the Faith and Aura Sanchez, wh... 1940-12-00 — Gerald and Vivian MacBeans, a Jamaican couple, and their niece, Miss May Johnson, became the first p... 1941-00-02 — Aura Sanchez became a Baha'i in Colombia, considered the first Baha'i of the country.... 1941-05-18 — Yvonne Cuellar, a French woman, became a Baha'i in Bolivia. Although Marina del Prado was the fir... 1942-00-00 — Dr Malcolm King, a Jamaican who had become a Baha'i in the United States, introduced the Faith to hi... 1942-11-16 — Manuel Bergés Chupani, of Sanchez, Dominican Republic, became a Baha'i, perhaps the first native Do... 1946-06-00 — Rita Marshall, the first person native to St Vincent in the Caribbean to become a Baha'i, accepted t... 1947-05-00 — Clarence Iverson visited the Bahamas, the first recorded visit to the islands by a Baha'i.... 1947-07-05 — Manuel Garcia Vasquez became a Baha'i in Spain, the first believer in the country.... 1947-09-00 — Léa Nys became a Baha'i in Belgium, the first Belgian to accept the Faith after World War Two. S... 1947-12-12 — The first pioneer to Portugal, Valeria Lamb Nicols, arrived from a pioneer post in Denmark.... 1947-12-31 — Suzette Hipp became a Baha'i in Luxembourg, the second Luxembourger to accept the Faith and the firs... 1948-12-00 — Amjad Ali arriveed in East Pakistan, from Chapra in Bihar, northern India, the first pioneer in the ... 1949-00-00 — Agnes Harrison (née Parent), an Athabascan, became a Baha'i in Alaska, the first Native Alaskan to ... 1950-10-23 — Nur Ali, a well-known and respected public servant in Suva, became a Baha'i, the first to accept the... 1950-11-00 — Brian Burland, the first Bermudian to become a Baha'i, accepted the Faith in Canada.... 1951-00-08 — By this year the first Canadian Inuit had become a Baha'i.... 1951-05-23 — Jamshed and Parvati Fozdar arrived in Kuching with their son, Vijay, and became the first Baha'is to... 1951-07-00 — Mr P. K. Gopalakrishnan Nayer, an Indian, became a Baha'i in Dar-es-Salaam, the first person to acce... 1951-12-00 — Brothers-in-law Fred Bigabwa, a Mutoro, and Crispin Kajubi, a Muganda, became Baha'is in Uganda, the... 1952-00-02 — Mr Narain Das, a textile salesman from India working in Singapore, became a Baha'i, the first person... 1952-00-05 — Walli Khan, a Fiji Indian, became a Baha'i, the first person in Fiji to accept the Faith.... 1952-03-00 — Mariette Bolton of Australia visited New Caledonia, the first Baha'i to visit the islands. [BW15p43... 1952-06-02 — Mr C. C. Cheng, a newspaper reporter; Professor L. S. Tso, a professor of engineering; and Miss Rosi... 1952-06-03 — Aaron ('Arthur') B. Wellesley Cole, a Sierra Leonean barrister, returned to Sierra Leone from Englan... 1953-00-00 — Alfred Amisi (Maragoli), Jacob Kisombe (Mtaita), Laurence Ouna (Mluhya), Labi Mathew (Zulu), and Zab... 1953-04-21 — Mrs Meherangiz Munsiff, the wife of an Indian diplomat in London, arrived in Madagascar and was ackn... 1953-10-15 — Enoch Olinga arrived in Victoria (Limbé) and was named a Knight of Baha'u'llah for the British Came... 1953-10-48 — Albert Nyarko Buapiah became a Baha'i in Ghana, the first Ghanaian to become a Baha'i in the country... 1953-12-00 — 'Abdu'l-Karim Amin Khawja became a Baha'i in Algeria, the first person to accept the Faith in that c 1953-12-19 — Yan Kee Leong became a Baha'i, the first person to accept the Faith in Malaya.... 1954-00-02 — The first Tlinget from Alaska to become a Baha'i, Eugene King, enrolled.... 1954-00-03 — The first person to become a Baha'i in the Balearic Islands, C. Miguel, enrolled.... 1954-00-06 — Mr and Mrs Sandikonda, Eliam Chisengalumbwe, Mr Musonda, Peter Chitindi and Elias Kanayenda became B... 1954-00-07 — José Mingorance Fernandez and his wife, Carmen Tost, a Spanish couple, accepted the Baha'i Faith; t... 1954-03-04 — The arrival of Knights of Baha'u'llah Elena (Marsella) and Roy Fernie in Kiribati (Gilbert Islands).... 1954-04-06 — The first native Fijian, the first Pygmy, the first Berber and the first Greenlander to accept the B... 1954-06-18 — The first islander to become a Baha'i in the Seychelles, Marshall Delcy, a local school teacher, enr... 1954-06-19 — The first Canary Islander to become a Baha'i, Sr. José Jacinto Castillo y Gonzalez, enrolled.... 1954-07-04 — Reginald Stone and Allan Delph became Baha'is in British Guiana, the first two people to accept the ... 1954-07-06 — The first Somali to become a Baha'i in Djibouti, 'Ali 'Abdu'llah, a 21-year old employee of a commer... 1954-07-12 — The first South African to become a Baha'i enrolled in the Faith on this day. [That Promising Contin... 1954-10-04 — The first person to become a Baha'i in Nassau, Bahamas, Winfield Small, a young police officer from ... 1954-11-20 — The first person to become a Baha'i in Tonga, Harry Terepo, born in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, enrolle... 1955-00-01 — The first person to become a Baha'i in The Gambia, Mr Nichola Banna, a Lebanese merchant, enrolled.... 1955-00-02 — The first indigenous Samoan to become a Baha'i, Sa'ialala Tamasese, enrolled. He was a member of ... 1955-00-04 — Labib Isfahani arrived in Abidjan, French West Africa, from Dakar, the first Baha'i to settle in wha... 1955-00-05 — The first person to become a Baha'i in Spanish Sahara, 'Abdu'l-Salam Salim Al-Sbinti, enrolled.... 1955-02-00 — The first local person to become a Baha'i in Mauritius, Mr Yam-Lim, a Chinese Catholic, enrolled.... 1955-02-08 — The first people to become Baha'is in Réunion, Paul and Françoise Tayllamin (8 Feb) and Jean Donat... 1955-03-00 — The first person to become a Baha'i in the Solomon Islands, William Gina, a 43-year-old Solomon Isla... 1955-03-04 — The first Tongan to become a Baha'i in Tonga, Tevita Ngalo'afe, enrolled.... 1955-03-14 — The first person to become a Baha'i in Guam, Charles T. Mackey, a United States civil service employ... 1955-04-02 — The first person to become a Baha'i in the Bahamas, Molly Newbold, enrolled. As she did not remai... 1956-00-00 — The first Tlinget to become a Baha'i in Alaska, Joyce Anderson Combs, enrolled.... 1956-00-00 — The first people to become Baha'is in Cape Verde enrolled.... 1956-00-00 — The first person in Tibet to become a Baha'i, Chiten Tashi, a young businessman from the village of ... 1956-02-12 — The first four people to become Baha'is in Hong Kong, Nari Sherwani, Ng Ying Kay, Chan Lie Kun and C... 1957-00-00 — Charles Winfield Small, a native of Barbados and the first to become a Baha'i in the Bahamas, return... 1958-00-00 — The first Aleut to become a Baha'i, Vassa Lekanoff, enrolled in Unalaska.... 1959-00-02 — The first Inuit in Alaska to become a Baha'i, William Wiloya, enrolled in Nome.... 1960-00-03 — The first Côte d'Ivorian to become a Baha'i, Mr Un Bodo, a Bété from the region of Gagnoa working... 1961-00-00 — Knud Jensen (of mixed Danish, St Thomanian parentage), the first local person to become a Baha'i in ... 1962-03-01 — Aboubacar Kâ, a school teacher and the first Senegalese known to become a Baha'i, enrolled.... 1962-05-22 — The first Athabascan Indian north of the Arctic Circle to become a Baha'i, Charley Roberts, enrolled... 1963-11-01 — The first person on Saipan to become a Baha'i, Patience Robinson, enrolled.... 1964-03-22 — The Faith was brought to St Vincent for the first time by Shirley Jackson, who returned to the islan... 1965-00-00 — Emma Reinert, the first Faroese to become a Baha'i, enrolled.... 1965-02-01 — Jean and Ivanie Désert and their three children arrived in Guadeloupe from Haiti, the first Baha'is... 1965-04-00 — Franklin Bozor, an agricultural labourer, and Pierre Defoe were the first persons to become Baha'is ... 1965-07-15 — Hendrik Olsen, the first indigenous Greenlander to become a Baha'i, enrolled. [Bahaipedia] He pas... 1965-08-02 — Thaddeus Smith, Clara Smith, Nando Valle, Evert Scott, Gloria Scott, Thomas Seymour and Lawrence Jeb... 1965-09-19 — Walter Garland and Miss Annie Lourie Williams, the first to become Baha'is on Grand Turk Island, enr... 1966-00-00 — Tommy Kabu, a prominent person from the village of Ara'ava in the Gulf Province and the first in the... 1966-04-17 — Ivor Ellard, a British resident of the United States, arrived Dominica, the first pioneer to the isl... 1967-00-00 — Cleophas Koko Vava, a Togolese employed at the American Cultural Centre as a librarian to the United... 1967-05-03 — Patsy Vincent, a youth from Castries and the first St Lucian to become a Baha'i, enrolled.... 1968-07-00 — Christian and Elanzo Callwood, Norris Duport and Ethien Chinnery, the first people to become Baha'is... 1968-07-00 — Louis Joseph, the first Baha'i indigenous to Dominica, enrolled in Roseau.... 1969-08-01 — The first 12 new Baha'is enrolled on Union Island in the Grenadines during a visit of Patricia Pacca... 1970-01-25 — Valde Nyman, the first full Gypsy in Finland to become a Baha'i, enrolled in Helsinki.... 1971-00-00 — The first three people to become Baha'is in Guinea enrolled. [BINS45]... 1975-01-01 — Shidan and Susan Kouchekzadeh, an Iranian-British couple pioneering in Sierra Leone, arrived in Cona... 1978-03-04 — Christaline Francis, the first woman of the Caribs to become a Baha'i, enrolled in Dominica.... 1980-00-02 — Yee Wah Sing, the first Fiji-born person to become a Baha'i in Fiji, enrolled. [BN596:14]... 1982-08-01 — Shakontala ('Shaku') Aswani, the first Gibraltarian to become a Baha'i, enrolled in Northern Ireland... 1984-02-28 — The passing of Renée Szanto-Felbermann (b 21 June, 1900, d. 28 February, 1984) in Freiburg, Germany... 1984-06-04 — Vladimir Malai, the first Moldovan to become a Baha'i in Moldova, enrolled. [Candle 9] ... 1989-08-02 — The first Mongolian to become a Baha'i, Ms Oyundelger, a 22-year-old English-language pupil of Sean ... 1989-08-03 — The first Latvian resident in Latvia to become a Baha'i, Lilita Postaza, a renowned tapestry artist,... 1990-03-01 — Fourteen-year-old Olga Anatolevna Kirushkin (Olga Kiryushkina) from Bobruisk became the first known ... 1993-04-21 — The first person resident on Norfolk Island to become a Baha'i enrolled. [BINS293:8]... 1999-06-21 — The passing of Meherangiz Munsiff in London (b. 23 November, 1923 Bombay, India) Born into a Baha'i ... 2003-07-25 — The passing of Elisabeth Charlotte (Lottie) Tobias. She was described by the National Spiritual Asse...

3.   from the Chronology of Canada (1 result)

1940-03-01 — May Bolles Maxwell (b. 14 January 1940 in Englewood, NJ) passed away in Buenos Aires. [BBD153; TG49]...

 

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