- 1836-00-00 — The Carmelite Monastery and church were constructed near the cave of Elijah. It was influential in ...
- 1868-08-30 — The ship arrived at Jaffa at sunset. At midnight the ship left for Haifa. [BKG168]...
- 1868-08-31 — The ship arrived in Haifa in the early morning. [BKG269; GPB182; RB3:11]
Baha'u'llah and His comp...
- 1868-10-30 — Christoph Hoffman, founder of the Templers, and Georg David Hardegg, his principal lieutenant, lande...
- 1883-08-00 — Baha'u'llah travelled to Haifa on the second of four known visits (His first is His brief stop there...
- 1890-00-05 — E. G. Browne was in `Akka. Baha'u'llah was staying in the Templer colony in Haifa when he arrived. [...
- 1890-04-01 — Baha'u'llah visited Haifa for a third time. He spent about two weeks there on this visit. [BBD94; BP...
- 1891-06-27 — Baha'u'llah visited Haifa for the fourth time. [BKG374; DH109; GPB194; RB4:351]
He stayed three m...
- 1891-07-00 — Members of the Afnan family met Baha'u'llah in Haifa during His visit. [BKG374, 406]
For details ...
- 1892-06-30 — `Abdu'l-Baha went to Haifa and Mount Carmel and isolated Himself in a small apartment in the stone b...
- 1897-05-15 — Finding the situation in `Akka intolerable, `Abdu'l-Baha had moved to Haifa's Retreat of Elijah on M...
- 1898-10-00 — Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany visited Haifa where the Templer colony numbered about 700 souls. His s...
- 1899-00-04 — Siyyid Mustafa Rúmi and others transported a marble casket to the Holy Land made by the Baha'is of ...
- 1899-01-15 — By mid-January Marion Kheiralla arrived in Akka. [BFA1p145]...
- 1899-02-01 — `Abdu'l-Baha, accompanied by Kheiralla, laid the foundation stone for the Shrine of the Bab. [BFA1:X...
- 1899-02-16 — The third group of Western pilgrims arrived in the Holy Land after completing their six-week cruise ...
- 1900-00-00 — For the state of affairs in Haifa just after the turn of the century see CB231-234....
- 1900-00-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha began to build the foundations of the Shrine of the Bab. [CB223]
Note that the numbe...
- 1900-03-22 — On the 3rd of January, 1990 Sarah Farmer and her friend Maria Wilson boarded the SS Füst Bismark f...
- 1901-00-00 — Siyyid Mustafa Rúmi sent from Rangoon a sample of the marble that the sarcophagus for the remains ...
- 1902-00-03 — Pilgrims from the East and the West were once again permitted to visit `Abdu'l-Baha. [CB232]...
- 1904-00-04 — Mahd-i-`Ulya (Fatimih Khanum), the second wife of Baha'u'llah, died. She and all her four surviving ...
- 1904-00-05 — Through the year the Covenant-breakers plotted until the friendly governor of `Akka was replaced by ...
- 1905-00-00 — A second Commission of Inquiry, under the chairmanship of `Árif Bey, arrived in `Akka further to in...
- 1907-00-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha started to move His family to the house that He had designed and built in the German co...
- 1907-00-00 — Six rooms of the Shrine of the Bab were completed. [GBF103]
See BBD8 and DH103–4 for informatio...
- 1908-00-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha's house in Haifa was completed. [BBD 107]...
- 1908-08-31 — "When the tyrannous regime of Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid ended, the gates of 'Akka were thrown open and 'A
- 1909-03-31 — Construction of the Eastern Pilgrim House in Haifa begins. [BBD178]
Mirza Ja`far Rahmani, (also k...
- 1909-10-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha gradually moved His family from `Akka to Haifa. [DH214]...
- 1910-05-10 — Talk by 'Abdu'l-Baha in Haifa to some American pilgrims. [SoW1 Vol 8]...
- 1910-05-13 — Talk by 'Abdu'l-Baha in Haifa to to a number of Jewish, Zoroastrian, Christian and Mohammedan Bahai
- 1910-08-00 — Having moved all His family to Haifa, `Abdu'l-Baha Himself moved from the House of `Abdu'llah Pasha ...
- 1910-08-29 — `Abdu'l-Baha departed for Egypt on board the steamer Kosseur London accompanied by two attendants, M...
- 1911-00-00 — The publication of The Mountain of God by E. S. (Ethel Stefana) Stevens (later Mrs E M Drower, Lady ...
- 1911-05-15 — Talk by 'Abdu'l-Baha in Haifa on the day of the commemoration of the Bab's Declaration....
- 1911-05-18 — Talk by 'Abdu'l-Baha in Haifa to to Mr. Charles Mason Remey and Mr. Howard C. Struven on the day of ...
- 1911-08-00 — Haji Muhammad-Taqi Afnan, Vakilu'd-Dawlih, the cousin of the Bab largely responsible for the buildin...
- 1912-00-00 — Mishkin-Qalam (b.1826, Shiraz, Iran) passed away in the Holy Land. He was buried in the Baha'i Cemet...
- 1913-10-00 — Shoghi Effendi returned to Beirut and the Syrian Protestant College to start his college education i...
- 1913-12-02 — `Abdu'l-Baha boarded a Lloyd Triestino boat (then called Lloyd Austriaco) bound for Haifa with stop...
- 1914-02-15 — Dr Howard Bliss, the president of the Syrian Protestant College, visited 'Abdu'l-Baha in part, to ar...
- 1914-06-29 — `Abdu'l-Baha instructed the remaining pilgrims in the Holy Land to leave. [AB406]
CH191 says the ...
- 1914-08-00 — Shoghi Effendi returned to Haifa after completing his first year of college at the Syrian Protestant...
- 1914-10-00 — Shoghi Effendi returned to Beirut from Haifa to take up his sophomore year of university at the Syri...
- 1914-10-15 — In a talk by 'Abdu'l-Baha to Mason Remey and George Latimer in Haifa the Master distanced Himself fr...
- 1914-11-01 — Turkey entered the war on the side of the Central Powers.
Palestine was blockaded and Haifa was b...
- 1915-00-00 — Jamal Pasha, Commander of the 4th Army Corps of the Turkish army, was put in military control of Syr...
- 1915-01-00 — Lua Getsinger arrived in Haifa and remained there as a guest of the Holy Family for seven months. Th...
- 1915-05-00 — The Baha'is of Haifa and `Akka returned to their homes from the village of Abú-Sinan. [DH147]...
- 1915-07 — `Abdu'l-Baha's Memorials of the Faithful began to take shape. [AB417; MFXII]
`Abdu'l-Baha would...
- 1915-08-00 — Shoghi Effendi returned from the Syrian Protestant College in Beirut to Haifa. Because of the naval...
- 1915-10-00 — Shoghi returned to Beirut to commence his junior year at the Syrian Protestant College. [PG16]...
- 1916-03-26 — `Abdu'l-Baha revealed eight of the Tablets of the Divine Plan. [AB420; BBD219 BBRSM157; SBBH132-3; T...
- 1916-05-16 — The Sykes–Picot Agreement, officially known as the Asia Minor Agreement, was a secret 1916 agreeme...
- 1916-10-00 — Shoghi Effendi attended his senior year of university at the Syrian Protestant College. Due to the c...
- 1917-02-02 — `Abdu'l-Baha revealed six Tablets of the Divine Plan. [AB422; BBD219, ...
- 1917-11-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha sent a message to the Baha'is of the world assuring them of His safety. [AB412]
Th...
- 1918-01-00 — The British Baha'is alerted the Foreign Office about the importance of ensuring `Abdu'l-Baha's safet...
- 1918-09-18 — Allenby began his last offensive against Haifa. [BBR335]...
- 1918-09-23 — "During the early years of World War I, though no longer imprisoned, 'Abdu'l-Baha faced repeated thr
- 1918-12-23 — Ahmad Sohrab left the Holy Land to take the Tablets of the Divine Pan to America. [AB434]...
- 1919-11-00 — William Harry Randall, an American, asked `Abdu'l-Baha if he might contribute to the building of the...
- 1919-11-18 — The periodical entitled "The Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom" was published and distributed ...
- 1919-12-17 — Due to the difficulty of communication during the war there was a long delay before the invitation w...
- 1919-12-25 — Shoghi Effendi presented a precious gift to his friend Dr Esslemont, "a drop of the coagulate and sa...
- 1920-00-00 — Agnes Parsons made her second pilgrimage. It was during this visit that 'Abdu'l-Baha charged her wi...
- 1920-01-04 — The arrival of 'Abdu'l-Baha's hand-built seven-seater Cunningham touring car made in Rochester NY by...
- 1920-04-20 — Shoghi Effendi left Haifa for France with the intention of taking up his study of English at Oxford ...
- 1920-04-27 — `Abdu'l-Baha was invested with the insignia of the Knighthood of the British Empire as Sir Abbas Eff...
- 1920-05-17 — The Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace was delivered to the E...
- 1920-07-00 — Harlan and Grace Ober made a pilgrimage to visit 'Abdu'l-Baha in Haifa. They returned via Germany a...
- 1920-12-00 — The passing of Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali Isfahani known as 'the Angel of Mount Carmel' in Haifa. He was ...
- 1921-09-00 — Roy Wilhelm had sent three generators to the Holy Land and had asked permission from 'Abdu'l-Baha to...
- 1921-09-21 — 'Abdu'l-Baha wrote a 4,000 word Tablet for Dr Auguste Forel in response to a letter He received from
- 1921-11-28 — Ascension of `Abdu'l-Baha
`Abdu'l-Baha passed away at about 1:00 a.m., in Haifa. [AB452; BBD4; BBR3...
- 1921-11-29 — The funeral of `Abdu'l-Baha. [BW15:115]
For details of the funeral see AB464-74; BW1:23-6; BW15...
- 1921-12-02 — Ethel Rosenberg arrived in the Holy Land, having learned on the train from Port Said of the passing ...
- 1921-12-04 — On the seventh day after the passing of `Abdu'l-Baha, corn was distributed in His name to about a th...
- 1921-12-16 — Shoghi Effendi left England for Haifa in the company of Lady Blomfield and his sister Rouhangeze [R...
- 1921-12-29 — Shoghi Effendi arrived in the Holy Land from England by train from Egypt. [GBF14; PP42]
An enve...
- 1922-01-06 — A memorial feast for 600 people of Haifa, `Akka and the surrounding area was held 40 days after the ...
- 1922-01-07 — The Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Baha was read publicly at his house to an assembled gathering of B...
- 1922-02-18 — Laura and Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney arrived in Haifa from their travel teaching trip in Burma and Bom...
- 1922-02-25 — The Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha was written entirely in 'Abdu'l-Baha's own hand and it was Sh...
- 1922-04-05 — Shoghi Effendi left the affairs of the Faith in the hands of the Greatest Holy Leaf and departed the...
- 1922-04-09 — Work commenced on the Western Pilgrim House. [PP69]...
- 1922-10-00 — The Greatest Holy Leaf sent Shoghi Effendi's mother and other family members to Switzerland to ask h...
- 1922-12-15 — Shoghi Effendi returned to the Holy Land to take up his duties as Guardian. [PP63-4]
He sent cabl...
- 1923-00-00 — Charles Mason Remey made preliminary plans for a monumental domed superstructure for the Shrine of t...
- 1923-03-12 — Shoghi Effendi wrote to Baha'is in America, Great Britain, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Japa...
- 1923-06-00 — Shoghi Effendi left Haifa for Switzerland. [PP72; BBRSM116]
He returned to Haifa in November 19...
- 1923-10-18 — The Nairn Transport Company was a pioneering motor transport company that operated a trans-desert ro...
- 1923-11-05 — Shoghi Effendi returned from Switzerland. [PP73]...
- 1924-00-00 — Memorials of the Faithful was published in Farsi under the auspices of the Haifa Baha'i Assembly. [M...
- 1924-03-22 — Shoghi Effendi left the Holy Land in an effort to recuperate his health. [BKC200-208]...
- 1924-09 — Shoghi Effendi returned to the Holy Land after an absence of some six months. [BA65-7; BBRSM117; UD2...
- 1924-11-21 — Dr John E. Esslemont arrived in Haifa to help Shoghi Effendi with his work. [DJEE31; SBR233]...
- 1925-11-21 — On his way from Iran to study at the American University of Beirut (then called the Syrian Protestan...
- 1925-11-22 — John Esslemont, Hand of the Cause of God, Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Baha, passed away in Haifa. [BW3p84-85...
- 1925-11-30 — Shoghi Effendi appointed Dr. John Esslemont a Hand of the Cause of God.
With the passing of Dr E...
- 1925-12-02 — The Guardian expressed his "heartfelt and abiding gratitude" to Milly Collins and seven others who h...
- 1926-01-00 — Orcella Rexford and her husband Dr Gayne Gregory (the first to accept the Faith in Alaska) went to H...
- 1927-00-00 — Abu'l-Qasim Faizi, a 19-year-old student who had attended the Tarbiyat School in Tehran but was now ...
- 1927-03-11 — Sadie Oglesby and her daughter Bertha Parvine arrived in Haifa, the first black American women to ma...
- 1927-05-01 — The funeral of a believer resident in the Holy Land, Mira Moshen Afnan, was the first entirely Baha'...
- 1927-10-00 — Shoghi Effendi entrusted Dr William Slater and his wife Ida Slater, who were visiting Haifa on a 19-...
- 1927-10-00 — Shoghi Effendi announced the defection of 'Abdu'l-Husayn Ávarih (Abd al-Hosayn Ayati). He had been ...
- 1928-01-17 — A Covenant-breaker, Jamil Irani, tried to stir up trouble by implicating the Baha'is with Salaru'd-D...
- 1928-03-15 — In early Spring Louise Gregory sailed for Dresden, Germany where she spent 11 days renewing old acqu...
- 1929-00-00 — Shoghi Effendi completed the construction of the building at 10 Haparsim Street, which was designed ...
- 1929-05-04 — When the British Mandate in Palestine had been set up, an Order-in-Council had been enacted that all...
- 1929-06-00 — Shoghi Effendi made plans to hold an international conference to consider, among other things, how t...
- 1930-10-07 — Ruth White wrote to the High Commissioner of Palestine stating that she had sent a photograph of 'Ab...
- 1933-00-00 — The construction of the Akka-Haifa highway. The town of Haifa was taking on a greater importance wi...
- 1934-05-10 — Baha'i properties on Mount Carmel were granted tax exemption. [GBF122; PP269, 285-286; BN No 84 June...
- 1937-03-25 — Shoghi Effendi married Mary Maxwell, Amatu'l-Baha Rúhiyyih Khanum. [PP151; UD115; BN No107 April 19...
- 1938-00-00 — Shoghi Effendi disbanded the Haifa Spiritual Assembly which had been in operation since 1922, and se...
- 1940-05-15 — Shoghi Effendi determined to go to England; he and Rúhiyyih Khanum left Haifa for Italy via aquapla...
- 1940-12-27 — Shoghi Effendi and Rúhiyyih Khanum returned Haifa. [PP181]...
- 1942-12-31 — Shoghi Effendi asked Sutherland Maxwell to design the superstructure of the Shrine of the Bab. [BBD2...
- 1944-05-22 — The Centenary of the Declaration of the Bab was commemorated in the Holy Land. [BW10:150]
For a d...
- 1944-05-23 — Shoghi Effendi unveiled the model of the Shrine of the Bab at the centenary celebration of the Decla...
- 1944-11-00 — Shoghi Effendi sent the cable below to the Baha'i world: "Monib Shahid, grandson of both `Abdu'l-Bah...
- 1945-04-15 — Shoghi Effendi sent the following cable to the Baha'i world: "My faithless brother Husayn, after lon...
- 1946-01-00 — Canadian Elizabeth Greenleaf went on pilgrimage in Haifa. [SETPE1p114]...
- 1946-04-11 — Shoghi Effendi instructed Sutherland Maxwell to set plans in motion for the first stages of the buil...
- 1947-07-09 — Shoghi Effendi, as Head of the Baha'i Faith resident in the Baha'i World Centre, received a letter f...
- 1948-04-21 — The 2nd Battle of Haifa: A Jewish offensive to gain control of the strategic port of Haifa. Prior to...
- 1948-12-19 — Shoghi Effendi sent a further cable regarding his brother: "Faithless brother Hussein, already abase...
- 1950-06-00 — In 1950 Sutherland Maxwell suffered from a severe illness from which he never recovered. He returne...
- 1950-07-09 — The Centenary of the Martyrdom of the Bab was commemorated.
For Shoghi Effendi's message to the B...
- 1950-11-00 — From Switzerland, Shoghi Effendi invited five Baha'is—Lotfullah Hakim, Jessie and Ethel Revell, Am...
- 1950-11-01 — Mirza Badi'u'llah, the youngest son of Baha'u'llah, (b.1867 in Adrianople) described by Shoghi Effen...
- 1950-11-03 — Shoghi Effendi entered into negotiations with the government of Israel to exchange some farm land ne...
- 1950-12-15 — The Guardian appealed directly to Israel's Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion to recognize the interest...
- 1951-01-09 — Shoghi Effendi announced the formation of the International Baha'i Council. [BBD118; BBRSM127; GBF10...
- 1951-03-02 — Shoghi Effendi announced the completion of the restoration of the House of 'Abbúd. [MBW8]...
- 1951-11-30 — Shoghi Effendi announced plans for the Great Jubilee commemorating the centenary of the birth of the...
- 1951-12-13 — Shoghi Effendi's brother Riaz Rabbani was the last of his siblings to become a Covenant-Breaker.
...
- 1951-12-24 — Shoghi Effendi appointed 12 Hands of the Cause of God, the first contingent of Hands to be appointed...
- 1952-02-29 — Shoghi Effendi appointed the second contingent of Hands of the Cause of God. [BW12:375–6; CT202–...
- 1952-03-01 — The Octagonal component of the Shrine of the Bab was completed. [The Baha'i Faith 1844-1952 Informat...
- 1952-03-04 — Shoghi Effendi described plans for a marble colonnade to encircle the Shrine of the Bab as an interm...
- 1952-03-08 — Shoghi Effendi announced the enlargement of the International Baha'i Council to eight members. [MBW2...
- 1952-03-26 — Amatu'l-Baha Rúhiyyih Khanum was appointed Hand of the Cause of God to replace her father. [GBF111;...
- 1952-05-00 — Plans drawn up by Mason Remey for a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar on the promontory of Mount Carmel in Haifa wer...
- 1952-05-18 — The case brought against Shoghi Effendi by the Covenant-breakers in connection with the demolition o...
- 1952-11-11 — The government of Israel exchanged 145,000 square metres of land surrounding Bahji for property at E...
- 1953-04-21 — Bahji was lit for the first time by 99 four-branched wrought iron lamp posts. [GBF32; PP89–90]...
- 1953-04-29 — In a moving ceremony, Shoghi Effendi placed a silver box containing a fragment of plaster from the c...
- 1953-05-28 — In a message addressed on the eve of the 61st anniversary of the passing of Baha'u'llah, at the open...
- 1953-10-00 — The superstructure of the Shrine of the Bab was completed. [BBD210; CB324–5; PP235; ZK85–6]
M...
- 1954-04-00 — The site for the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkar of the Holy Land was selected. [DH175; MBW63]...
- 1954-04-06 — Shoghi Effendi announced that plans for the International Baha'i Archives had been completed and tha...
- 1954-04-06 — In his Ridvan Message Shoghi Efffendi announced that:
The site for the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkar of t...
- 1954-04-12 — Shoghi Effendi accepted the bid made by the firm of Enrico Pandolfini of Pietrasanta in Tuscany, Ita...
- 1954-04-26 — President of Israel Ben Zvi and his wife visit the Shrines on Mount Carmel, the first official visit...
- 1954-05-04 — Shoghi Effendi closed the Roll of Honour, except for those pioneers who have already left for their ...
- 1954-10-01 — The title of the a parcel of land on Mount Carmel was transferred to the National Spiritual Assembly...
- 1954-11-01 — A plot of land of slightly less than half an acre (1,300 metres) owned by Farah Sprague (Farahangiz ...
- 1954-11-27 — Shoghi Effendi described the significance of the world administrative centre of the Faith and the 's...
- 1955-00-00 — The fifth Trustee of the Huqúqu'llah was 'Ali-Muhammad Varqa. He inherited both the Trusteeship an...
- 1955-03-20 — Shoghi Effendi announced the acquisition of 36,000 square metres of land for the first Mashriqu'l-Ad...
- 1955-05-04 — Sylvia Ioas was appointed to the International Baha'i Council as its ninth member. [BW19:612; GBF110...
- 1956-00-00 — Shoghi Effendi acquired the title to the Pilgrim House at Bahji from the Israeli government as part ...
- 1956-04-21 — After their pilgrimage Harlan and Elizabeth Ober travelled to South Africa where they helped form th...
- 1956-12-20 — The publication in the Official Gazette of the government of Israel of the issue of an expropriation...
- 1957-02-03 — Enoch Olinga arrived in the Holy Land, the first black African Baha'i to go on pilgrimage. [BW13p288...
- 1957-04-21 — In his last Ridvan message Shoghi Effendi announced that the exterior of International Baha'i Archiv...
- 1957-05-31 — The judgement of the Supreme Court of Israel against the Covenant-Breakers appeal, resulted in their...
- 1957-06-04 — Shoghi Effendi added protection of the Cause to the duties of the Hands of the Cause. They were to p...
- 1957-09-06 — Shoghi Effendi announced 'the complete evacuation of the remnant of Covenant-breakers and the transf...
- 1957-10-00 — The third contingent of Hands of the Cause of God was appointed: Enoch Olinga, William Sears, John R...
- 1957-11-15 — Hands of the Cause Rúhiyyih Khanum, Mason Remey, Amelia Collins and Leroy Ioas, accompanied by Hand...
- 1957-11-18 — The first conclave of the Hands of the Cause of God convened at Bahji. Twenty-three Hands were prese...
- 1957-11-19 — Nine Hands of the Cause were chosen by Rúhiyyih Khanum to examine Shoghi Effendi's apartment. [BW 1...
- 1957-11-25 — A proclamation was issued stating that Shoghi Effendi left no heir and made no appointment of anothe...
- 1957-11-25 — Nine Hands were chosen to serve as Custodians of the Faith residing in the Holy Land. [BBD57; BW13:3...
- 1957-11-26 — Interregnum
Following the passing of Shoghi Effendi the international administration of the Faith ...
- 1957-12-02 — The titles to the Shrine of the Bab, the Mansion of Bahji, and all other buildings and lands which t...
- 1957-12-02 — On the advice of their lawyer, Dr Abraham Weinshall, the Custodians ask each National and Regional A...
- 1957-12-25 — The Hands of the Cause announced the destruction of the long, two-storey house previously occupied b...
- 1958-06-12 — The Custodians released the 'Statement regarding the Guardianship', explaining that Shoghi Effendi h...
- 1959-00-01 — The mansion at Mazra'ih was renovated. [MC219]...
- 1959-00-05 — The House of 'Abbúd was renovated and restored. [MC219]...
- 1959-04-21 — The Custodians announced that the resting place of the remains of the father of Baha'u'llah had been...
- 1959-06-14 — The Hands of the Cause announced that the remains of the cousin of the Bab had been identified and h...
- 1960-04-21 — Hand of the Cause Charles Mason Remey claimed he was the second, 'hereditary' Guardian of the Baha'i...
- 1960-04-27 — The International Baha'i Council by unanimous vote rejected the claim of Charles Mason Remey to be t...
- 1960-04-28 — The Custodians called upon all believers to join the Hands in repudiation of the claims of Charles M...
- 1960-04-31 — Twenty–four national spiritual assemblies and five national conventions sent messages of support t...
- 1960-05-05 — Hand of the Cause Abu'l-Qasim Faizi was sent by the Custodians to France to meet with the National S...
- 1960-05-13 — The International Baha'i Council wrote to the Custodians recording its decision taken on 27 April to...
- 1960-07-12 — Horace Hotchkiss Holley, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b. 7 April, 1887 in Torrin...
- 1960-07-26 — The Hands of the Cause of God declared Charles Mason Remey a Covenant-breaker. [BBRSM221; MC224–5]...
- 1960-10-18 — The fourth Conclave of the Hands of the Cause of God was convened at Bahji. [MoC177-245]...
- 1960-11-02 — The Hands of the Cause issued a message from their fourth Conclave. [MoC237–44]
All the Hands o...
- 1961-04-21 — The International Baha'i Council was elected by postal ballot of the members of the national spiritu...
- 1961-06-25 — The newly-elected International Baha'i Council met for the first time. [BW13:397; MoC285–6]
For...
- 1961-10-02 — The International Baha'i Archives Building was opened to Baha'i pilgrims. [BW13:429; MC20]
For de...
- 1961-11-05 — The Hands of the Cause issued a message from their fifth Conclave. [MoC313–23]
They called for ...
- 1962-01-01 — Amelia Collins passed away in Haifa. (b. 7 June, 1873) [BW13:399, 840; MC12]
For her obituary see...
- 1962-06-28 — President Tubman of Liberia visited the Shrine of the Bab.
This is the second official visit of a...
- 1963-04-21 — Establishment of the Universal House of Justice
The Universal House of Justice was elected for th...
- 1963-04-21 — The First International Convention was convened in Haifa. [MoC424]
For programme see MoC424–5.
...
- 1963-04-22 — The results of the election of the Universal House of Justice were announced at the close of the mor...
- 1963-05-09 — The Hands of the Cause of God passed a resolution regarding the principles that will apply between t...
- 1963-05-19 — The Hands of the Cause cabled the annual conventions with the names of the five Hands chosen to resi...
- 1963-06-07 — The Custodians published a Declaration 'releasing all their functions, rights and powers conferred u...
- 1963-06-16 — The Universal House of Justice announced that it will for the present time, use the Western Pilgrim ...
- 1963-10-06 — The Universal House of Justice cabled that it found that 'there is no way to appoint or to legislate...
- 1964-02-03 — Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Baha Rúhiyyih Khanum and her companion Violette Nakhjavani left Haifa at ...
- 1964-11-01 — The Universal House of Justice announced that 'there is no way to appoint, or to legislate to make i...
- 1965-07-22 — Leroy Ioas, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b.15 February 1896 in Wilmington, IL). ...
- 1966-04-14 — Jessie Revell, formerly a member of the International Baha'i Council, passed away in Haifa. [BW14:30...
- 1966-06-10 — The Universal House of Justice addressed its first letter to 'Baha'i Youth in Every Land'. [BW15:324...
- 1967-04-21 — The Universal House of Justice called upon the Baha'is to launch a global campaign proclaiming the m...
- 1968-04-21 — The Universal House of Justice was elected for a second time by delegates from 81 National Spiritual...
- 1968-06-21 — The Universal House of Justice established the Continental Boards of Counsellors to continue the fun...
- 1968-08-10 — Dr Lutfu'llah Hakim (1888 - 1968), former member of the Universal House of Justice, passed away in H...
- 1968-08-26 — The centenary of the arrival of Baha'u'llah in the Holy Land was commemorated at the World Centre. [...
- 1968-09-02 — Tarazu'llah Samandari, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b.1874 in Qazvin, Persia)
...
- 1969-00-00 — Owing to the increased flow of pilgrims, the pilgrim house in Haifa was converted to a pilgrim centr...
- 1971-08-00 — The Universal House of Justice erected an obelisk on the site of the future House of Worship of the ...
- 1971-11-26 — The fiftieth anniversary of the passing of 'Abdu'l-Baha was commemorated. [BW15:125–8; VV14]
Fo...
- 1973-02-00 — Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Baha Rúhiyyih Khanum and her companion Violette Nakhjavani completed thei...
- 1973-04-21 — The Universal House of Justice was elected for the third time. The conference was attended by 472 Na...
- 1973-06-05 — The International Teaching Centre was established at the Baha'i World Centre for the purpose of cont...
- 1973-06-14 — The International Teaching Centre met for the first time. [VV16]...
- 1973-09-18 — Husayn Amanat was appointed architect of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice. [BW16:133; DH17...
- 1975-01-14 — The house of 'Abdu'llah Pasha was purchased after lengthy and delicate negotiations. [BBD108; BW16:1...
- 1975-06-05 — Excavation of the site of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice began. [BW16:133; BW18:465]
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- 1976-05-07 — Saichiro Fujita, (b. 1886) the second Japanese to become a Baha'i, passed away in Haifa. [BW17:406; ...
- 1977-06-11 — The centenary of the termination of Baha'u'llah's confinement in 'Akka was commemorated at the World...
- 1977-12-01 — The restoration of the house of 'Abdu'llah Pasha began. [BW17:84]...
- 1978-04-21 — The Universal House of Justice was elected for the fourth time at the International Convention held ...
- 1978-04-21 — Delegates to the International Convention attended a ceremony to further dedicate the new building f...
- 1980-09-24 — Universal House of Justice announced that additional land had been acquired in the south-western are...
- 1980-11-20 — Abu'l-Qasim Faizi, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b.1906) [BW18:659; VV52]
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- 1982-07-15 — In commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of Bahiyyih Khanum, the Greatest Holy Le...
- 1982-12-03 — Paul Haney, Hand of the Cause of God, died in Haifa in an automobile accident. [BW18:617; VV52]
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- 1983-04-29 — The Universal House of Justice was elected for the fifth time at the International Convention held i...
- 1984-01-03 — The Universal House of Justice addressed a letter to the Baha'i youth of the world encouraging them ...
- 1984-10-21 — His Excellency Chaim Herzog, President of the State of Israel, pays an official visit to the Baha'i ...
- 1984-11-09 — The Universal House of Justice met with representatives of the Baha'i International Community and va...
- 1985-05-01 — The Office of Public Information was established at the Baha'i World Centre. [BBD38; BW19:58–9; VV...
- 1985-12-27 — The Universal House of Justice convened a Counsellors' Conference at the Baha'i World Centre. [AWH39...
- 1986-01-02 — The Universal House of Justice ended the Counsellors' Conference at the Baha'i World Centre by annou...
- 1986-08-03 — The Honourable Sir Thomas David, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, at his request, consulted with ...
- 1987-00-04 — The film, Heart of the Lotus, made by Elizabeth Martin, documented the dedication of the House of Wo...
- 1987-04-22 — A ceremony was held to sign a 'status agreement' between the Baha'i International Community and the ...
- 1988-04-00 — The House of Abdu'llah Pasha was open for the Baha'is to visit for the first time on the occasion of...
- 1988-04-21 — The Universal House of Justice was elected for the sixth time at the International Convention held i...
- 1989-10-11 — The Baha'i World Centre received official approval by the Local Town Planning Committee and City Cou...
- 1990-03-00 — The Haifa District Town Planning Commission approved the plan submitted by the World Centre for the ...
- 1990-05-23 — The work started on the project to reinforce and extend the main terrace of the Shrine of the Bab. T...
- 1991-06-17 — The contracts were signed for the second phase of construction for the terraces to the Shrine of the...
- 1991-09-00 — The ground was broken for the construction of the Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts and for t...
- 1991-11-26 — The Office of Ḥuqúqu'llah had been established in the Holy Land under the direction of the Chief ...
- 1992-04-21 — The announcement by the Universal House of Justice that the Law of Ḥuqúqu'llah was to be in effec...
- 1992-05-27 — Three thousand Baha'is representing approximately 200 countries and territories, gathered at the Bah...
- 1993-04-29 — The seventh Baha'i International Convention at the World Centre. Those elected to the Universal Hous...
- 1993-06-12 — The Honourable Sir Julius Chan, KBE, Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea consulted with the Un...
- 1993-09-16 — The document Baha'i Social and Economic Development: Prospects for the Future, prepared at the Worl...
- 1994-06-13 — The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, visited the Baha'i World Centre to view the Terraces Pr...
- 1994-08-04 — Shimon Peres, Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs, made an official visit to the Baha'i World Centr...
- 1995-03-17 — The Universal House of Justice sent a message to the National Spiritual Assemblies of Belgium, Germa...
- 1995-12-26 — Start of the Institute Process
In its message of 26 December 1...
- 1997-05-30 — In its message of 30 May 1997 the Universal House of Justice announced tha...
- 1999-11-09 — The announcement by the Universal House of Justice of the creation of the Office of Correspondence a...
- 2000-01-19 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Amatu'l-Baha Rúhiyyih Khanum (born Mary Sutherland Maxwell)...
- 2000-09-18 — The announcement of the opening of the new Pilgrim Reception Centre near the Shrine of the Bab to re...
- 2001-01-08 — The inauguration of the International Teaching Centre Building at the World Centre with the meeting ...
- 2001-01-10 — The Counsellors in all continents met at the World Centre to take part in deliberations on the gener...
- 2001-01-12 — The Administrative Order was further developed by the Universal House of Justice in its message to t...
- 2001-01-16 — The end of the Fourth Epoch of the Formative Age, an Epoch that included the Six, Three, Four Year, ...
- 2001-05-00 — The inauguration of the Centre for the Study of the Texts. The facility was completed and occupied ...
- 2001-05-22 — The musical tribute of the inauguration of the Terraces required the construction of a 4,000-seat te...
- 2001-05-23 — At dusk on the evening of the 22nd of May, the opening of the Terraces of the Shrine of the Bab, a $...
- 2001-06-04 — The public opening of the terraces surrounding the Shrine of the Bab on Mount Carmel. [BWNS134, BWNS...
- 2001-07-31 — The publication of Baha'i Shrine and Gardens on Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel: A Visual Journey by the...
- 2003-04-04 — Given current conditions in the world at the time, the Ninth International Convention was cancelled....
- 2003-04-29 — The ninth election of the Universal House of Justice by postal ballot by 1,544 electors from 178 cou...
- 2003-11-26 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Ali Akbar Furútan in Haifa at the age of 98. [BWNS261, BW'...
- 2004-06-00 — After 15 years of negotiations, research, and planning, the restoration work began on the cell used ...
- 2004-11-24 — The announcement of the completion of the restoration of the prison citadel that was occupied by Bah...
- 2005-04-20 — "... the time is propitious to bring into being an International Board of Trustees of Huqúqu'llah t
- 2007-09-22 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Dr. Ali-Muhammad Varqa (b.1911 or 1912) at his home in Haifa...
- 2008-04-30 — The election of the Universal House of Justice at the 10th International Baha'i Convention. It was a...
- 2008-05-12 — After several years of negotiations, agreement was reached with the Israeli government for the acqui...
- 2008-07-08 — The Shrine of the Bab and the Resting Place of Bahau'llah, together with their surrounding gardens, ...
- 2009-03-21 — In commemoration of the interment of the sacred remains of the Bab on Mount Carmel, the members of t...
- 2009-12-15 — The Universal House of Justice gave a progress report on the work that was being done at the World C...
- 2010-04-30 — The visit of the President of the Republic of Ireland, Mary McAleese, to the World Centre. [BWNS774]...
- 2010-10-29 — After three years the restoration, work was completed on the Ridvan Garden some two kilometers south...
- 2011-04-12 — After more than two years of extensive restoration work the Shrine of the Bab was complete. The proj...
- 2011-05-29 — The inauguration of the UNESCO Square for Tolerance and Peace, situated at the point where Haifa's h...
- 2011-12-11 — The announcement by the Universal House of Justice of the creation of "an International Advisory Boa...
- 2012-00-00 — The Office of Temples and Sites was established at the Baha'i World Centre. The purpose of the offi...
- 2013-04-21 — The announcement by the Universal House of Justice in the Ridvan Message of the creation of the Offi...
- 2013-04-29 — The 11th International Baha'i Convention in Haifa and the 50th anniversary of the inaugural Conventi...
- 2013-10-01 — The Baha'i International Community announced the appointment of Joshua Lincoln as its new Secretary-...
- 2017-08-25 — The announcement of the opening of the new Pilgrim Reception Centre.
The three-story stone stru...
- 2018-04-30 — The announcement of the election of the 12th Universal House of Justice. Those elected were Paul Lam...
- 2018-04-31 — Some 80 members of the Continental Boards of Counsellors met for a conference at the Baha'i World Ce...
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