1. 2023-11-28. Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice. — Overview of the Faith's developments and activities during the previous century, including the Guard...
2. 2023-09-26. Orden PCM/1065/2023, de 18 de septiembre, por la que se declara el notorio arraigo de la Comunidad Bahá'í de España, a los efectos previstos en la Ley Orgánica 7/1980, de 5 de julio, de Libertad Religiosa (Order PCM/1065/2023, of September 18, declaring the well-established Bahá'í Community of Spain, for the purposes provided for in Organic Law 7/1980, of July 5, on Religious Freedom). Ministerio de la Presidencia. — La Comunidad Baha'i de España solicitó una "declaración de raices notorias". La Subdirección Gen...
3. 2022-11. Politics of Recognition, Society, and Law, The: The Role of Muslim Society and the Kubu Raya Local Government in the Struggle of the Bahá'ís. Ali Akhbar Abaib Mas Rabbani Lubis, Sulaiman. — The experience of Baha'is in Indonesia, specifically the region of Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan, where...
4. 2010. Historical Consciousness and the Divine Plan. Douglas Martin. — A series of eight short talks (total around two hours), in both audio and video formats, on the evol...
5. 2002 October. Deriding Revealed Religions?: Bahá'ís in Egypt. Johanna Pink. — Shift in Egyptian public perception of the Baha'i Faith from an Islamic reform movement to an indepe...
6. 1998. Recognition of Bahá'í Marriage and Holidays in American State Law. Ralph D. Wagner, comp. — List of sample legal statutes and proceedings from various states, followed by specific legal counse...
7. 1986. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 18 (1979-1983). Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. . — Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
8. 1971 [1944]. God Passes By. Shoghi Effendi. — The classic — and canonical — historical summary and interpretation of the significance of the d...

1. 1907-07-19 — The Chicago `Bahai Assembly' filed an affidavit of incorporation, the first Baha'i community to acqu...
2. 1925-05-10 — A Muslim Court in Egypt pronounced the Faith to be an independent religion. [BBRSM173; BW2:31;BW3:49...
3. 1927-05-00 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada drew up and published...
4. 1929-03-04 — The Council of the League of Nations adopted the conclusion reached by the Mandates Commissions upho...
5. 1929-05-04 — When the British Mandate in Palestine had been set up, an Order-in-Council had been enacted that all...
6. 1932-02-17 — The Chicago Baha'i Assembly incorporated, the first local spiritual assembly in the world to do so. ...
7. 1933-01-00 — The National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma incorporated in Lahore, in the state of Punjab un...
8. 1934-05-10 — Baha'i properties on Mount Carmel were granted tax exemption. [GBF122; PP269, 285-286; BN No 84 June...
9. 1938-01-00 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Australia and New Zealand incorporated. [GPB336]
10. 1939-04-00 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the British Isles incorporated after a long and di...
11. 1939-08-00 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the British Isles incorporated as an unlimited non...
12. 1939-09-22 — The State of Illinois issued the first Baha'i marriage licence, authorizing the Spiritual Assembly o...
13. 1940-00-00 — The Canadian Department of National Defence exempted Baha'is from combatant military duty.
14. 1946-08-05 — The Baha'i Faith was registered as a cultural, religious and social organization in Haiti.
15. 1948-03-20 — The marriage of Gladys Andersen to Ben Weeden took place in Jerusalem under the auspices of the Spir...
16. 1949-04-30 — An Act to incorporate the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada was passed. The act e...
17. 1950-00-00 — The Court of the First Instance in Karkúk, Iraq, registered a Baha'i marriage certificate. [MBW4; U...
18. 1953-12-13 — A separate department for the Baha'i Faith was established by the Israeli Ministry of Religious Affa...
19. 1958-06-21 — The South Australian Government Gazette announced that Mr. Harold Collis Featherstone had been regis...
20. 1960-07-01 — Ben and Louise Whitecow (early Peigan believers) married in Calgary, Alberta, were the first Baha'is...
21. 1961-07-27 — The first legally recognized Bahaʼi wedding in Panama was held in the city of David in Chiriqui Pro...
22. 1963-01-18 — First Baha'i marriage in Taiwan was between Miss Yeh Chan-ching and Mr Yang Su-thou. Official gover...
23. 1964-09-19 — Prince Sihanouk Norodom, Head of State, and Prince Kantol Norodom, Prime Minister, signed a decree a...
24. 1966-05-19 — The first legally recognized Baha'i wedding in Europe took place in Finland. [BW14:154]
25. 1966-09-29 — The Baha'i Faith was officially recognized as a religious organization by the Icelandic government w...
26. 1969-08-02 — The Baha'i Faith was legally recognized in Lebanon when the Local Spiritual Assembly of Beirut was i...
27. 1970-12-08 — The government of Taiwan granted Certificate of Registration to register the Baha'i Faith as a relig...
28. 1971-02-11 — The Montreal Municipality issued a permit recognizing the Maxwell home as a Baha'i Shrine after nine...
29. 1971-02-13 — Following the ban imposed by the government of the Central African Republic on Baha'i activities in ...
30. 1973-01-01 — The Baha'is of The Gambia were granted freedom of worship by the Secretary-General of the Gambian go...
31. 1973-04-07 — Following the return to stability in Burundi, the Baha'i Faith was granted formal recognition by the...
32. 1975-10-31 — The Secretary of Religious Affairs in the President's Office of Uganda informed the Baha'is that the...
33. 1978-05-23 — The House of Worship in Wilmette was included in the register of historic places in the United State...
34. 1981-04-01 — In Pakistan a constitutional amendment named the Baha'i Faith among the non-Muslim faiths of the cou...
35. 1987-04-21 — The National Convention of Turkey was held for the first time with the official permission of the Tu...
36. 1988-00-00 — The government of Niger authorized the resumption of Baha'i activities and Baha'i administration und...
37. 1991-02-01 — The Faith became officially recognized as a "religious association" in Romania. [CBNJun91pg12]
38. 1991-02-05 — The highest legal authority in Germany, the Federal Constitutional Court, overturned the decisions o...
39. 1991-12-31 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Niger was given permission by the Ministry of the Interior to eng...
40. 1992-04-27 — After a ten-year struggle, the Faith's legal Chinese name in Taiwan was changed from 'Ta Tong Giao' ...
41. 1993-08-26 — The Hungarian Baha'i Community was registered by the Budapest Court. [www.bahai.hu]
42. 1993-11-26 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Marshall Islands signed a Memorandum of Understanding with th...
43. 2004-00-00 — The General Register Office in Northern Ireland officially recognised the Baha'i Faith as a legitima...
44. 2007-04-19 — The government of Slovakia officially registered the Baha'i Faith as a religious community, guarante...
45. 2008-07-14 — The Baha'i Community of Vietnam was signed by the Government Committee for Religious Affairs to reco...

1. 1927-05-00 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada drew up and published...
2. 1940-00-00 — The Canadian Department of National Defence exempted Baha'is from combatant military duty.
3. 1949-04-30 — The Bill to incorporate the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada was passed by both ...
4. 1958-00-01 — The Baha'i marriage ceremony was first legally recognized in Ontario. [MoC208 note 9]
5. 1958-12-16 — The government of British Columbia issued the first certificate of Registration under the Marriage A...
6. 1960-07-01 — Ben Whitecow and Louise Many Guns were married in the first Baha'i marriage legally recognized in Ca...
7. 1961-09-00 — It was reported in the Canadian Baha'i News that the National Assembly had made application to the D...
8. 1962-04-07 — The first Baha'i marriage ceremony to be legally recognized by the Ontario provincial government, to...
9. 1964-00-00 — The Yukon Territorial Government granted the right to perform legally recognized marriages to the Wh...
10. 1971-02-11 — Montreal Municipality issued a permit recognizing the Maxwell home as a Baha'i Shrine after nine yea...
11. 1981-02-01 — The friends were advised at the Regional Convention that an Order in Council by the Government of Qu...

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