- 1935-00-01 — Husayn Uskuli, a Bahá'í resident in Shanghai, traveled to Taiwan, the first Bahá'í known to visit the island. [PH28; The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle by Barbara R. Sims p3]
- 1952-06-02 — Mr C. C. Cheng, a newspaper reporter; Professor L. S. Tso, a professor of engineering; and Miss Rosie Du (Ruthy Tu) became Bahá'ís in Taiwan, the first people to accept the Faith in the country.
- 1954-10-22 — Mr and Mrs Suleimani arrived in Keelung, Taiwan by ship. They spent the rest of their lives there.
Ridvaniyyih Suleimani served on the Auxiliary Board and the National Spiritual Assembly. She passed away in Taiwan on the 18th of March 1981. [BW18p752-754]
Suleiman Suleimani served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Taiwan from its formation in 1967 until 1978. He also served as a deputy of the institution of the Huqúqu'lláh for about two decades. [BW20p889-891]
The Suleimanis, originally from Iran, had lived for about 28 years in Shanghai where Mrs Ridvaniyyih Suleimani's father, Mr Husayn Ouskouli Uskuli (or Uskui) had long resided and conducted a business. Mr and Mrs Suleimani had left Shanghai permanently in 1950 because of the difficult situations for foreigners in China but Mr Ouskouli decided to stay on and won the admiration of the Guardian. He died in Shanghai at the age of 86. [The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle by Barbara R. Sims p3; PH39; Video Early history of the Bahá'í Faith in China 7 min 57 sec] - 1956-04-21 — The first local spiritual assembly in Taiwan was formed in Tainan. [The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle by Barbara R. Sims p15]
- 1956-11-11 — First All-Taiwan Teaching Conference was held in Tainan, Taiwan. The conference was attended by then Auxiliary Board Member Agnes Alexander from Japan. She would visit Taiwan two more times, in 1958 and 1962-as a Hand of the Cause. [The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle by Barbara R. Sims p17]
- 1957-04-21 — The launch of the Northeast Asia Six Year Plan (1957-1963)
The Regional Spiritual Assembly of North East Asia had an area of jurisdiction embracing Japan, Korea, Formosa, Macao, Hong Kong, Hainan Island, and Sakhalin Island. [JTA80-86]
- 1957-09-28 — First Bahá'í Summer School held in Taiwan. [The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle by Barbara R. Sims p21]
- 1958-04-21 — The formation of the first local spiritual assembly of Taipei. [The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle by Barbara R. Sims p25]
- 1963-01-18 — First Bahá'í marriage in Taiwan was between Miss Yeh Chan-ching and Mr Yang Su-thou. Official government recognition of the Bahá'í marriage was obtained in 1973. [The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle by Barbara R. Sims p37]
- 1964-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of North East Asia was re-formed with its seat in Tokyo comprising Japan, Formosa, Hong Kong
and Macao. [BW14p102]
- 1967-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Taiwan was formed with its seat in Taipei. [BW14p99; The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle by Barbara R. Sims p51]
- 1970-12-08 — The government of Taiwan granted Certificate of Registration to register the Bahá'í Faith as a religion.
- 1972-09-01 — The Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Taiwan was established and registered. [BW15:262]
- 1988-00-00 — More than a thousand people became Bahá'ís in Taiwan as a result of the Muhájir Teaching Project. [BINS187:4]
- 1990-00-02 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Taiwan opened a permanent Bahá'í Office of the Environment for Taiwan in Taipei. [BINS221:5]
- 1990-00-26 —
The Council of Agriculture of the Executive Yuan (Senate) of Taiwan co-sponsored with the National Spiritual Assembly a Bahá'í educational programme on environmental protection. [BINS218:5]
- This was the first formal joint effort between the Bahá'ís of Taiwan and the government authorities.
- 1992-04-27 — After a ten-year struggle, the Faith's legal Chinese name in Taiwan was changed from 'Ta Tong Giao' (Religion of Great Harmony), used for 70 years, to the 'Bahá'í Faith'. [BINS271:6]
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