- 1903-03-07 — Inspired by the news of the `Ishqabad Temple project, the Chicago House of Spirituality asked `Abdu'...
- 1903-05-30 — A letter from `Abdu'l-Baha was received by the Chicago House of Spirituality giving His approval for...
- 1903-06-07 — Eight days after `Abdu'l-Baha's first Tablet arrived, a second Tablet arrived from Him approving the...
- 1908-04-09 — Two building plots for the future House of Worship were purchased in Wilmette for the sum of $2000. ...
- 1912-05-01 — `Abdu'l-Baha laid the cornerstone of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Wilmette. [SYH67-68, CT102; 239D:51; A...
- 1918-00-00 — The publication of Excerpts from Mysterious Forces of Civilization, Written by an Eminent Bahai Phil...
- 1920-04-02 — Louis Bourgeois was selected as the architect for the Chicago House of Worship. [DP94; GPB303; SBBH1...
- 1920-04-27 — The design for the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar at Wilmette, Illinois, was finally chosen by the forty-nine del...
- 1920-09-24 — Boring began at the site of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Wilmette to determine the depth of the bedrock....
- 1921-03-21 — Construction began on the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Wilmette. DP108]
See DP107 for a picture of Baha...
- 1922-07-09 — Baha'is gathered in the Foundation Hall of the Chicago House of Worship for the first time, to comme...
- 1927-10-00 — Shoghi Effendi entrusted Dr William Slater and his wife Ida Slater, who were visiting Haifa on a 19-...
- 1928-04-26 — The National Convention of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada was held in the Foundation Ha...
- 1929-03-16 — In December of 1925 the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of United States and Canada adopt...
- 1930-04-01 — A ceremony was held at the American annual convention in dedication of the resumption of the buildin...
- 1930-08-19 — Jean-Baptiste Louis Bourgeois, (b. 19 March 1856, Staint-Célestin de Nicolet, QC. d. Wilmette, IL)...
- 1930-08-20 — Louis Jean-Baptiste Bourgeois, (19 March, 1856, Saint-Célestin, Quebec, Canada) designer of the Mas...
- 1931-01-15 — Flames swept through the dome of Baha'i House of Worship which was nearing completion. Debris includ...
- 1931-05-02 — The superstructure of the Wilmette House of Worship was completed and turned over by the Fuller Comp...
- 1937-05-00 — Fred Schopflocher contributed and additional $100,000 (see 16 March, 1929) to the goal of $350,000 t...
- 1939-10-01 — The national Baha'i office of the United States was established at 536 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, Illi...
- 1943-01-08 — The exterior ornamentation of the Wilmette Temple was completed. [BW10:181; UD155–6]
The cost o...
- 1944-05-19 — An international celebration of the Centenary of the founding of the Faith was held at the House of ...
- 1945-04-00 — The election for the National Spiritual Assembly was held by postal ballot. The tellers completed th...
- 1952-10-08 — Holy Year, "The Great Jubilee", October 1952 to October 1953, was inaugurated. [MBW16-18; BW12:116; ...
- 1953-00-00 — The publication of Questions about the Second Coming by George Townshend by the Baha'i Publishing Co...
- 1953-05-01 — The House of Worship in Wilmette was consecrated in a simple ceremony for Baha'is only. [BW12:143, 1...
- 1953-05-02 — The House of Worship in Wilmette, the Mother Temple of the West, was dedicated in a public ceremony....
- 1957-00-00 — The publication of The Secret of Divine Civilization by 'Abdu'l-Baha as translated by Marzieh Gail i...
- 1958-05-02 — The third Intercontinental Conference was held at the mid-point of the Crusade convened in Wilmette,...
- 1959-02-01 — The 'first Dependency of the Mashriqul-Adhkar in Wilmette', the Baha'i Home for the Aged, opened. [B...
- 1967-10-05 — Six Intercontinental Conferences were held simultaneously in Panama City, Wilmette, Sydney, Kampala,...
- 1968-06-22 — The first National Youth Conference of the Baha'is of the United States opened in Wilmette, Illinois...
- 1970-01-00 — The inaugural publication of The American Baha'i.
The intention was that this new publicatio...
- 1970-02-20 — First American National Baha'i Education Conference in America was held in Wilmette. [USBN April 19...
- 1971-00-00 — The publication of Memorials of the Faithful by the Baha'i Publishing Trust in Wilmette as trans...
- 1975-07-04 — The Ridvan Message contained the phrase, "EVIDENCES GATHERING CLOUDS WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION" and the...
- 1978-05-23 — The House of Worship in Wilmette was included in the register of historic places in the United State...
- 1988-12-09 — The passing of Edna M. True, (b. July 29, 1888, in Grand Rapids, Michigan) She was a daughter of the...
- 1992-00-00 — Prime Minister Hamilton Green of Guyana made a formal state visit to the temple in Wilmette. [Baha'i...
- 1995-01-03 — By decision of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United State, the Wilmette Institute was estab...
- 1999-12-12 — A report titled Issues Pertaining to Growth, Retention and Consolidation in the United States by the...
- 2007-09-01 — In memory of Amatu'l-Baha Rúhiyyih Khanum and because the Native people had such a special place in...
- 2011-05-30 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Gayle Wollson (b. 2 June 1913 Crookston MN) in Wilmette, IL. ...
- 2013-04-12 — The commemoration of the centenary of the visit of 'Abdu'l-Baha to North America. [BWNS918]...
- 2020-06-19 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States issued a statement entitled Forg...
- 2020-12-06 — The presentation of a webinar at the Wilmette Institute by Jan Teofil Jason entitled 'Abdu'l-Baha an...
- 2022-08-01 — The publication of A Child in the Holy Land, a collection of stories by twenty-one such children and...
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