- 1893-09-23 — First public reference in North America to the Baha'i Faith. [SBBH1p76]
Reference was made to it ...
- 1894-02-00 — Ibrahim George Kheiralla settled in Chicago. [BFA1:XXVII, AB65]
Owing to his work, the first Ba...
- 1894-06-05 — Thornton Chase became a Baha'i in Chicago. [BBD53; BFA1:35–6]
For some time before he heard of ...
- 1897-00-00 — Tablets, Communes and Holy Utterances, a collection of writings by Baha'u'llah, was published in Chi...
- 1897-05-21 — Lua Getsinger became a Baha'i in Chicago. She had been called Khayru'lláh's best pupil. [BFA1:XXVI...
- 1899-00-02 — The Serpent by Thornton Chase, an 18-page pamphlet on the image of the serpent in the Bible, was pub...
- 1900-00-00 — The publication of Prayers, Tablets, Instructions and Miscellany, together with pilgrim's notes of t...
- 1900-01-00 — The Behais Publishing and Supply Board was created in Chicago. It was the property of four Chicao B...
- 1900-03-16 — The Chicago community re-organized by selecting a ten-member Board of Council. Neither Kheiralla nor...
- 1900-11-04 — The Persian teachers Mirza Asadu'llah-i-Isfahani (1826-1930) and Haji Hasan-i-Khurasani, a merchant...
- 1901-05-15 — Mirza Assad'u'llah, received a Tablet from Abdul-Baha, in which He has positively declared to be ne...
- 1901-05-20 — The number of members on the Board of Council was raised to 12. [BFA2:47]...
- 1901-05-24 — The name of the Chicago Board of Council was changed to the House of Justice. [BFA2:48]
`Abdu'l-B...
- 1901-05-29 — The Baha'i women of Chicago elected their own Board and held the first business meeting of the `Wome...
- 1901-09-12 — The publication of tablets revealed by 'Abdu'l-Baha "To the House of Justice at Chicago, To the Ladi...
- 1901-11-26 — The Day of the Covenant
The Day of the Covenant is a Baha'i holy day honouring the Covenant of ...
- 1902-00-00 — The publication of the fourth edition of The Revelation of Baha-ullah in a Sequence of Four Lessons ...
- 1902-05-10 — The Chicago House of Justice (or the Board of Council) changed its name to the House of Spiritualit...
- 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...
- 1904-00-00 — The publication of The Book of Ighan (Kitab-i-Íqan) by George V. Blackburne Co in New York. It h...
- 1907-00-00 — The publication of A Call of Attention to the Behaists or Babists of America by August J Stenstrand....
- 1907-07-19 — The Chicago `Bahai Assembly' filed an affidavit of incorporation, the first Baha'i community to acqu...
- 1907-11-26 — The first national Baha'i conference was held in America. [BFA2:XVI; BW10:179]
At the invitation ...
- 1908-00-00 — The publication of Daily Lessons Received at Acca January, 1908 by Helen S Goodall and Ella Goodall ...
- 1908–09- — The Baha'i Publishing Society was founded in Chicago. [BW10:179]...
- 1909-03-21 — `Abdu'l-Baha laid the sacred remains of the Bab in their final resting place at the Shrine in Haifa....
- 1909-03-21 — The first printing of Volume 1 of Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Baha by the Baha'i Publishing Society in Chicag...
- 1909-03-22 — On the same day as the interment of the sacred remains of the Bab on Mount Carmel the first American...
- 1909-08-20 — Birth of Paul Haney, Hand of the Cause of God, in Chicago.
His given name was `Abdu'l-Baha, besto...
- 1910-03-21 — The first issue of the Baha'i News was published in Chicago. [BFA2:XVII; BW10:179; BWNS1289]
See ...
- 1910-04-25 — The Second Annual Convention of the Baha'i Temple Unity was held in Corinthian Hall, 17th Floor of t...
- 1910-05-18 — The Paris International Air Navigation Conference of 1910, also known as the Conférence internation...
- 1912-00-00 — The publication of The Brilliant Proof by Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani in Chicago by the Bahai News S...
- 1912-04-27 — The Baha'i Temple Unity held the 4th annual meeting in Chicago. [SoW Vol 2 No 18 February 7, 1912 p8...
- 1912-04-28 — `Abdu'l-Baha gave private interviews in the morning then called on the Turkish Ambassador, Diya Pash...
- 1912-04-30 — Talk at Hull House, Chicago, Illinois where He spoke about racial unity. Hull House was a immigrant...
- 1912-05-01 — `Abdu'l-Baha laid the cornerstone of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Wilmette. [SYH67-68, CT102; 239D:51; A...
- 1912-05-02 — Talk at Hotel Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, [PUP72]
Ta...
- 1912-05-03 — Talk at Hotel Plaza in Chicago. [PUP83]
In this talk He said, ""Observe what is taking place ...
- 1912-05-05 — Talk at Children's Meeting,
Hotel Plaza,
Chicago, Illinois. [PSBW134–5, PUP91]
Talk at...
- 1912-05-06 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Chicago, arriving in Cleveland the same day. [239D:57; AB189]
'Abdu'l-Baha ga...
- 1912-09-12 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Buffalo for Chicago, passing by Niagara Falls and arriving at about 8PM at the La...
- 1912-09-13 — The True home was inundated with visitors and among them, a group of black believers. 'Abdu'l-Baha g...
- 1912-09-14 — In the morning 'Abdu'l-Baha walked along the shores of Lake Michigan. In the afternoon He spoke to t...
- 1912-09-15 — In the morning`Abdu'l-Baha spoke to Dr. William Frederick Nutt, a friend of Kheiralla. (Nutt later b...
- 1912-09-16 — In the morning 'Abdu'l-Baha departed for Chicago
He gave a talk at Home of Mrs. Corinne True, 53...
- 1912-09-17 — Mirza 'Ali-Akbar Nakhjavani arrived from Malden and was allowed to join the group along with Fujita....
- 1912-10-30 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Denver for Chicago. [239D:175]...
- 1912-10-31 — `Abdu'l-Baha arrived in Chicago and gave a talk at the Plaza Hotel. The subject of this talk was The...
- 1912-11-01 — Talk at Home of Mrs. Corinne True, 5338 Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. The subject of this talk ...
- 1912-11-04 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Chicago and arrived in Cincinnati the same day. [239D:179]...
- 1916-04-00 — The first Chinese Baha'i in China, Chen Hai An (Harold A. Chen), became a Baha'i while studying at t...
- 1916-05-00 — The publication of ...
- 1916-09-08 — The first five Tablets of the Tablets of the Divine Plan were published in Star of the West. [BBD219...
- 1917-04-07 — A Baha'i Reading Room was established in Chicago by Luella Kirchner in 1917 or perhaps earlier and b...
- 1918-00-00 — The publication of the 2nd edition of Some Answered Questions by the Bahai Publishing Society in Chi...
- 1918-05-00 — The publication of the second edition of
Compilation of the Holy Utterances of Bahaʼollah and A...
- 1918-10-16 — During the years of the war the friends in the West had no communications with 'Abdu'l-Baha and so w...
- 1919-02-00 — The publication of Tablets of Abdul-Baha abbas Volume II Second edition. (The first edition was publ...
- 1920-04-02 — Louis Bourgeois was selected as the architect for the Chicago House of Worship. [DP94; GPB303; SBBH1...
- 1921-00-00 — The publication of Abdul Baha in London; Addresses, & Notes of Conversations (American edition). Pub...
- 1922-00-00 — The publication of The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by 'Abdu'l‑Baha during His...
- 1922-04-03 — To the United States and Canada Shoghi Effendi sent a message to transform the 'Executive Board' int...
- 1922-04-25 — A National Spiritual Assembly was elected in the United States to replace the Executive Board of the...
- 1927-01-22 — Chicago held its first Race Amity Conference. Louis Gregory spoke. [SYH147] ...
- 1928-01-20 — The Chicago community held its first Race Amity Conference. Louis Gregory was a speaker at that gat...
- 1928-04-26 — The National Convention of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada was held in the Foundation Ha...
- 1929-04-25 — Shoghi Effendi made the sacrifice of a priceless carpet to be sold to contribute to the Mashriqu'lAd...
- 1932-02-17 — The Chicago Baha'i Assembly incorporated, the first local spiritual assembly in the world to do so. ...
- 1937-00-00 — The marriage of Ruth Browne and Ellsworth Blackwell in Chicago. Theirs was the second United States...
- 1938-04-27 — In a message addressed to the Thirtieth National Convention the Guardian announced:
"As token my gr...
- 1938-05-01 — The National Convention was held in Chicago. Those elected to the National Spiritual Assembly were: ...
- 1942-04-00 — The publication of The Baha'i Temple: House of Worship of a World Faith Commemorating Completion of...
- 1943-00-00 — Margot Vandenbroeck-Levy (Galler) became a Baha'i in Chicago, the first native Luxembourger to accep...
- 1944-00-00 — The publication of The Divine Art of Living: Selections from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, the Bab, a...
- 1953-05-03 — The All-America Intercontinental Teaching Conference was held in Chicago. [BW12:133]
For the text...
- 1956-03-09 — The passing of Albert R Windust (b. 28 March 1874 in Chicago) in Berrien County, Michigan. He was ...
- 1957-10-03 — Shoghi Effendi called for the convocation of a series of Intercontinental Conferences to be held suc...
- 1958-00-00 — A new edition of Some Answered Questions was published by the Baha'i Publishing Committee which resu...
- 1961-04-03 — Corinne Knight True, Hand of the Cause of God, (b. 1 November 1861 Louisville, KY d. Chicago, IL 3 A...
- 1975-07-04 — The Ridvan Message contained the phrase, "EVIDENCES GATHERING CLOUDS WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION" and the...
- 1993-08-28 — The first time that many religious representatives met with each other was at the World Parliament o...
- 1995-01-03 — By decision of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United State, the Wilmette Institute was estab...
- 2008-12-06 — Regional Conferences were held in Portland, United States, Chicago, United States, Atlanta, United S...
- 2018-09-06 — The passing of Lily Ayman (b. 17 May 1929 in Tehran) in Chicago. She was buried in the Oakwood cemet...
- 2023-08-14 — The Parliament was held in Chicago at McCormick Place. The theme was A Call to Conscience: Defending...
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