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Bahá'í Chronology - The Ministry of 'Abdu'l-Bahá - 72 B.E. (A.D. 1915-1916)

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• 72 B.E. • A.H. • 19 / 25 April A.D. 1915 • A.M.	The Panama-Pacific International Exposition is held in San Francisco and the 24th of April is declared International Bahá'í Congress Day. [BW8:797-808]
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• 72 B.E. • A.H. • May A.D. 1915 • A.M.	The Bahá'ís of Haifa and `Akká return to their homes from the village of Abú-Sinán. [DH147]
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• 72 B.E. • A.H. • 16 June A.D. 1915 • A.M.	Miss Margaret Green of Washington DC arrives in Alaska, the first known resident Bahá'í.
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• 72 B.E. • A.H. • Latter half A.D. 1915 • A.M.	`Abdu'l-Bahá's Memorials of the Faithful takes shape. [AB417; MFXII] `Abdu'l-Bahá tells stories of Bahá'í heroes and heroines to the weekly gatherings of Bahá'ís in Haifa. These are compiled and published as a book. [AB417] The book is not published until 1924. [AB417; MFXII]
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• 72 B.E. • A.H. • 11 October A.D. 1915 • A.M.	Arthur Pillsbury Dodge, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá, passes away in Freeport, New York. [sBR15] For biographies see BFA1:116-17, SBR1-16 and SW6, 13:100-1. For his obituary see SW6, 19:161-7. Dodge's books include The Truth of It (1901) [SW6, 13:101] and Whence? Why? Wither? (1907). [SW6, 13:101]
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• 72 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1916 • A.M.	The United States census shows 2,884 Bahá'ís. [BBRSM:105; SBBH1:117]
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• 72 B.E. • A.H. • In the year A.D. 1916 • A.M.	Anthony Yuen Seto and his wife Mamie Lorettta O'Connor become Bahá'ís in Hawaii. Mr Seto is the first Chinese Bahá'í in the Hawaiian Islands and the first Chinese-American Bahá'í in the United States. [PH30]
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• 72 B.E. • A.H. • 22 February A.D. 1916 • A.M.	In Sultánábád Mírzá `Alí-Akbar, his wife, his sister-in-law (aged 12) and their four children (aged from 46 days to 11 years) are killed by having their throats cut. [BW18:387; GPB299] See DB610 for picture.
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Most of the Gregorian Calendar dates, A.H. 1166 (A.D. 1753) to 153 B.E (A.D. 1996), are from the original book, A Basic Bahá'í Chronology. From 153 B.E (A.D. 1996) to present the Gregorian Calendar dates are from A Basic Bahá'í Chronology online. The Hebrew, Islamic and Bahá'í dates were calculated by the ABG staff and may be subject to error, despite the great care that was taken. When the Gregorian date is "In the year", "c. Mar 1797", etc., we list the nearest approximate Hebrew, Islamic and Bahá'í dates.

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Continuous time periods, e.g., Monday thru Friday or June thru August, are annotated as Monday / Friday and June / August rather than Monday-Friday and June-August in all four calendars. This is to avoid confusion with Islamic days and months which contain a hyphen (or dash), e.g. Yawm ath-Thulatha', Jumadá al-akhirah.
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B.E. = Bahá'í Era - Badí / Bahá'í Calendar - Conversion from spreadsheet created by the webmaster - Download Spreadsheet
A.H. = Anno Hejirea - Latin: "In the year of the Hijra" - Muslim / Islamic Calendar.
A.D. = Anno Domini - Latin: "In the year of our Lord" - Christian / Julian Calendar.
A.M. = Anno Mundi - Latin: "In the year of the world"; Hebrew: "To the creation of the world" - Hebrew Calendar.

c. = circa - meaning: "Around, round about, about. The prep. is often used in Eng. with dates, as circa 1400 (c 1400)." (Oxford English Dictionary)
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