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Tag "Switzerland" details:

tag name: Switzerland type: Geographic locations
web link: Switzerland
related tags: - Europe
referring tags: Basel, Switzerland; Bern, Switzerland; Fiesch, Switzerland; Geneva, Switzerland; Glion, Switzerland; Lake Geneva; Lausanne, Switzerland; Montreux, Switzerland; Morges, Switzerland; Vevey, Switzerland; Wienacht, Switzerland

"Switzerland" appears in:

1.   from the main catalog (10 results; expand)

  1. Anne Gordon Perry. Anne Gould Hauberg and Mark Tobey: Lives Lived for Art, Cultivated by Spirit (2016). — On the friendship and working relationship between Seattle art patron Hauberg and Seattle-based pain...
  2. John Paul Vader. Aspects of the History of the Bahá'í Faith in Switzerland, Some (2009-10-27). — Switzerland was among the first countries opened to the Baha’i religion. This paper describes the ...
  3. Peter Terry. Bahá'í Studies in Europe (1981). — Interviews with and bios of individuals engaged in study of the Babi and Baha'i religions, and descr...
  4. Amine de Mille. Emogene Hoagg: Exemplary Pioneer (1973-10). — Biography of travel-teacher and translator of the Writings into Italian.
  5. Universal House of Justice. European Bahá'í Youth Conference in Innsbruck (1983-07-04). — Challenges facing European Baha'i Youth, followed by consolation to Baha'i youth in light of the 198...
  6. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland (1994). — Compilation of new perspectives on the future of European civilization. Includes introduction by Jul...
  7. Peter Terry. Henrietta Emogene Martin Hoagg: Short Biographical Monograph (1997). — Biography of a travel-teacher, translator of the Writings into Italian, and the first pioneer to Ita...
  8. Charles Mason Remey. Journal Diary of European Baha'i Travels: April - November 1948 (1948). — A record of Remey's visits across Europe, from England to Germany. Includes coverage of Baha'i parti...
  9. Frances Bradford Jones Edelstein. Memoirs of Frances Bradford Jones Edelstein (1999). — Memoirs of the first pioneer to Famagusta (as requested by Shoghi Effendi to pioneer from the City o...
  10. Frances Bradford Jones Edelstein (published as Frances B. Jones). Personal Recollections of Famagusta (1964-03). — Two-page summary of time pioneering in Cyprus, 1954-1956, with a passing mention of pioneering in Sw...

2.   from the Chronology (57 results; expand)

  1. 1848-09-01 — Birth of Auguste Forel, renowned entomologist and Baha'i, in Switzerland. ...
  2. 1865-05-17 — The first international standards organization, the International Telegraph Union, was established i...
  3. 1874-10-09 — Headquartered in Bern, Switzerland, the General Postal Union was established when 22 countries signe...
  4. 1911-08-20 — 'Abdu'l-Baha and His party left Marseilles and traveled by train to Geneva, arriving late in the day
  5. 1911-08-21 — 'Abdu'l-Baha and His party took a ferry from Geneva to Thonon-les-Bains and were met by Laura Dreyfu
  6. 1911-08-23 — `Abdu'l-Baha took up residence at Thonon-les-Bains on Lake Leman (Lake Geneva). [AB140; GPB280; SBR2...
  7. 1911-08-27 — 'Abdu'l-Baha and His party took a ferry to Vevey, a resort town on the other side of Lake Geneva (La
  8. 1911-08-30 — 'Abdu'l-Baha spent the morning in Thonon-les-Bain and took the ferry to Geneva after dinner. He stay
  9. 1911-08-31 — During His stay in Geneva 'Abdu'l-Baha most likely returned the visits of Zillu's-Sultan Sultan-Mas'...
  10. 1911-11-30 — It was about this time that 'Abdu'l-Baha sent four Baha'is to Germany to assist with the teaching an...
  11. 1922-10-00 — The Greatest Holy Leaf sent Shoghi Effendi's mother and other family members to Switzerland to ask h...
  12. 1922-12-15 — Shoghi Effendi returned to the Holy Land to take up his duties as Guardian. [PP63-4] He sent cabl...
  13. 1923-06-00 — Shoghi Effendi left Haifa for Switzerland. [PP72; BBRSM116] He returned to Haifa in November 19...
  14. 1923-07-24 — The Treaty of Lausanne, signed on July 24, 1923, concluded the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) and was...
  15. 1923-11-05 — Shoghi Effendi returned from Switzerland. [PP73]...
  16. 1925-06-00 — The International Baha'i Bureau was created by the English Baha'i Jean Stannard (1865–1944) at th
  17. 1926-05-29 — Shoghi Effendi departed Palestine for Switzerland. [PP97, SETPE1p131, GBF36] ...
  18. 1926-10-15 — Shoghi Effendi returned from Switzerland where he had been joined by his mother and sister in August...
  19. 1927-06-00 — Shoghi Effendi left Palestine destined for Switzerland in the company of his sister. [Ambassador at ...
  20. 1927-10-0- — Shoghi Effendi retired to the mountains of Switzerland to rest and re-gain his strength. (SETPE1p150...
  21. 1929-04-01 — Shoghi Effendi announced that the Council of the League of Nations had pronounced in favour of the B...
  22. 1931-07-27 — Swiss Baha'i Auguste Forel, (b. 1 September, 1848 Morges, Switzerland, d. 27 July, 1931 Yvorne Switz...
  23. 1936-09-00 — Lorol Schopflocher departed for Europe to do teaching work in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, England, Fran...
  24. 1946-00-00 — In the second Seven Year Plan from 1946 to 1952, the American Baha'i community was given the respons...
  25. 1946-00-00 — The first issue of the News Exchange was published by the International Baha'i Bureau in Geneva. Th...
  26. 1948-04-21 — The first local assembly was established in Bern, Switzerland. [BQYM201...
  27. 1948-04-21 — The first local assembly was established in Geneva, Switzerland. [BQYM201]...
  28. 1948-05-22 — The first Baha'i European Conference was held in Geneva. [BW11:51] Among those who attended were ...
  29. 1950-11-00 — From Switzerland, Shoghi Effendi invited five Baha'is—Lotfullah Hakim, Jessie and Ethel Revell, Am...
  30. 1952-11-12 — Dagmar Dole, pioneer to Alaska and Denmark, passed away in Glion, Switzerland. Shoghi Effendi sai...
  31. 1953-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Italy and Switzerland was established. Elected were: Prof. Mario ...
  32. 1962-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Switzerland was formed. [BW13:283] For picture see BW13:282. ...
  33. 1969-07-15 — The European Dawnbreakers' Show, ''A Plea for One World," was conceived at a Swiss winter school by ...
  34. 1971-00-00 — In Germany, Hermann Zimmer resurrected the claims of Ruth White in a small book published in 1971 (E...
  35. 1971-07-31 — The European Youth Conference took place in Fiesch, Switzerland, attended by 1,200 youth from 50 cou...
  36. 1976-04-24 — The passing of Mark George Tobey (b. December 11, 1890 Centerville, Wisconsin – d. April 24, 1976 ...
  37. 1981-01-01 — The European branch office of the Baha'i International Community was established in Geneva. [BW19:33...
  38. 1983-00-00 — The Association for Baha'i Studies of Francophone Europe was established in Switzerland....
  39. 1986-07-18 — The European Baha'i Youth Movement is launched at the Baha'i Youth School, Landegg Conference Centre...
  40. 1987-02-15 — The passing of Eleanor Hollibaugh (b. 17 February 1897 in Hastings, Nebraska) in Montraux, Switzerla...
  41. 1988-02-17 — The publication of the statement by the Baha'i International Community, "Eliminating Religious Intol...
  42. 1989-02-08 — The publication of the statement by the Baha'i International Community, "Eliminating Racism", to the...
  43. 1989-02-09 — The publication of the statement by the Baha'i International Community, "Right to Development", to t...
  44. 1990-09-01 — Eighty leaders of thought from around the world gathered at Landegg Academy for the first Internatio...
  45. 1991-08-00 — Hand of the Cause Dr 'Ali-Muhammad Varqa convened a conference for the Deputies of the Huqúqu'llah ...
  46. 1992-09-20 — The Landegg International University was formally registered by the cantonal and federal authorities...
  47. 1993-02-22 — At the 49th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, the United Nations in Geneva released a re...
  48. 1995-12-01 — The 51st Session of the UN Human Rights Commission was held. In January the Baha'i International Com...
  49. 1997-03-15 — The Baha'i International Community presented a statement The United Nations Decade for Human Rights ...
  50. 2001-12-13 — The passing of Giovanni (Gianni) Ballerio (b. 15 February 1943 in Asmara, Eritrea) in Geneva after a...
  51. 2003-12-10 — The World Summit on the Information Society gave the Baha'i International Community an opportunity t...
  52. 2009-07-02 — More than 20 members of the European Baha'i Business Forum participated in the Global Ethics Forum, ...
  53. 2011-08-27 — The Baha'is of Geneva commemorated the 100th anniversary of the start of 'Abdu'l-Baha's journeys to ...
  54. 2011-12-01 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member Mr. Ian C. Semple (b. 2 December 1928 in New...
  55. 2017-09-29 — Arrests of Baha'is in Yemen drew international censure which led to a United Nations resolution, tit...
  56. 2020-11-02 — The Geneva Office of the Baha'i International Community joined with civil society actors, academics,...
  57. 2023-05-15 — The Baha'i International Community announced the launching a global campaign, called #OurStoryIsOne,...
 
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