Chronology: Date 1899-00-0

date	event	tags	firsts
1899 (In the year)	Siyyid Mustafá Rúmí and others transported a marble casket to the Holy Land made by the Bahá'ís of Mandalay to accommodate the remains of the Báb. [BW10:517] Photograph of the sarcophagus in its transport crate after it reached Haifa. [Bahá'í Media Bank]	Siyyid Mustafa Rumi; Báb, Shrine of; Báb, Sarcophagus for; Sarcophagus; Haifa, Israel; Mandalay, Myanmar
1899 (In the year)	A local spiritual assembly called "The Consulting Assembly of Tihrán", a forerunner of the National Spiritual Assembly was established. [EB175–6; 26 November, 2007] Four Hands of the Cause were permanent members; nine others were elected by special electors appointed by the Hands. [EB175–6]	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; LSA; - Hands of the Cause; Appointments; Elections; Tehran, Iran; Iran	first National Assembly of Iran
1899 (In the year)	The Serpent by Thornton Chase, an 18-page pamphlet on the image of the serpent in the Bible, was published in Chicago. This was probably the first published essay written by an American Bahá'í. [BFA2:26]	Thornton Chase; - First publications; * Publications; Chicago, IL; USA	First published essay written by American Bahá'í
1899 (In the year)	Miss Olive Jackson of Manhattan became the first black American woman Bahá'í. [BFA1:126–7]	Race; Firsts, other; Olive Jackson; Manhattan, NY; New York, USA; USA	First black American woman Bahá'í
c. 1899	It is believed that the first Bahá'ís, a couple, were in Italy in 1899. [BN #43 Aug 1930 p8] A Bahá'í group was established in Italy. [BBRSM:106]	Italy	First Bahá'í group in Italy. First group in Italy.
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