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1899 3 Dec
189-
Charles Mason Remey became a Bahá'í in Paris through May Bolles. [BFA2:151–2] Charles Mason Remey; May Maxwell (Bolles); Paris, France; France
1899 19 Nov
189-
Birth of Yan Kee Leong, the first believer in Malaya, in Selangor, Malaysia. Yan Kee Leong; Births and deaths; Selangor, Malaysia; Malaysia; British Malaya First believer in Malaya
1899 (Fall)
189-
Edward Getsinger appointed five men as a "Board of Counsel" for the Baha'is of northern New Jersey. Isabella Brittingham was made the honorary corresponding secretary, but was not a member of the body. [The Service of Women on the Institutions of the Baha'i Faith] Edward Getsinger; Board of Council; New Jersey, USA; United States (USA)
1899 Oct - Nov
189-
Stoyan Vatralsky, a Harvard educated, Bulgarian Christian, attacked the Bahá'ís, `Truth-knowers', in a series of talks in a church in Kenosha, Wisconsin. [BFA1:XXIX, 114–15; SBBH2:111 SBBH1p232; SBBH1p232-238]
  • By this time two per cent of the population of Kenosha were Bahá'ís. [BFA1:114]
  • See also WOB83 for others who wrote polemics against the Bahá'í Faith.
  • Opposition; Statistics; Kenosha, WI; Wisconsin, USA; United States (USA)
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