Chronology: Date 1899-1

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date	event	tags	firsts
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)
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 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 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


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