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1939 31 Dec 193- |
Lady Sara Louisa Blomfield, entitled Sitárih Khánum, (b. 1859) passed away in London. She was buried in Hampstead Cemetery, Borough of Camden, London. [BW8:651; SEBW109]
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Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield; In Memoriam; London, England; United Kingdom | |
1939 30 Dec 193- |
The passing of Grace Crossman Krug (b. 1870 Brooklyn, d. 30 December 1939 Chester, NY). [Find a Grave]
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In Memoriam; Grace Krug; Florian Krug; Carl Krug; Brooklyn, NY; New York, USA; Chester, NY | |
1939 24 Dec 193- |
Shoghi Effendi reinterred the remains of Navváb and the Purest Branch. [DH162; GBF116; GPB347–8]
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Navvab (Asiyih Khanum); Mírzá Mihdi (Purest Branch); Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Tablets of Visitation; Monument Gardens; * Bahá'í World Centre; Cemeteries and graves; - Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; Mount Carmel; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1939 12 Dec 193- |
The Bahá'ís of Caracas, Venezuela, held their first Nineteen Day Feast and afterwards elected a 'Provisional Assembly'. | Local Spiritual Assembly; Caracas, Venezuela; Venezuela | first Nineteen Day Feast in Caracas, Venezuela |
1939 8 Dec 193- |
Margaret Lentz, a German stenographer, arrived in the Dominican Republic from Geneva, the first Bahá'í to settle in that country. | Margaret Lentz; Dominican Republic | first Bahá’í to settle in Dominican Republic |
1939 5 Dec 193- |
Shoghi Effendi disintered the remains of Navváb and the Purest Branch. [DH162; PP260]
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Navvab (Asiyih Khanum); Mírzá Mihdi (Purest Branch); Monument Gardens; Cemeteries and graves; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Akka, Israel; Mount Carmel | |
1939 3 Dec 193- |
Shoghi Effendi obtained permission from the British authorities in Palestine to reinter the bodies of Navváb and the Purest Branch on Mount Carmel. [DH162; PP260]
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Navvab (Asiyih Khanum); Mírzá Mihdi (Purest Branch); Mount Carmel; Monument Gardens; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1939 (Late in the year) 193- |
Sr. Perfecto Perez Toledo, the first Cuban Bahá'í, accepted the Faith. | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Cuba | first Cuban Bahá’í |
1939 4 Nov 193- |
The first Nineteen Day Feast was held in San Salvador with four Bahá'ís in attendance. | Nineteen Day Feast; San Salvador, El Savador; El Salvador | first Nineteen Day Feast in San Salvador |
1939 2 Nov 193- |
The first people to become Bahá'ís in El Salvador, Luis O. Pérez, Emilio Bermudez and José Manuel Vela, accepted the Faith in San Salvador. | First Bahá'ís by country or area; San Salvador, El Savador; El Salvador | first to become Bahá’ís in El Salvador |
1939 1 Nov 193- |
Mathew Kaszab, arrived in Nicaragua, the first Bahá'í pioneer to that country.
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Mathew Kaszab; Nicaragua | first pioneer to Nicaragua |
1939 Nov 193- |
F. Ferrari became a Bahá'í, the first to accept the Faith in Honduras. | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Honduras | first to accept Faith in Honduras |
1939 25 Oct 193- |
John Eichenauer, the first pioneer to El Salvador, arrived in San Salvador from Phoenix, Arizona.
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John Eichenauer; San Salvador, El Savador; El Salvador; Phoenix, AZ; Arizona, USA; United States (USA) | first pioneer to El Salvador |
1939 1 Oct 193- |
The national Bahá'í office of the United States was established at 536 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, Illinois. [BW10:181]
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Horace Holley; Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Wilmette, IL; United States (USA) | |
1939 Oct 193- |
Antonio Roca, the first Bahá'í in Honduras, entered the country. | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Honduras | first Bahá’í in Honduras |
1939 28 Sep 193- |
Martha Root, 'foremost Hand raised by Bahá'u'lláh', passed away in Honolulu. (b. 10 August,1872 Richwood Union County Ohio, USA) [BBD198–9; GPB388; MRHK486; PP105]
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Martha Root; * Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Hands appointed posthumously by Shoghi Effendi; Cemeteries and graves; In Memoriam; Honolulu, HI; Hawaii, USA | |
1939 22 Sep 193- |
The State of Illinois issued the first Bahá'í marriage licence, authorizing the Spiritual Assembly of Chicago to solemnize Bahá'í marriages and issue Bahá'í marriage certificates. [GPB373] | Marriage; Weddings; Recognition (legal); Firsts, other; Illinois, USA; United States (USA) | first Bahá’í marriage licence |
1939 18 Sep 193- |
John and Rosa Shaw arrived in Kingston, Jamaica, from San Francisco, the first Bahá'ís to visit the country. | First travel teachers and pioneers; Kingston, ON; Jamaica | first to visit Jamaica |
1939 3 Sep 193- |
World War II began with Britain and France declaring war on Germany after Germany invaded Poland. | World War II; History (general); War; - Europe; Germany; United Kingdom; France; Poland | |
1939 27 Aug 193- |
The first Bahá'í resident in Guatemala, Gerrard Sluter-Schlutius, arrived in the country from Toronto. [OBCC228] | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Guatemala | first resident in Guatemala |
1939 Aug 193- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the British Isles incorporated as an unlimited non-profit company under the Companies Act of 1929. GPB336 | National Spiritual Assembly of the United Kingdom; Incorporation; National Spiritual Assembly, recognition; Recognition (legal); United Kingdom; British Isles | |
1939 4 Jun 193- |
In a letter addressed to the National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles written on behalf of the Guardian he urged them to
"appeal to the government for exemption from active military service in a combatant capacity, stressing the fact that in doing so they are not prompted by any selfish considerations but by the sole and supreme motive of upholding the Teachings of their Faith, which make it a moral obligation for them to desist from any act that would involve them in direct warfare with their fellow-humans or any other race or nation."
[UD128]
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Military (armed forces); Military; Weapons; War; United Kingdom | |
1939 18 May 193- |
Mathew Kaszab arrived in Panama and immediately launched a vigorous proclamation campaign through the press, radio and public talks. By October the first permanent pioneers, Louise Caswell and Cora Oliver, arrived along with John Eichenaur (enroute to El Salvador). [Historical Background of the Panama Temple by Ruth Pringle] | Mathew Kaszab; Louise Caswell; Cora Oliver; John Eichenauer; Panama | first pioneers in Panama |
1939 8 May 193- |
Philip and Laili June Marangella arrived in Cuba, the first Bahá'í pioneers to the country. | First travel teachers and pioneers; Cuba | first pioneers to Cuba |
1939 Ridván 193- |
The first Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Budapest was elected. There were about 14 believers in the community, mostly of Jewish ancestry. This caused difficulty for the community in the Nazi persecutions that followed. [Rebirth: Memoirs of Renée Szanto-Felbermann p108] According to the description of Renée Szántó-Felbermann, they could not even meet in Budapest: „It was at their (the Sugárs) house in Alag (today part of Budakeszi) that we elected the first Spiritual Assembly in the history of Hungary, Ridvan 1939. When we boarded the train for Alag, in order to avoid suspicion, we Bahá'ís did not remain together, but went by twos and threes. The same procedure was repeated on our arrival to Alag. It was a memorable, unforgettable evening, that Feast of Ridván in the small house at Alag fragrant with spring flowers. We were all deeply moved. And our dear Bertha Matthiesen was radiant. … Jenő Sugár was elected chairman, Mária Kleinberger became treasurer and I continued as secretary." [www.bahai.hu] |
Local Spiritual Assembly; World War II; War; Persecution, Hungary; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Jews; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary | First Spiritual Assembly in Budapest |
1939 Apr 193- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the British Isles incorporated after a long and difficult struggle. [BW8:161–2; UD127] | National Spiritual Assembly of the United Kingdom; National Spiritual Assembly, incorporation; Recognition (legal); United Kingdom; British Isles | |
1939 28 Feb 193- |
The passing of Louis Alphonse Daniel Nicolas, signing A.L.M. Nicolas , (b. March 27 , 1864 in Rasht, Iran) in Paris. He was an historian and French orientalist, official interpreter of the Legation French abroad, and France's consul general in Tabriz. After reading Gobineau's Trois ans en Asie, 1855-1858 he checked all the information Gobineau had written in his book, corrected some of it, and then began to translate the writings of the Báb. Attracted by this young doctrine, he converted to Bábism and thus became the first Western Bábí. He was the first to translate works of the Báb into French: The Arabic Bayán and the Persian Bayán, and wrote various works, including Seyyed Ali Mohamed dit le Báb (1905), an Essai sur le Chéikhisme (1911) and several articles in newspapers such as Review of the Muslim World. Nicolas became knight of the Legion of Honour in 1909.
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A.L.M. Nicolas; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; * Translation; First believers; Nader Nasiri Moghaddam; Edith Sanderson; Rasht, Iran; Iran; Paris, France; France | the first Western Bábí; the first to translate a work of the Báb into French |
1939 21 Feb 193- |
Situation in Egypt: Background Information "riots which broke out with exceptional fury in Ismá'ílíyyih, when angry crowds surrounded the funeral cortege of Muhammad Sulaymán, a prominent Bahá'í resident of that town, creating such an uproar that the police had to intervene, and having rescued the body and brought it back to the home of the deceased, they were forced to carry it without escort, at night, to the edge of the desert and inter it in the wilderness." [GPB367-368] |
Lua Getsinger; Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Cairo, Egypt; Alexandria, Egypt; Port Said, Egypt; Ismailia, Egypt; Egypt | first Bahá'í cemetery |
1939 7 Feb 193- |
In a letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of India the Guardian encouraged the concept of expansion by settlement to which he applied the name "pioneering". [MSEIp179] | Pioneering; * Bahá'í World Centre | first known use of the term "pioneering" in official correspondence. |
1939 (In the year) 193- |
Emeric Sala gave a talk in Regina proclaiming the Faith for the first time in Saskatchewan. Regina is one of five cities he visited on this business trip. [TG104] | Emeric Sala; Regina, SK; Saskatchewan, Canada; Canada | first public mention of the Faith in Saskatchewan |
1939 (In the year) 193- |
Shoghi Effendi ordered twin monuments from Italy similar in style to that of the Greatest Holy Leaf and sought permission from the British authorities to reintere the remains of Navváb and the Purest Branch on Mount Carmel near those of Bahíyyih Khánum and the Holy Mother. Marble for the monuments came from Chiampo, Italy as for the Archives Building, the Shine of the Báb, the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, The Terraces project, and the Houses of Worship in India and Samoa. It was cut and chiseled by a firm called Margraf, formerly known as Industria Marmi Vincentini. [DH162; PP259] | Navvab (Asiyih Khanum); Mírzá Mihdi (Purest Branch); Mount Carmel; Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Monument Gardens; * Bahá'í World Centre; Marble; Cemeteries and graves; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Margraf; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1939 (In the year) 193- |
The first Bahá'í of Paraguay, Maria Casati, of Formosa, Paraguay, became a Bahá'í in Buenos Aires. | Maria Casati; Argentina | first Bahá’í of Paraguay |
1939 Date uncertain 193- |
Miss Janet Whitenack, relocated from New York to Alaska, became the first person to declare in Alaska. She had studied the Cause previously in New York. The young woman was a graduate of Syracuse University. [Bahá'í News No 131 November 1939 p4] | Fairbanks, AK; Alaska, USA | First Alaskan Baha'i |
1939 Date approximate 193- |
Honor Kempton opened a bookshop lending library, calling it "The Book Cache". [Bahá'í News No 131 November 1939 pg3] | Anchorage, AK; Alaska, USA | |
1939 (In the year) 193- |
Amelia Collins continued to support the spread of the religion in Iceland as she supported the publication of the first translation of Baháʼí literature, John Esslemont's Baháʼu'lláh and the New Era, in Icelandic in 1939. [CBN No 93 Oct 1957 p2Collins, Amelia: The Fulfilled Hope of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by Richard Francis] | Amelia Collins; * Publications; - Publishing; Iceland |
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