- 1900-04-00 —
Sarah Farmer put Green Acre at the disposal of the Bahá'ís after her pilgrimage to `Akká in 1900. [BFA2:144–5; GPB261]
- After 1900 Green Acre effectively became the site of the first Bahá'í summer school in the world, although it was not officially so until 1929. [BBRSM:104; BW5:29–30; SBBH1:125]
- 1927-08-01 —
Geyserville Bahá'í Summer School, the first American Bahá'í summer school, was established on property in California donated by John Bosch. It was to operate until 1973 when a new road project divided the property. The land was sold and the funds used to purchase land in the mountains above the coastal town of Santa Cruz. The new school was named In honour of John and Louise Bosch. [BBD87; BW10:180; GPB340, Bosch]
- BW5:28–9 says this was the second Bahá'í summer school in America but Shoghi Effendi indicates in GPB340 that Green Acre is formally established as a Bahá'í summer school in 1929.
- 1931-06-01 —
The first German Bahá'í summer school was held, at Esslingen. [BBRSM182; BW5:44]
- UD98 and BW5p30 put this date as 1932.
- 1936-06-01 — Britain held its first Bahá'í summer school. [GT137; UD109]
- 1938-09-00 — The first Bahá'í summer school to be held in India took place in Simla. [BBRSM194; BW8:199]
- 1940-00-00 — The first Egyptian Bahá'í summer school was held in the mid-1940s.
- 1946-00-00 — The first Bahá'í summer school in Argentina was held in Ezeiza. [BW11:45]
- 1957-09-28 — First Bahá'í Summer School held in Taiwan. [The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle by Barbara R. Sims p21]
- 1957-12-01 — The first summer school in Malaysia was held at Malacca.
- 1961-10-01 — The first summer school to be held on Rarotonga Island took place.
- 1967-03-00 — The first Bahá'í summer school in Liberia began. [BW14:174]
- 1968-06-21 — The first summer school to be held in Ireland bagin.
- 1971-00-00 — The first summer school in Singapore was held.
- 1971-12-00 — The first youth summer school for southern Africa was held at the Leroy Ioas Teacher Training Institute in Mbabane and is attended by 67 people from eight countries.
- 1972-01-01 —
The first Bahá'í Youth Summer School in Southern Africa took place in Swaziland, attended by 70 youth from eight countries. [BW15:338]
- For picture see BW15:340.
- 1972-06-00 — The first Summer School of Jamaica was held. [BW15:218]
- 1972-11-01 — The first Winter School of Luxembourg was held in Pétange. [BW15:284]
- 1972-12-02 — The first winter school in Bangladesh took place. [BW15:245]
- 1975-00-00 —
The first Bahá'í summer school to be held in Antigua took place. [BW16:187]
- For picture see BW16:188.
- 1976-12-00 — The first Bahá'í Winter School in Cyprus was held in Nicosia.
- 1977-12-27 — The first Bahá'í summer school of Sierra Leone was held in Magburaka. [BW17:151]
- 1978-12-02 — The first Bahá'í Winter School of Malta took place. [BW17:192]
- 1979-10-00 — The first Bahá'í summer school for Quechua-speakers was held in Cachaco, Imbabura, Ecuador. [BW17:170]
- 1980-03-00 — The first Bahá'í Summer School of the Cameroon Republic was held in Victoria. [BW18:166]
- 1987-03-00 — The first Bahá'í Winter School held on San Salvador Island, Bahamas, took place. [BINS164:11]
- 1989-12-25 — The first International Bahá'í Summer School of Bophuthatswana was held at the Pilanesberg National Game Reserve, attended by 263 people from 12 countries. [BINS215:1–2]
- 1990-07-08 — The first summer school of Czechoslovakia was held in Jindrichuv Hradec, attended by 24 Bahá'ís from eight countries. [BINS230:2]
- 1990-10-19 — The first summer school of Cape Verde was held in Tarrafal, attended by 30 people. [BINS247:8]
- 1991-02-08 — The first Bahá'í Winter School of Romania was held in Felix, attended by 80 Bahá'ís. [BINS241:3]
- 1991-07-15 — The first summer school of Sikkim was held in Saramsa. [BINS257:6]
- 1991-08-15 — The first summer school of Tajikistan took place in Varzoub Gorge.
- 1991-12-27 — The first winter school of Hungary was held in Miskolc. [BINS266:2]
- 1992-08-21 — The first National Summer School of Bulgaria was held in Stara Zagora, attended by 75 people. [BINS278:1–2]
- 1992-08-23 — The first Bahá'í summer school to be held in Croatia took place in Pula, Istria, attended by a hundred Bahá'ís from nine countries. [BINS278:2; BINS287:10]
- 1992-12-26 — The first National Bahá'í Winter School of Bulgaria was held in Lovech, attended by 130 Bahá'ís. [BINS286:1–2]
- 1993-02-19 — The first Bahá'í Winter School of Slovenia and Croatia, the first Bahá'í school to be held in Slovenia, took place in Mozirje, Slovenia, attended by 20 adults and seven children. [BINS289:5–6]
- 1993-07-25 — The first summer school of Albania was held in Gdem, attended by about 400 Bahá'ís. [BINS299:3]
- 1993-12-24 — The first summer school of Angola was held in Luanda, attended by more than 20 Bahá'ís. [BINS309:1]
- 1994-01 — The first winter school of Mongolia was held in Songino, near Ulaan Baatar. [BINS310:6]
- 1995-07-00 — The first Bahá'í summer school of Lithuania was held in Ukmerge, attended by 20 people. [BINS346:1]
- 1996-02-09 — The first National Bahá'í Winter School of Belarus was held near Minsk. [BINS358:3]
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