MUHJ86-01/The Fourth Epoch
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Milestones
Riḍván 1986
Beginning of the Six Year Plan
Riḍván 1992
End of the Six Year Plan
Beginning of the Holy Year Commemorating the Centenary of the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh and the Inauguration of His Covenant
Riḍván 1993
Beginning of the Three Year Plan
Riḍván 1996
End of the Three Year Plan
Beginning of the Four Year Plan
Beginning of the Four Year Plan
Riḍván 2000
End of the Four Year Plan
Beginning of the Twelve Month Plan
Beginning of the Twelve Month Plan
Riḍván 2001
End of the Twelve Month Plan
Beginning of the Five Year Plan
Beginning of the Five Year Plan
Significant Anniversaries
1987-1988
Seventy-fifth anniversary of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's visit to the West
April 1987
Fiftieth anniversary of the inauguration of the first Seven Year Plan
November 1992
Centenary of the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh
April 1993
Fortieth anniversary of the opening of the Ten Year Crusade
Significant Events
May 1986
Martyrdom of three Bahá’ís in Iran
Increase in number of Auxiliary Board members to 756
June 1986
Execution of a Bahá’í in Iran
August 1986
Visit of Prime Minister of the Cook Islands to the Bahá’í World Center, the first head of state to formally consult with the Universal House of Justice
October 1986
Murder of two Bahá’ís in Iran
Release of statement on apartheid
December 1986
Dedication of the House of Worship in New Delhi
January 1987
First International Conference on Ḥuqúqu’lláh in Haifa
Execution of a Bahá’í in Iran
Release of a compilation on trustworthiness
March 1987
Execution of two Bahá’ís in Iran
By-election to replace one member of the Universal House of Justice
The establishment of Africa's first Bahá’í radio station, in Liberia
Release of a codification of the law of Ḥuqúqu’lláh
April 1987
Signing of status agreement between the Bahá’í World Center and the government of Israel
June 1987
Release of a statement on the Bahá’í education of children
August 1987
Announcement of inauguration of the Mount Carmel Projects overseeing the completion of three remaining Arc buildings and the terraces surrounding the Shrine of the Báb
October 1987
Two Bahá’ís executed in Iran, five others arrested, including two members of the former National Spiritual Assembly
Release of a compilation on crisis and victory
November 1987
Bahá’í Faith joins the Network on Conservation and Religion of the World Wide Fund for Nature
December 1987
Release of compilation on the Covenant
Riḍván 1988
Convening the Sixth International Bahá’í Convention and election of the Universal House of Justice
May 1988
Purchase of land adjacent to the Guardian's resting place
Appointment of new members of International Teaching Center and increase of membership to nine
September 1988
Release of a compilation on a chaste and holy life
December 1988
Execution of two Bahá’ís in Iran
Letter of the Universal House of Justice outlining individual rights and freedoms in the World Order of Bahá’u’lláh
March 1989
Announcement of worldwide network of Deputies and Representatives of Ḥuqúqu’lláh
Riḍván 1989
Formation of new National Spiritual Assemblies in Macau and Guinea-Bissau
Reestablishment of Local Spiritual Assembly of ‘Ishqábád
October 1989
Appointment of first European Bahá’í Youth Council
Release of a compilation on conservation of the earth's resources
Creation of an Office of the Environment of the Bahá’í International Community
December 1989
Release of a compilation on Bahá’í elections
January 1990
Official approval of town planning scheme for Mount Carmel Projects
Settlement of pioneers in Sakhalin Island, the final territorial goal of the Ten Year Crusade
February 1990
Establishment of the Bahá’í Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland
Riḍván 1990
Launch of subsidiary Two Year Plan for former Eastern Bloc countries
Election of the first Local Spiritual Assembly of Cluj, Romania, the first Assembly in a former Eastern Bloc country
May 1990
Commencement of Phase One of Mount Carmel Projects, beginning of extension of terraces surrounding the Shrine of the Báb
June 1990
Completion of restoration of the North Wing of the House of ‘Abdu’lláh Páshá
September 1990
Release of a compilation on teaching prominent people
November 1990
Formation of twenty-three new Local Spiritual Assemblies in former Eastern Bloc countries
Increase in number of Auxiliary Board members to 846
December 1990
Suspension of pilgrimage program due to war in the Middle East
1991
Establishment of an Office of Ḥuqúqu’lláh at the Bahá’í World Center
February 1991
Granting of registration and legal incorporation of Local Spiritual Assemblies by Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
April 1991
Publication of a statement on Bahá’u’lláh
Riḍván 1991
Formation of four new National Spiritual Assemblies (Czechoslovakia, Romania, the West Leeward Islands, and the USSR)
June 1991
Commencement of Phase Two of the Mount Carmel Projects
March 1992
Execution of a Bahá’í in Iran
Riḍván 1992
Close of the Six Year Plan
Formation of eight new National Spiritual Assemblies (Albania, Angola, Azerbaijan, the Baltic States, Bulgaria, Hungary, Greenland, and Poland) and two new Regional Spiritual Assemblies (Central Asia and Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova)
Change of the National Spiritual Assembly of the USSR to the Regional Spiritual Assembly of Russia, Georgia, and Armenia
Reestablishment of the National Spiritual Assemblies of the Congo Republic and Niger
Announcement of the universal application of the law of Ḥuqúqu’lláh
May 1992
Inauguration of the Holy Year
Gathering at the Bahá’í World Center to commemorate the centenary of the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh
June 1992
Release of a compilation on proclaiming the Faith through mass media
Desecration of a Bahá’í cemetery in Tehran
Murder of a Bahá’í in Iran
September 1992
Two imprisoned Iranian Bahá’ís sentenced to death
Confiscation of Bahá’í homes and other properties in Iran
November 1992
Second Bahá’í World Congress in New York City
December 1992
Establishment of an Office for the Advancement of Women by the Bahá’í International Community
Initiation of Phase Three of the Mount Carmel Projects
March 1993
Publication of the annotated English translation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Riḍván 1993
Launch of the Three Year Plan
Convening of the Seventh International Bahá’í Convention and election of the Universal House of Justice
May 1993
Appointment of International Teaching Center members
June 1993
Visit to the Bahá’í World Center of Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
October 1993
Reformat and relaunch of the annual Bahá’í World volumes
November 1993
Release of a compilation on entry by troops
December 1993
Commencement of construction of the Center for the Study of the Sacred Texts
March 1994
Murder of three Iranian pioneers in Ciskei
April 1994
Five continental conferences of National Bahá’í Youth Committees
Riḍván 1994
Formation of six new National Spiritual Assemblies (Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) and the Regional Spiritual Assembly of Slovenia and Croatia
Change of the Regional Spiritual Assembly of Central Asia to the National Spiritual Assembly of Turkmenistan
May 1994
Official version of Bahá’í Sacred Writings made available electrically
July 1994
Visit to the Bahá’í World Center of the President of the Seychelles
December 1994
Commencement of construction of International Teaching Center
January 1995
Release of the statement The Prosperity of Humankind at the World Summit for Social Development
February 1995
Release of a compilation on Bahá’í scholarship
March 1995
Tenth anniversary of Universidad Núr
April 1995
Preparation for completion of lower terraces on Mount Carmel
Riḍván 1995
Formation of five new National Spiritual Assemblies (Armenia, Belarus, Eritrea, Georgia, Sicily)
Change of Regional Spiritual Assembly of Russia, Georgia, and Armenia to National Spiritual Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Regional Spiritual Assembly of Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova to the Regional Spiritual Assembly of Ukraine and Moldova
Merging of Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, South Africa, and Transkei under one National Spiritual Assembly of South Africa
October 1995
Increase in number of Continental Counselors to 81
December 1995
Publication of Persian edition of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Announcement of changes in role and function of Continental Board of Counselors leading up to Four Year Plan
Clarification of function of training institutes in developing human resources
Riḍván 1996
Conclusion of Three Year Plan and launch of the Four Year Plan
Formation of two new National Spiritual Assemblies (São Tomé and Príncipe and Moldova) and change of Regional Spiritual Assembly of Ukraine and Moldova to the National Spiritual Assembly of Ukraine
August 1996
Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Bahá’í Faith in Brazil
January 1997
Four Bahá’í Prisoners in Iran Sentenced to Death
March 1997
Acquisition of Property for Terraces on Mount Carmel
May 1997
Formation of Regional Bahá’í Councils
August 1997
Martyrdom of Two Bahá’ís in Iran
February 1998
Formation of three new National Spiritual Assemblies (Sabah, Sarawak, and Slovakia) and reformation of one National Spiritual Assembly (Liberia) and change of Regional Spiritual Assembly of the Czech and Slovak Republics to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Czech Republic
May 1998
Two Bahá’ís in Iran sentenced to prison
Riḍván 1998
Convening of the Eighth International Bahá’í Convention and the election of the Universal House of Justice
July 1998
Twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the International Teaching Center
Execution of Bahá’í in Iran
Visit by representative of the Bahá’í International Community to the United Nations to the Pacific Islands
Imprisonment for four Bahá’ís in Iran
August 1998
Release of a compilation on the arts
Continued persecution by the Iranian government of Bahá’ís in Iran
September 1998
Arrests, imprisonment, and confiscation of property of Bahá’ís in Iran
Two Bahá’ís in Iran sentenced to death
February 1999
Release of a documentary commemorate at the end of the twentieth century
October 1999
Martyrdom of Bahá’í in Tajikistan
December 1999
Interfaith gathering in India in the presence of Pope John Paul II
January 2000
Passing of Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum
February 2000
Three Bahá’ís in Iran sentenced to death
Registration of Bahá’í marriages in Iran
March 2000
By-election to replace one member of the Universal House of Justice
Riḍván 2000
Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Associations of Bahá’í Studies
Restoration of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Indonesia
May 2000
Release of Bahá’í prisoners in Iran
November 2000
Revision of codification of the law of Ḥuqúqu’lláh
January 2001
Inauguration of the International Teaching Center Building on Mount Carmel
Publication by the Universal House of Justice of the document entitled The Institution of the Counsellors
April 2001
Publication of Century of Light