December 3, 1982
Death of Paul Haney, Hand of the Cause of God in Haifa, Israel
Paul Edmond Haney (August 20, 1909 - December 3, 1982) was a Custodian and Hand of the Cause of God in the Baha'i Faith. He was appointed by Shoghi Effendi as a Hand of the Cause of God on March 19, 1954 while serving as chairman of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States.
December 5, 1913
Abdu'l-Bahas return to the Holy Land from Europe and North America
Abdu'l-Baha sails for England, visits Liverpool, London, Bristol and Edinburgh. He visits Paris, Stuttgart, Budapest and Vienna
December 9, 1909
Birth of Mrs. Gertrude Blum, Knight of Baha'u'llah named for pioneering to the Solomon Islands
Mrs. Blum's services to the community and the Baha'i Faith were recognized when she was awarded the Member of the British Empire (MBE) medal by Elizabeth II, Queen of England, in 1989. She was a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Australia and New Zealand, the first Regional Spiritual Assembly of the South Pacific, and the first National Assembly of the South West Pacific Ocean.
December 10, 1898
Arrival of the first group of Western pilgrims in Akka
December 10, 1922
Formation of the first Local Spiritual Assembly in Canada in Montreal
December 10, 1964
Death of Alyce Janssen, Knight of Baha'u'llah named for pioneering to Spanish Morocco
December 12, 1844
The Bab, accompanied by His foremost disciple Quddus
The Bab and Quddus undertakes a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina where He performs His first public declaration of His divine mission.
December 12, 1863
Arrival of Bahau'llah in Adrianople
Arrival in Adrianople [the Land of Mystery] after a bitterly cold 12 day journey. Here, Baha'u'llah publicly announces His mission, both to His followers and to the world in letters to the Kings, rulers, religious leaders and mankind in general including elected officials
December 15, 1946
Completion of plans for erection of arcade of the Shrine of the Bab
December 16, 1950
Mazraih leased from Israeli authorities
December 19, 1920
Commencement of the construction of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Wilmette, Illinois
December 25, 1939
Remains of Abdu'l-Baha's Mother and Brother (The Purest Branch) interred together on Mt. Carmel
December 29, 1921
Shoghi Effendi arrives in Haifa, accompanied by Lady Blomfeld and Rouhangeze
December 29, 1979
Death of Rahmatu'llah Muhajir, Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Baha'u'llah
Rahmatu'llah Muhajir (1923-1979) was a prominent fourth generation Baha'i, born on 4 April 1923 in the town of 'Abdu'l-'Azim, Iran. He was named as Knights of Baha'u'llah by Shoghi Effendi in March, 1954. Dr Muhajir was elected as a member of the Regional Spiritual Assembly in 1957, and in October of that year he was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi. He died in Ecuador in 1979.