Bahá'í timeline important events

This page should be dedicated to building timelines of (only) the most important events in Bahá'í History (or also prior religious history) (see Bahá'í timeline detailed for adding less crucial events or accounts).

There is a separate columns for Writings appearing on a certain date (or general time period) in order to be able to exclusively concentrate on events or writings, yet also be able to correlate them together.

Year	Date	Event	Writings revealed	Writings about
1817	November 12	Birth of Bahá'u'lláh
1819	October 20	Birth of the Báb
1844	May 23	Declaration of the Báb	Qayyúmu'l-Asmá (1st Chapter)
1850	July 9	Martyrdom of the Báb
1863	April 22	Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh
1892	May 29	Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh
1921	November 28	Passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá