The Báb privately announces his revelation to…

The Báb privately announces his revelation to Mullá Husayn, just after sunset on May 23, 1844, founding the Bábí faith (later evolving into the Bahá'í Faith as the Báb intended) in Shiraz.

Contemporaneously, on this day in nearby Tehran, is the birth of `Abdu'l-Bahá; the eldest Son of Bahá'u'lláh, Prophet-Founder of the Bahá'í Faith, the inception of which, the Báb's proclaimed His own mission was to herald.

`Abdu'l-Bahá himself will later be proclaimed by Bahá'u'lláh to be his own successor, thus being the third "central figure" of the Bahá'í Faith.