The Bah?'? religion stemmed from the B?b? faith ? founded in 1844 by a man who came to be known as the B?b (the Gate) ? which emphasized the forthcoming appearance of a new prophet or messenger of God.
To build on what Pedram said -- the Baha'i calendar dates to 1844, but the faith became Baha'i (instead of Bab'i) in 1863, when Baha'u'llah told the Babi's that He was the One Whom God Shall Make Manifest for told by the Bab.
According to the Baha'i faith ... 1844. Which coincides with one way of understanding the prophecy in the Book of Daniel that, depending on how you deal with it, makes the year of Christ's second coming 1844. It was the year the Baha'i prophet Baha-u-Allah revealed himself as God's messenger for the age. Baha'is also believe that he was the second coming of Christ.
What year did the Baha'i faith begin?
