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| 1862 || || Publication || {{w|Henry Dunant}} publishes book ''[[w:A Memory of Solferino|Un souvenir de Solférino]]'' (A Memory of Solferino). This publication would lead to the adoption of the first Geneva Convention in 1864, laying out rules to protect wounded soldiers and medics, and to the creation of relief societies in each country.<ref name="About the International Committee of the Red Cross"/> || {{w|Switzerland}}

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| 1863 || 26–29 October || Conference || The constituent Conference giving birth to the Red Cross is held in {{w|Geneva}} with the purpose to establish procedures to improve medical services on the battlefield and create national societies to aid the sick and wounded.<ref name="The International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent: challenges, key issues and achievements">{{cite web |title=The International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent: challenges, key issues and achievements |url=https://www.icrc.org/en/download/file/14154/irrc-876-bugnion.pdf |website=icrc.org |accessdate=13 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="A movement is born"/> || {{w|Switzerland}}

| 1875 || November 29 || Organization || The {{w|Red Cross of Montenegro}} is established.<ref name="A movement is born"/> || {{w|Montenegro}}

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| 1876 || January 25 || Organization || The {{w|Red Cross of Serbia}} is established.<ref name="A movement is born"/> || {{w|Serbia}}

| 1899 || || Organization || {{w|Magen David Adom}} is established in Israel.<ref name="Making history"/> || {{w|Israel}}

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| 1902 || || Conference || The Seventh International Conference of the Red Cross is held in {{w|Saint Petersburg}}.<ref name="International Conferences of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, 1867 - 2007">{{cite web |title=International Conferences of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, 1867 - 2007 |url=https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/resources/documents/misc/57jnvs.htm |website=icrc.org |accessdate=13 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Russia}}

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| 1904 || March 10 || Organization || The {{w|Red Cross Society of China}} is established.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Simon |first1=Karla W |title=Civil Society in China: The Legal Framework from Ancient Times to the "New Reform Era" |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=GgkSMHaOaLQC&pg=PA152&lpg=PA152&dq=1904+(March+10)+%7C%7C+%7C%7C+The+%7B%7Bw%7CRed+Cross+Society+of+China%7D%7D&source=bl&ots=edB-K9plI2&sig=ACfU3U1U_51FzAqZVl56o0IM21R5_xvmAA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiy3bmH0ojjAhUNH7kGHc8qALQQ6AEwAHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=1904%20(March%2010)%20%7C%7C%20%7C%7C%20The%20%7B%7Bw%7CRed%20Cross%20Society%20of%20China%7D%7D&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|China}}

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| 1907 || || Conference || The Eighth International Conference of the Red Cross is held in {{w|London}}.<ref name="International Conferences of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, 1867 - 2007"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}

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| 1907 || August 6 || Organization || The {{w|Mexican Red Cross}} is established.<ref name="A movement is born"/> || {{w|Mexico}}

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| 1908 || December 5 || Organization || The {{w|Brazilian Red Cross}} is founded.<ref name="A movement is born"/> || {{w|Brazil}}

| 1917 || January 13 || Organization || The {{w|Red Cross Society of Panama is established.<ref name="Making history"/> || {{w|Panama}}

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| 1917 || || Organization || The {{w|Bolivian Red Cross}} is established.<ref name="Making history">{{cite web |title=Making history |url=http://www.redcross.int/EN/mag/magazine2013_3/10-15.html |website=redcross.int |accessdate=27 June 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Bolivia}}

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| 1918 || April 18 || Organization || The {{w|Ukrainian Red Cross Society}} is established. It would be incorporated as Part of the Soviet Alliance of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies from 1926, regaining independency on 28 October 1992.<ref name="Making history"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Ukrainian Red Cross Society |url=https://redcross.org.ua/en/principles/ |website=redcross.org.ua |accessdate=27 June 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Ukraine}}

| 1919 || November 12 || Organization || The {{w|Paraguayan Red Cross}} is established.<ref name="Making history"/> || {{w|Paraguay}}

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| 1920 || March 10 || Organization || The {{w|Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society}} is established.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://eng.redcrescent.az/about |website=eng.redcrescent.az |accessdate=2 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Azerbaijan}}

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| 1923 || || Policy || The International Committee of the Red Cross adopts a change in its policy regarding the selection of new members. Until then, only citizens from the city of Geneva could serve in the Committee. This limitation is expanded to include Swiss citizens. || {{w|Switzerland}}

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| 1923 || || Conference || The Eleventh International Conference of the Red Cross is held in {{w|Geneva}}.<ref name="International Conferences of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, 1867 - 2007"/> || {{w|Switzerland}}

| 1934 || January 10 || Organization || The {{w|Nicaraguan Red Cross}} is established.<ref name="Making history"/> || {{w|Nicaragua}}

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| 1934 || || Conference || The Fifteenth International Conference of the Red Cross is held in {{w|Tokyo}}.<ref name="International Conferences of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, 1867 - 2007"/> || {{w|Japan}}

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| 1935 || || Organization || The {{w|Ethiopian Red Cross Society}} is established.<ref name="Making history"/> || {{w|Ethiopia}}

| 1938 || || Organization || The {{w|Kazakh Red Crescent}} is established as part of Soviet Alliance of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. It would become independent on 26 March 1992.<ref name="150 years of humanitarian action"/> || {{w|Kazakhistan}}

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| 1939 || July 6 || Organization || The {{w|Irish Red Cross}} is established.<ref name="150 years of humanitarian action"/> || {{w|Ireland}}

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| 1939 || July 12 || Organization || The {{w|Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross Society}} is established as part of the {{w|British Red Cross}}. It would become independent on 5 May 1963.<ref>{{cite web |title=BLINK BMOBILE DONATES 15 NETBOOKS TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO RED CROSS |url=http://www.tstt.co.tt/news/blink-bmobile-donates-15-netbooks-trinidad-and-tobago-red-cross |website=tstt.co.tt |accessdate=2 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Trinidad and Tobago}}

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| 1939 || || Organization || The {{w|The Bahamas Red Cross Society}} is established as part of the {{w|British Red Cross}}. It would become independent on 23 June 1975.<ref name="150 years of humanitarian action"/> || {{w|Bahamas}}

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| 1940 || June 20 || Organization || The {{w|Suriname Red Cross}} is established as part of the {{w|Netherlands Red Cross}}. It would become independent on 1975.<ref name="150 years of humanitarian action"/> || {{w|Suriname}}

| 1942 || May 30 || Organization || The {{w|Syrian Arab Red Crescent}} is established.<ref name="150 years of humanitarian action"/> || {{w|Syria}}

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| 1945 || March 17 || Organization || The {{w|Red Cross of Macedonia}} is established as part of the {{w|Yugoslav Red Cross}}. gaining independent on 21 May 1992.<ref name="150 years of humanitarian action"/> || {{w|North Macedonia}}

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| 1948 || || Organization || The {{w|Brunei Darussalam Red Crescent Society}} is established as part of the {{w|British Red Cross}}, gaining independence on 1 August 1983.<ref name="150 years of humanitarian action"/> || {{w|Brunei}}

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| 1948 || || Organization || The {{w|Gambia Red Cross Society}} is established as part of the {{w|British Red Cross}}, gaining independence on 1 October 1966.<ref name="Keeping it clean"/> || {{w|Gambia}}

| 1948 || || Conference || The Seventeenth International Conference is held in {{w|Stockholm}}, the first after the {{w|Second World War}}. The representatives of 50 governments, 52 National Societies and the then League (today International Federation) endorse the ICRC's proposals for the revision of the three existing Geneva Conventions and the adoption of a fourth Convention, this last for the protection of civilians in wartime. The four Conventions would be adopted the following year.<ref name="The four-yearly International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent"/> || {{w|Sweden}}

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| 1948 || || Organization || The {{w|Guyana Red Cross Societ}} is established as part of the {{w|British Red Cross}}, gaining independence on 29 December 1967.<ref name="150 years of humanitarian action"/> || {{w|Guyana}}

| 1949 || August 12 || Treaty || The [[w:Second Geneva Convention|Second]], [[w:Third Geneva Convention|Third]] and {{w|Fourth Geneva Convention}} are adopted. The {{w|Second Geneva Convention}} "for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea" protects wounded, sick and shipwrecked military personnel at sea during war.<ref>{{cite web |title=Treaties, States Parties and Commentaries |url=https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/INTRO/370?OpenDocument |website=ihl-databases.icrc.org |accessdate=13 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols"/> The {{w|Third Geneva Convention}}, relative to the treatment of prisoners of war, precisely defines the conditions and places of captivity, particularly with regard to the labour of prisoners of war, their financial resources, the relief they receive, and the judicial proceedings instituted against them.<ref name="The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols"/> The Third Geneva Convention replaces the [[w:Geneva Convention (1929)|1929 Geneva Convention]] that deals with prisoners of war.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Treaty.xsp?documentId=77CB9983BE01D004C12563CD002D6B3E&action=openDocument |title=Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949 |author=ICRC |access-date=5 March 2017 |quote=The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of the Governments represented at the Diplomatic Conference held at Geneva from April 21 to August 12, 1949, for the purpose of revising the Convention concluded at Geneva on July 27, 1929, relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War [...]}}</ref> The Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War ({{w|Fourth Geneva Convention}}) affords protection to civilians, including in occupied territory. It is composed of 159 articles, and contains a short section concerning the general protection of populations against certain consequences of war. While the first three conventions deal with combatants, the Fourth Geneva Convention is the first to deal with humanitarian protections for {{w|civilian}}s in a {{w|war zone}}.<ref name="About the International Committee of the Red Cross"/><ref name="The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols">{{cite web |title=The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols |url=https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/war-and-law/treaties-customary-law/geneva-conventions/overview-geneva-conventions.htm |website=icrc.org |accessdate=13 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949. |url=https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/INTRO/380?OpenDocument |website=ihl-databases.icrc.org |accessdate=13 July 2019}}</ref> ||

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| 1949 || || Organization || The {{w|Tanzania Red Cross National Society}} is established as part of the {{w|British Red Cross}}, gaining independence on 7 December 1962.<ref name="Keeping it clean"/> || {{w|Tanzania}}

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| 1951 || || Organization || The {{w|Solomon Islands Red Cross}} is established as part of the {{w|British Red Cross}}, gaining independence on 15 July 1983.<ref name="Keeping it clean"/> || {{w|Solomon Islands}}

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| 1952 || || Organization || The {{w|Burkinabe Red Cross Society}} is established as part of the {{w|French Red Cross}}, gaining independence on 31 July 1961.<ref name="Keeping it clean"/> || {{w|Burkina Faso}}

| 1957 || October–November || Conference || The Nineteenth Conference of the Red Cross is held in {{w|New Delhi}}.<ref name="The International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent: challenges, key issues and achievements"/> || {{w|India}}

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| 1957 || October 5 || Organization || The {{w|Libyan Red Crescent}} is established.<ref name="Keeping it clean"/> || {{w|Libya}}

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| 1958 || January 28 || Organization || The {{w|Dominica Red Cross Society}} is established.<ref name="Keeping it clean"/> || {{w|Dominica}}

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| 1958 || || Organization || The {{w|Yemen Red Crescent Society}} is established as part of the {{w|British Red Cross}}, gaining independence on 16 July 1970.<ref name="Keeping it clean"/> || {{w|Yemen}}

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| 1961 || || Organization || The {{w|Tonga Red Cross Society}} is established.<ref name="The digital humanitarian"/> || {{w|Tonga}}

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| 1962 || July || Organization || The {{w|Rwandan Red Cross}} is established.<ref name="The digital humanitarian"/> || {{w|Rwanda}}

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| 1963 || January 29 || Organization || The {{w|Senegalese Red Cross Society}} is established.<ref name="The digital humanitarian"/> || {{w|Senegal}}

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| 1963 || July 16 || Organization || The {{w|Red Cross Society of Niger}} is established.<ref name="The digital humanitarian"/> || {{w|Niger}}

| 1965 || || Organization || The {{w|Kiribati Red Cross Society}} is established as part of the {{w|British Red Cross}}, gaining independence on 12 December 1989.<ref name="The digital humanitarian"/> || {{w|Kiribati}}

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| 1965 || || || ". In 1983, the League was renamed to the "League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies" to reflect the growing number of national societies operating under the Red Crescent symbol. Three years later, the seven basic principles of the movement as adopted in 1965 were incorporated into its statutes." ||

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| 1966 || January 10 || Organization || The {{w|Kuwait Red Crescent Society}} is established.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Journey of Philantrophy (1966 – 2018) |url=http://www.krcs.org.kw/en-US/Home/Page/history |website=krcs.org.kw |accessdate=27 June 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Kuwait}}

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| 1966 || October 25 || Organization || The {{w|Central African Red Cross Society }} is established.<ref name="The digital humanitarian"/> || {{w|Central African Republic}}

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| 1968 || December 26 || Organization || The {{w|Palestine Red Crescent Society}} is established.<ref>{{cite web |title=Palestine Red Crescent Society |url=https://www.palestinercs.org/index.php?langid=1&page=post&pid=1&catid=1&parentid=0 |website=palestinercs.org |accessdate=2 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="The digital humanitarian"/> || {{w|Palestine}}

| 1970 || October 13 || Organization || The {{w|Baphalali Swaziland Red Cross Society}} is established. || {{w|Swaziland}}

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| 1970 || || Organization || The {{w|Red Cross of Chad}} is established as a provisional committee, being granted legal status in 1972 and becoming a National Society on 1 June 1983.<ref name="The digital humanitarian"/> || {{w|Chad}}

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| 1983 || || Renaming || The {{w|League of Red Cross Societies}} is renamed League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on 11 October 1983.<ref name="Fundamental Principles"/><ref name="The Formation of the IFRC"/> ||

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| 1984 || January 26 || Organization || The {{w|Red Cross Society of Guinea}} is established. It would be renamed {{w|Red Cross of Equatorial Guinea}} on 16 October 1985.<ref name="Fundamental Principles"/> || {{w|Equatorial Guinea}}

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| 1986 || || Conference || The Twenty-fifth International Conference of the Red Cross is held in {{w|Geneva}}, amidst a deteriorating socio-political situation worldwide. The Conference adopts the revised "Statutes of the International Red Cross ", which become the Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.<ref name="The four-yearly International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent"/> || {{w|Switzerland}}

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| 1993 || June 5 || Organization || The {{w|Czech Red Cross}} is established.<ref name="Fundamental Principles"/> || {{w|Czechia}}

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| 1995 || January 1 || Staff || The {{w|ICRC}} has twenty-two members, all of whom are {{w|Swiss}}.<ref name="The composition of the International Committee of the Red Cross">{{cite web |title=The composition of the International Committee of the Red Cross |url=https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/resources/documents/article/other/57jmmc.htm |website=icrc.org |accessdate=13 July 2019}}</ref> ||

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| 1997 || || || The {{w|ICRC}} and the {{w|IFRC}} sign the {{w|Seville Agreement}} which further defines the responsibilities of both organizations within the movement. ||

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| 1998 || January 31 || Organization || The {{w|Micronesia Red Cross}} is established.<ref name="Independence: one size does not fit all"/> || {{w|Micronesia}}

| 2003 || || Conference || The Twenty-eighth International Conference of the Red Cross is held in {{w|Geneva}}.<ref name="International Conferences of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, 1867 - 2007"/> || {{w|Switzerland}}

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| 2006 || || Conference || The Twenty-ninth International Conference of the Red Cross is held in {{w|Geneva}}. It amends the statutes of the Movement to take into account the creation of the new emblem.<ref name="The history of the emblems"/> || {{w|Switzerland}}