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| 1859 || || Prelude || The idea about of a Red Cross society is born when Swiss businessman {{w|Henry Dunant}} comes upon the scene of a bloody {{w|Battle of Solferino}}, Italy, between the armies of imperial Austria and the Franco-Sardinian alliance. An estimated 40,000 dead or dying men on the battlefield are found among lacking medical attention.<ref name="The Formation of the IFRC"/><ref name="About the International Committee of the Red Cross">{{cite web |title=About the International Committee of the Red Cross |url=https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/who-we-are/overview-who-we-are.htm |website=icrc.org |accessdate=3 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Italy}}
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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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