{"slug": "international-red-cross-and-red-crescent-movement", "label": "International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_Movement", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7178", "qid": "Q7178", "description": "international humanitarian movement", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1859, 2001], "span_label": ["1859 CE", "2001 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Red Crescent", "Red Cross", "Red Cross and Red Crescent"], "related": [{"slug": "geneva", "label": "Geneva", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "napoleon-iii", "label": "Napoleon III", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-sardinia", "label": "Kingdom of Sardinia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "franz-joseph-i", "label": "Franz Joseph I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rwanda", "label": "Rwanda", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1859, "year_label": "1859 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 24", "text": "June 24 – Austro-Sardinian War – Battle of Solferino: The Kingdom of Sardinia and the armies of Napoleon III of France defeat Franz Joseph I of Austria in northern Italy; the battle inspires Henri Dunant to found the Red Cross.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371179353#April–June", "title": "1859", "revid": 1371179353, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1864, "year_label": "1864 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 22", "text": "August 22 – The First Geneva Convention, for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, is signed in Geneva by 12 European states, under the auspices of the International Committee for Relief to the Wounded (predecessor of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369213895#August", "title": "1864", "revid": 1369213895, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1875, "year_label": "1875 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 20", "text": "December 20 – The ICRM is renamed the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371928758#December", "title": "1875", "revid": 1371928758, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1928, "year_label": "1928 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 25", "text": "October 25 – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) is formally established, with the adoption of the \"Statutes of the International Red Cross\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372527586#October", "title": "1928", "revid": 1372527586, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1929, "year_label": "1929 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "July 27", "text": "July 27 – The Red Crescent is adopted as an additional emblem of the League of Red Cross Societies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372436446#July", "title": "1929", "revid": 1372436446, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 8", "text": "October 8 – The 7 Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent are adopted at the XX International Conference in Vienna, Austria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368843670#September–October", "title": "1965", "revid": 1368843670, "section": "Events › September–October"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 – The Red Cross estimates that hundreds of thousands of Tutsi have been killed in Rwanda.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#April", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2001, "year_label": "2001 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 16", "text": "October 16 – American planes misidentify and bomb a Red Cross facility in Afghanistan. A similar error occurs again on October 27.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373523156#October", "title": "2001", "revid": 1373523156, "section": "Events › October"}}]}