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Geneva

capital of the canton of Geneva, Switzerland

42 dated entries naming Geneva, drawn from 31 separate years between 443 CE and 2021 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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5th century

  • 443The Burgundians sign a peace treaty with Rome, agreeing to serve as foederati in the Roman army. They begin to move from the Upper Rhine and Flavius Aetius, commander-in-chief (magister militum), gives them land in the Geneva area (Maxima Sequanorum).source
  • 480King Chilperic I dies and is succeeded by his nephew Gundobad, whose realm covers much of eastern Gaul and has two capitals, at Lyon and Geneva. He rules the Kingdom of Burgundy with his brothers Chilperic II, Gundomar and Godegisel.source

6th century

  • 563Tauredunum event: A mountain landslide into the Rhone river destroys a fort and two villages, and creates a tsunami in Lake Geneva. The wave which reaches Lausanne is thirteen metres high, and eight metres high by the time it hits Geneva. Describing the event, Marius Aventicensis writes that the tsunami "devastated very old villages with their men and cattle, it even destroyed many sacred places", and swept away "the bridge in Geneva, windmills and men".source

11th century

  • 1034March – Conrad II converges his armies on Lake Lemano and defeats Count Odo II in battle at Geneva (modern Switzerland). For his assistance, Conrad grants Humbert I with the Burgundian county of Maurienne.source

16th century

  • 1541September 13 – After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine that comes to be known as Calvinism.source
  • 1555Jean Calvin sends Jacques l'Anglois from Geneva to the reformed church of Poitiers. The latter is the first Calvinist missionary in France.source
  • 1557June 10 – The New Testament of the Geneva Bible, a Protestant Bible translation into English (produced under the supervision of William Whittingham, and printed in Roman type), is published in Geneva.source
  • 1557July 24 – The Edict of Compiègne is issued by King Henri II of France, providing for the death penalty to be applied to Protestants for a variety of crimes, including a relapse after having renounced Protestantism; unauthorized travel to Geneva; publication of Protestant books; possessing graven images; and unauthorized participation in Protestant religious gatherings, whether public or private.source
  • 1558John Knox's attack on female rulers, The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstruous Regiment of Women, is published anonymously from Geneva.source
  • 1561The Anglo-Genevan metrical psalter is published, including the Old 100th, the version of the hymn All People That on Earth Do Dwell made from Psalm 100, attributed to the probably-Scottish clergyman and biblical translator William Kethe, exiled in Geneva.source

17th century

  • 1602December 11 – A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva (this actually takes place after midnight, in the early morning of December 12, but commemorations/celebrations on Fête de l'Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend).source
  • 1616Francis de Sales' literary masterpiece Treatise on the Love of God is published, while he is Bishop of Geneva.source

18th century

  • 1728March 14 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau leaves Geneva for the first time.source
  • 1762Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract (Du Contrat social, ou Principes du droit politique) and Emile, or On Education (Émile, ou De l’éducation) are published in Amsterdam and The Hague respectively. In Rousseau's native Republic of Geneva they are publicly burned and prohibited in Paris.source

19th century

  • 1834Statue of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is erected in his birthplace of Geneva.source
  • 1863February 17 – The "Committee of the Five" holds their first meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, which is regarded as the foundation of the International Committee of the Red Cross, following the lead of humanitarian businessman Henry Dunant.source
  • 1863October 26–29 – The Resolutions of the Geneva International Conference are signed by sixteen countries meeting in Geneva agreeing to form the International Red Cross.source
  • 1863October 26–29 – The Grand Duchy of Baden, Kingdom of Bavaria, Kingdom of Hanover, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Kingdom of Prussia and Kingdom of Saxony are among the signatories to the Resolutions of the Geneva International Conference leading to formation of the International Red Cross and the German Red Cross.source
  • 1864August 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).source

20th century

  • 192010 January – The League of Nations is established with Switzerland as one of its founding members and its headquarters established in Geneva.source
  • 1920October 27 – The League of Nations moves its headquarters to Geneva, Switzerland.source
  • 192015 November – The first convention of the League of Nations takes place in Geneva with 41 member states in attendance.source
  • 1926The Zionist Organization submits a memorandum to the League of Nations concerning the administration of the British Mandate for Palestine. The document is officially filed in Geneva by the Mandates Section.source
  • 1926September 14 – The Locarno Treaties of 1925 are ratified in Geneva, and come into effect.source
  • 1932February 2 – A general World Disarmament Conference begins in Geneva. The principal issue at the conference is the demand made by Germany for Gleichberechtigung ("equality of status" i.e. abolishing Part V of the Treaty of Versailles, which had disarmed Germany) and the French demand for sécurité ("security" i.e. maintaining Part V).source
  • 1932November 9 – Geneva massacre: Military of Switzerland fire on a socialist anti-fascist demonstration in Geneva leaving 13 dead and 60 injured.source
  • 1951July 28 – Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a multilateral treaty of the United Nations, is signed at a special conference in Geneva, defining the status of refugees and setting out the basis for granting right of asylum, coming into force on 22 April 1954.source
  • 1960February 5 – The first CERN particle accelerator becomes operational in Geneva, Switzerland.source
  • 1962March 8–12 – In Geneva, France and the Algerian FLN begin negotiations.source
  • 1962July 25 – The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed in Geneva.source
  • 1977At the conference of the International Telecommunication Union, in Geneva, Luxembourg is assigned five frequencies for satellite broadcasting, furthering the government's move towards making Luxembourg a leader in satellite telecommunications.source
  • 198216–21 March – The 1982 World Women's Curling Championship takes place in Geneva.source
  • 1982November 24 – Representatives from 88 countries gather in Geneva to discuss world trade and ways to work toward aspects of free trade.source
  • 1985November 19 – Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.source
  • 1994June 6–8 – Ceasefire negotiations for the Yugoslav War begin in Geneva; they agree to a one-month cessation of hostilities (which does not last more than a few days).source
  • 1998September 2 – A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 airliner (Swissair Flight 111) crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, after taking off from New York City en route to Geneva; all 229 people on board are killed.source

21st century

  • 2001Afghanistan shut down its airspace, two weeks after threatening to close it if the United Nations did not lift sanctions against Ariana Afghan Airlines. Although no flights were landing in Afghanistan, many flights were flying across Afghan airspace. Each time an aircraft flew over Afghanistan the airline had to pay Ariana $400. The money was deposited in accounts in Geneva that were frozen because of the sanctions.source
  • 2008September 10 – The proton beam is circulated for the first time in the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, located at CERN, near Geneva, under the Franco-Swiss border.source
  • 200810 September – The Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, is switched on at CERN, in Geneva.source
  • 2008October 21 – The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is officially inaugurated at Geneva.source
  • 201726 January – Former interior minister, Ousman Sonko, is arrested in Geneva, Switzerland for human rights abuses.source
  • 2021November 26 – COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization convenes an emergency meeting in Geneva amid concerns over Omicron, a highly mutated variant of COVID-19 first identified in South Africa that appears more infectious than Delta.source

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