Today is Henry Dunant's birthday. Jean-Henry Dunant was born May 8, 1828. He was a Swiss businessman and social activist.During a business trip in 1859, he had been appalled at the suffering of thousands of men, on both sides, who were left to die due to lack of care after the Battle of Solferino in 1859 in Italy. He proposed the creation of national relief societies, made up of volunteers, trained in peacetime to provide neutral and impartial help to relieve suffering in times of war.
In response to these ideas a committee, which later became the International Committee of the Red Cross, was established in Geneva. In 1901 Henry Dunant received the first Nobel Peace Prize.
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