Politics · August 22, 1864
162 years ago · Geneva, Switzerland
The Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field (French: Convention pour l'amélioration du sort des blessés et des malades dans les forces armées en campagne), more commonly referred to as the First Geneva Convention or Geneva Convention I and abbreviated as GCI,…
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The 163rd anniversary falls on August 22, 2027.
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1920–2012The Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth Field ( BOZ-wərth) was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the houses of Lancaster and York that extended across England and Wales in the latter half of the 15th century.
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The First Italian War of Independence (Italian: Prima guerra d'indipendenza italiana), part of the Risorgimento or unification of Italy, was fought by the Kingdom of Sardinia (Piedmont) and Italian volunteers against the Austrian Empire and other conservative states from 23 March 1848 to 22 August 1849 in the Italian…
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The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty (Korean: 한일병합조약), was made by representatives of the Empire of Japan and the Korean Empire on 22 August 1910.
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The 2015 IAAF World Championships (Chinese: 2015年世界田徑錦標賽), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 August to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of which were awarded.
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