Timeline of events in humanitarian relief and development

The following is a timeline of key events in the history of humanitarian aid, international relief and development aid.

• 24 June 1859 - Battle of Solferino - Henry Dunant (who went on to found the International Committee of the Red Cross) is inspired to organise to assist the victims of war.

• 1863 Foundation of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

• 1968 Biafran War - disagreement about how to deal with gross human rights abuses cause a split that will result in a group of Red Cross doctors forming Médecins Sans Frontières.

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