Jean Henri Dunant, più noto come Henry Dunant (Ginevra, 8 maggio 1828 – Heiden, 30 ottobre 1910), è stato un umanista, imprenditore e filantropo svizzero, Premio Nobel per la pace nel 1901 - il primo anno in cui venne assegnato tale riconoscimento - per aver fondato la Croce Rossa di cui erano già da alcuni decenni membri attivi molti paesi di tutto il mondo, tra cui anche l'Impero …

On 9 February 1863 in Geneva, Henry Dunant founded the "Committee of the Five" (together with four other leading figures from well-known Geneva families) as an investigatory commission of the Geneva Society for Public Welfare. Their aim was to examine the feasibility of Dunant's ideas and to organize an international conference about their possible implementation.

Portuguese royalty King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal; Henry, Count of Portugal, a.k.a. Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king); Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal; Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne; King of Germany Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany

Henry Dunant, nacido como Jean-Henry Dunant Colladon o Juan Enrique Dunant Colladon (Ginebra, 8 de mayo de 1828 - Heiden, Suiza, 30 de octubre de 1910) fue un empresario, filántropo y humanista suizo. Recibió el primer Premio Nobel de la Paz junto con Frédéric Passy, en 1901.. Al observar las secuelas de la batalla de Solferino en Italia y la empatía que le causó, se …

The Battle of Solferino (referred to in Italy as the Battle of Solferino and San Martino) on 24 June 1859 resulted in the victory of the allied French Army under Napoleon III and Piedmont-Sardinian Army under Victor Emmanuel II (together known as the Franco-Sardinian Alliance) against the Austrian Army under Emperor Franz Joseph I.It was the last major battle in world history where …

Geografia fisica. La provincia mantovana costituisce la propaggine sud-est della Lombardia, incuneata tra Veneto ed Emilia-Romagna, la cui forma sembra rassomigliante a un triangolo rettangolo.. Il territorio della provincia di Mantova è prevalentemente pianeggiante; a nord è presente una zona collinare costituita dall'anfiteatro morenico del lago di Garda digradante …

Charles Gates Dawes (August 27, 1865 – April 23, 1951) was an American banker, general, diplomat, composer, and Republican politician who was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929 under Calvin Coolidge. For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations, he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925.. Born in Marietta, Ohio, …

Jean Henri Dunant (Genève, 8 mei 1828 - Heiden, 30 oktober 1910), in zijn latere leven in het Engels Henry Dunant genoemd, was een Zwitsers bankier, oprichter van het Rode Kruis, auteur van het boek Een herinnering aan Solferino en mede-auteur van het YMCA-handvest.Hij ontving de eerste Nobelprijs voor de Vrede in 1901

Henry Alfred Kissinger KCMG (/ ˈ k ɪ s ɪ n dʒ ər /; German: [ˈkɪsɪŋɐ]; born Heinz Alfred Kissinger; May 27, 1923) is a German-born American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. A Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany …