The conference on the creation of the Red Cross begins in Geneva. The armies of the 19th century had no system for treating the wounded. Businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was moved by the consequences of the battle of Solferino and proposed the creation of an organization. The congress, led by him, involved 36 people, including representatives of several States. They agreed on the neutrality of wounded soldiers and the establishment of national support associations, as well as the symbol of the protection of medical people: a red cross bracelet. In Euskal Herria he first participated in the Second Carlist War in 1872.