Editing Battle of Solferino (section)

==Aftermath==
[[File:Battaglia di Solferino (Henry Dunant).jpg|thumb|left|225px|[[Henry Dunant]] at [[Solferino]]]]
Napoleon III was moved by the losses, as he had argued back in 1852 "the French Empire is peace", and for reasons including the Prussian threat and domestic protests by the Roman Catholics, he decided to put an end to the war with the [[Armistice of Villafranca]] on 11 July 1859.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVoSBAAAQBAJ&q=Armistice+of+Villafranca&pg=PA226|title=Italy in the Age of the Risorgimento 1790–1870|last=Hearder|first=Harry|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317872061|pages=226|language=en}}</ref> The Piedmontese won Lombardy but not [[Venetia (region)|Venetia]]. [[Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour]], resigned.<ref>[http://www.canalacademie.com/1854-la-Guerre-de-Crimee.html Napoléon III, Pierre Milza, Perrin edition, 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726032140/http://www.canalacademie.com/1854-la-Guerre-de-Crimee.html |date=26 July 2011}}</ref> The [[Kingdom of Italy]] was proclaimed in 1861.

This battle would have a long-term effect on the future conduct of military actions. [[Jean-Henri Dunant]], who witnessed the aftermath of the battle in person, was motivated by the horrific suffering of wounded soldiers left on the battlefield to begin a campaign that would eventually result in the [[Geneva Convention]]s and the establishment of the [[International Red Cross]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dromi |first1=Shai M. |title=Above the fray: The Red Cross and the making of the humanitarian NGO sector |date=2020 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |isbn=9780226680248 |page=chapter 1 |url=https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo46479924.html |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref> The Movement organized the 150th anniversary commemoration of the battle between 23 and 27 June 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ifrc.org/meetings/events/solferino/index.asp |title=World Red Cross Red Crescent Day 2009 |access-date=25 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628052939/http://www.ifrc.org/meetings/events/solferino/index.asp |archive-date=28 June 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union|Presidency]] of the [[European Union]] adopted a declaration on the occasion stating that "This battle was also the grounds on which the international community of States has developed and adopted instruments of International Humanitarian Law, the international law rules relevant in times of armed conflict, in particular the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, the 60th anniversary of which will be celebrated this year."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/cfsp/108692.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101219/http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/cfsp/108692.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2019, an important memorial event took place on the former battlefield in the presence of [[Karl von Habsburg]], the head of the House of Habsburg, representatives of the Order of St. George and the presidents of the [[Society of Solferino and San Martino]] to emphasize the peace of the nations. Wreaths were laid in the cemeteries and the museum was honored. During the event, the battle was re-enacted by hundreds of volunteers.<ref>"Il Capo della Casa d’Austria a Solferino e San Martino per ricordare i caduti nel 160° della battaglia" In: Gardanotizi, 20.6.2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.bresciaoggi.it/territori/garda/guerra-e-pace-sotto-la-torre-di-san-martino-1.7424244 Guerra e pace sotto la torre di San Martino]</ref>