The equinox arise as the moments when the duration of the day is equal to the duration of the night. That corresponds precisely at the time where the sun finds itself with the top and in the plan of the equator. This phenomenon occurs twice per annum. The vernal equinox takes place towards March 20 and the autumnal equinox around September 22.

For others e.g. Philippines : March 21 and September 23.

It acts of the battle of Solferino of June 24, 1859, between France and Austria. One did not count less than 50 000 victims fallen in only one day.

Shocked by such a violence, Henri Dunant Swiss philanthropist decided into 1863 to set up an organization charged to protect the victims from war. It is that the Red Cross was born.

What is the difference between the hists, the filibusters and the pirates?