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Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

Timeline of Events

1538

5.26.1538

Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.

1553

8.13.1553

Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.

10.27.1553

Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.

1602

12.11.1602

A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva.

1863

10.29.1863

Eighteen countries meeting in Geneva agree to form the International Red Cross.

1920

11.15.1920

First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva.

1981

11.30.1981

Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe (the meetings ended inconclusively on December 17).

1985

11.19.1985

Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.

1988

4.14.1988

In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.

12.13.1988

Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat gives a speech at the UN general assembly in the Austrian city of Geneva after the US authorities refused to give him a visa to enter New York.

2008

9.10.2008

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.