The World Alliance of YMCAs is the international federation of national YMCAs, the Christian youth organisation that began in London, where George Williams and a group of fellow drapers' assistants formed the Young Men's Christian Association to provide Bible study and a healthy alternative to the dangers of city life. The movement spread across Britain, Europe and North America, and later opened to women, people of all faiths and to a wide range of activities, including sport, education and housing. The YMCA is credited with the invention of basketball and volleyball. The World Alliance is based in Geneva, and works with around a hundred national associations.
Before and after
- from 1855 to 1858Yakima War
- 23 February 1855Death of Carl Friedrich Gauss
- from April 1855 to March 1856Nepalese-Tibetan War
- from June 1855 to August 1855Siege of Taganrog
- August 1855Founding of the World Alliance of YMCAs
- 16 August 1855Battle of the Chernaya
- 16 October 1855Founding of ETH Zurich
- 11 November 1855Death of Søren Kierkegaard
- 16 November 1855Livingstone sees Victoria Falls
More in Society, economy & sport
- 25 March 1807Britain abolishes the slave trade
- from 19 July 1848 to 20 July 1848The Seneca Falls Convention
- 14 September 1867Karl Marx publishes Das Kapital
- 1869Founding of Goldman Sachs
- 1874Founding of Universal Postal Union
- 29 November 1899Founding of FC Barcelona
The era
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