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History of Human Rights

By Gore
  • 1000 BCE

    Bibliography/ References

    -History of Natural Law & Basic Freedoms, Cyrus the Great. (n.d.). Retrieved September 2, 2018, from https://www.humanrights.com/what-are-human-rights/brief-history/
    -Pletcher, K. (2018, July 19). Massacre of Amritsar. Retrieved September 3, 2018, from https://www.britannica.com/event/Massacre-of-Amritsar
  • 999 BCE

    Bibliography/ References

    -Britannica, T. E. (2018, February 04). Petition of Right. Retrieved September 3, 2018, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Petition-of-Right-British-history
    -United for Human Rights ( 2011, May 4) The Story of Human Rights [Video File] Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XXGF_V8_7M&t=235s
  • 539 BCE

    Cyrus the great freed the slaves

    Conquers Babilon and gives everybody freedom, written in the Cyrus cylinder, the Human Rights were born.
  • 1215

    Magna Carta

    In England, a king signed it accepting the Human Rights

  • Petition of Rights

    in England, King Charles I signed recognizing the principles of no taxation without the consent of Parliament, no imprisonment without cause, no quartering of soldiers on subjects, and no martial law in peacetime.

  • British Bill of Rights

  • America Declares their independence

  • US Constitution

  • French Revolution

  • French Declaration on the Rights of Man and Citizen

  • US Bill of Rights

  • Napoleon Bonaparte invades Europe

  • Sixth Coalition

    Austria, Prussia, Russia, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Spain and a number of German states defeated France and drove Napoleon into exile on Elba

  • Mahatma Gandhi leads Indian protests

  • Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre

  • Gandhi leads Salt march

  • Gandhi-Irwin Pact

  • Period: to

    World War II

  • United Nations were established

  • Eleanor Roosevelt helps with Human Rights

  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights is created