Human Rights evolution By andreaestrada Period: Jan 15, 1200 to Jan 15, 2002 human rights evolution Jun 15, 1215 Magna Carta established for the first time the principle that everybody, including the king, was subject to the law. Dec 16, 1689 Bill of rights Jul 4, 1776 U.S. Declaration of Independence Aug 26, 1789 Declaration of rights of men Apr 8, 1864 U.S. abolition of slavery 1865 Jan 1, 1900 imperialism Jan 30, 1933 the Holocaust