Human Rights Timeline

  • Jan 1, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    The Magna Carta was a document signed by John of England and his barons after a meeting at Runnymede, Surrey, in 1215.
  • Napoleon Bonarparte

    Napoleon Bonarparte
    An oficer for the military, he was then asked to stop a Persian mob. He took away a lot of rights for other people.
  • Mahatma Ghandi

    Mahatma Ghandi
    Born 2/10/1869, in Porbandar, Bombay.
    He was a lawyer who sailed to England. He helped INdia get independence.
  • Hitler

    Hitler
    The leader of the Nazi party. He hated the Jews, no matter what. He was one of the causes of the Holocaust. He was abused as a child.
  • Nelson Mandela

    Nelson Mandela
    First black president, he was also very similar to Martin Luther KIng Jr.
  • Martin Luther King

    Martin Luther King
    He made a good change for his race and maybe other people ,by giving them more rights. He probably did a good thing that maybe no one could do!
  • Eleanor Roosevelt & the UN

    Eleanor Roosevelt & the UN
    Born on 11/10/1884, died 2/11/1962.
    First Lady to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
    First chairman of the UN, established after WW2.
    Named First Lady of the world, because of her passion.
  • Cyrus

    Cyrus
    Cyrus was born, he was the person who wrote the Cyrus cylinder.Which consistes of 45 lines, it was like the first version of the human rights. This is supposed to be 100!
  • Senator Marcus Tullius Cicero 106 BC

    Senator Marcus Tullius  Cicero 106 BC
    The person who noticed the natural laws. So he made his own laws. He was born 3 January 106 BC