Human Rights Timeline

By marco.portieles
  • 5000 BCE

    The beginning

    At first there were no human rights, only some lucky people got them
  • 27 BCE

    Natural Laws

    People naturally followed certain rules or laws even if they weren´t told to do so: This was called Natural Law.
  • 539

    King Cyrus

    Then, Cyrus the Great said every slaves was free and that everybody has the freedom to choose their own religion They documented his words in the ´´Cyrus Cylinder´´
  • Jan 1, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta is signed, stating that no one can overrule someone rights

  • British Petitions of Rights

    British Petition of Rights signed

  • British Bill of Rights

    British Bill of Rights signed

  • American Independence

    America Declares its Independence

  • French Revolution

  • Natural Rights

    The Concept of Natural Law became Natural Rights

  • French Democracy

    Napoleon overthrows the French Democracy

  • Napoleon and Allies

    Countries join forces and beat Napoleon, and natural rights surfaces again as a hot topic.

  • Ghandi

    Mahatma Gandhi leads peaceful Indian protests

  • United Nations Established

  • Human Rights

    Under Eleanor Roosevelt´s watch, the United Nations agrees on a set of list of rights called ´´Human Rights´´

  • Universal Declarations of Human Rights

    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is signed, although is optional for a country to follow said rights