The HIstory of Human Rights

Roman Natural Law (1600-42 BC)

Jan 1, 1000

Marcus Tullius Cicero (senator of rome) noticed the natural law and changed it by giving people with wealth and power the upper hand.

Cyrus (539 BC)

Sep 25, 1000

Cyrus the great The battle of opis:
Cyrus conqured babaylonia and freed slaves within babaylon.

The Magna Carta

Jan 1, 1215

This was a document containing the liberties of England. It was signed in 1215 by King John ( king of england at the time).

Napoleon and The French Revolution

Aug 15, 1769

Born on 15 August 1769.
He was made comander of the french army in italy (1796). In 1744 he was put in jail for failure then asked by the government to stop a mob of Parisians. He killed them as a reward he was given troops to help him conquer other countries.
Napoleon is known for starting the french revolution and he died of stomach cancer.

Mahatma Ghandi

Oct 2, 1869

Gandi started his movment in South Africa (1893).
He gained independence for india on the 15th of August 1947.
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Eleanor Roosevelt

Oct 11, 1884

She founded the UN in the 50s.
She represented USA in the UN.
Eleanor created the first draft of the universal declaration of human rights.

Adolf Hitler

Apr 20, 1889

In September 1919 Hitler joined the political party that was known as DAP, and later commonly referred to as the Nazi Party. His rise to power contunied from then. The Nazi regime killed about 11 million people.
Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin.
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Nelson Mandela

Jul 18, 1918

He was the first black president in Sounth Africa (1994-1999) and his vision is that everyone has equal rights.
He had Mandela has received more than 250 awards over four decades, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.

Martin Luther King

Jan 15, 1929

He is an icon in the civil rights movement.
In 1963 he led the "March on Washington" which was a political rally in support of civil and economic rights for African Americans.
In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
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The histroy of human rights

Period: Sep 25, 2000 to Oct 5, 2011