The History of Law By burtjack137 1754 BCE Hammurabi's Code 1300 BCE Ten Commandments Issued 451 BCE Law of Twelve Tables 399 BCE Trial of Socrates Sep 28, 1066 Invasion of England by William the Conqueror Jun 15, 1215 Signing of the Magna Carta Sep 17, 1787 American Constitution Signed 1791 Rights of Man Published Mar 21, 1804 Napoleonic Code Introduced Aug 28, 1833 Slavery Abolition Act gets Royal Assent Aug 22, 1864 First Geneva Convention Jan 30, 1933 Holocaust Begins as Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany Jan 2, 1935 Lindbergh Baby Trial Begins Oct 24, 1945 Formation of United Nations (UN) Dec 10, 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1954 African American Civil Rights Movement Begins Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Attacks
