Key Figures timeline

  • Hammurabi
    2123 BCE

    Hammurabi

  • Moses
    1200 BCE

    Moses

  • Zarathustra
    628 BCE

    Zarathustra

  • Cyrus the Elder
    600 BCE

    Cyrus the Elder

  • Siddharta (Buddha)
    550 BCE

    Siddharta (Buddha)

  • Plato
    384 BCE

    Plato

  • Meng-Tse
    371 BCE

    Meng-Tse

  • Spartacus
    110 BCE

    Spartacus

  • 30

    Brigid Brethera

  • 378

    Patrick

  • King John of England
    1167

    King John of England

  • John Ball
    1340

    John Ball

  • John Locke

    John Locke

  • Jean-Jaques Rousseau

    Jean-Jaques Rousseau

  • Thomas Paine

    Thomas Paine

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

  • Olaudah Equiano

    Olaudah Equiano

  • Mary Wollstone

    Mary Wollstone

  • Mary Ann McCracken

    Mary Ann McCracken

  • Elizabeth Fry

    Elizabeth Fry

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    JOB:
    — Lawyer
    — Oficial
    — Farmer
    — Statistical CONTRIBUTION IN HUMAN RIGHTS: — Abraham Lincoln's commitment to human rights, primarily focused on the abolition of slavery, evolved significantly during his lifetime, culminating in the Emancipation Proclamation and supporting the 13th Amendment to permanently end it in the U.S.
  • John Stuart Mill

    John Stuart Mill

  • Karl Marx

    Karl Marx

  • Jean-Henri Dunant

    Jean-Henri Dunant

  • Emmeline Pankhurt

    Emmeline Pankhurt

    JOB:
    — Policy
    — Social activist
    — Political activist
    HUMAN RIGHTS:
    Emmeline Pankhurst was a leading human rights activist who fought for women's equality and the right to vote, eventually achieving it in the UK.
  • Gandhi

    Gandhi

  • Eglantyne Jebb

    Eglantyne Jebb

  • Raden Ajeng Kartini

    Raden Ajeng Kartini

  • Eleanor Roosevelt

    Eleanor Roosevelt

    JOB:
    — Writer
    -Policitian
    -Activist
    —Diplomat
    HUMAN RIGHTS:
    - Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated her life to promoting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, defending the United Nations and urging women's involvement in international affairs