Freedom Milestones and Setbacks

Events through the ages that have furthered freedom—or restricted it.

July 18, 2026

1800 BCE: In Genesis, the Torah blesses fertility and deems children Holy

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July 19, 2026

1312 BCE: Judaism formally bans child sacrifice

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July 20, 2026

460 BC: Plato’s Republic endorses disposing of unneeded children

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July 21, 2026

30s–40s CE: Philo of Alexandria condemns infanticide

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July 22, 2026

150–155 CE: Justin Martyr, an early Christian philosopher, explicitly criticized exposing (abandoning) newborn infants

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July 23, 2026

1534: Henry VIII’s Act of Supremacy

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