Rights of Man and of the Citizen is introduced in France 1790: Rights of Man by Thomas Paine 1792: Denmark made transatlantic slave trade illegal but the prohibition wouldn't take effect before 1803 (slavery was still legal). 1794: France abolishes slavery The Proclamation of Połaniec, Poland, partially abolishes serfdom and grants substantial civil liberties to peasants 1802: France re-introduces slavery 1804: The Napoleonic Code forbids privileges based on birth, establishes freedom of religion, and specifies a meritocratic system for government jobs 1807: Britain abolishes the slave trade (but not of slavery itself) 1810: Prussia abolishes serfdom 1832: The British Reform Act extends voting rights and legalizes trade unions 1833: Britain abolishes slavery 1845: Another United Kingdom General Inclosure Act allows for the employment of inclosure Commissioners, who could enclose land without submitting a request to Parliament. Private property rights over formerly unenclosed lands expand. 1848: France abolishes slavery 1859: On Liberty by John Stuart Mill 1861: Russia abolishes serfdom 1863: The Netherlands abolishes slavery 1867: Britain's Second Reform Act extends voting rights to all urban male homeowners 1884: The British Representation of the People Act extends male voting rights from the town to the country 1906: Finland is the first European country to introduce universal suffrage in national elections 1917: Finland extends universal suffrage to local elections 1918: Another British Representation of the People Act grants suffrage to nearly all men, along with property-owning women over age 30 1933–1945: The Holocaust 1945–1984 1954–1956: Britain tortures and kills at least 50,000 Kenyans in the Mau Mau Rebellion 1954–62: Both France and the FLN use torture in the Algerian War of Independence 1961: French police massacre pro-FLN Algerians in a peaceful demonstration later known as the Paris massacre 1972: British Army shoots unarmed protesters in Northern Ireland, later known as Bloody Sunday 1974: Turkey invades and ethnically cleanses 80–87% of the population of Kyrenia, Ammochostos, Rizokarpaso and parts of Nicosia Cyprus. Turkey's use of Napalm on civilians is condemned. Systematic Rape requires the passing of emergency legislation by the British Parliament to allow Medical Officers to perform emergency abortions of raped women. Missing people number about 1,652. Footage of civilians taken to Turkey reveal some people were taken alive but still remain unaccounted for. 1978: European Court of Human Rights rules that torture by the British government of suspect IRA members constitutes "cruel and inhuman treatment" 1984–present The states of the EU,