On the 26th of August 1789 the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
Article I – Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be founded only on the common good.
The Declaration was drafted by General Lafayette, Thomas Jefferson, and Honoré Mirabeau.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_the_Man_and_of_the_Citizen_of_1789
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