Historical Oratory Timeline
Explore history chronologically. Filter by period and discover the moments that defined civilizations.
1
399 BCEAncient & Classical
The Apology of Socrates
Socrates
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2
341 BCEAncient & Classical
Third Philippic
Demosthenes
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3
1588 CEEarly Modern
Speech to the Troops at Tilbury
Queen Elizabeth I
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4
1775 CEEarly Modern
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
Patrick Henry
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5
1863 CEEarly Modern
The Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln
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6
1940 CE20th Century
We Shall Fight on the Beaches
Winston Churchill
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7
1962 CE20th Century
We Choose to Go to the Moon
John F. Kennedy
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8
1963 CE20th Century
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr.
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9
2005 CEModern
Stanford Commencement Address
Steve Jobs
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10
2019 CEModern
How Dare You
Greta Thunberg
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