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First Intifada (الانتفاضة الأولى)

First Intifada (الانتفاضة الأولى), Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation, 9 December 1987 to 13 September 1993, begun in Gaza's Jabaliya camp; largely unarmed civil disobedience ended by the Oslo Mutual Recognition Memo.

First invasion of Warangal

The first invasion of Warangal (वारंगल पर आक्रमण) was a failed 1303 expedition sent by Sultan Alauddin Khalji of Delhi against the Kakatiya kingdom of Warangal under Prataparudra.

First Italo-Ethiopian War

First Italo-Ethiopian War (1895–96), also called the first Guerra d'Abissinia: Italy's attempt to enforce a protectorate claim from the Treaty of Wuchale, ended by Menelik II's victory at Adwa on 1 March 1896 and the Treaty of Addis Ababa recognizing Ethiopian independence.

First Ivorian Civil War

The First Ivorian Civil War was a conflict in Côte d'Ivoire from 2002 to 2007 that split the country between a rebel-held north and government south.

First Javanese War of Succession

The First Javanese War of Succession (Perang Suksesi Jawa Pertama) was a civil war on Java from 1704 to 1708 between Amangkurat III and his uncle Pakubuwana I.

First Jewish–Roman War

The First Jewish–Roman War, or Great Revolt (66–73 CE), was the Judean uprising against Rome, caused partly by procurator Gessius Florus's abuses, crushed by Vespasian and Titus, ending in the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE and the fall of Masada.

First Jinchuan Campaign

The First Jinchuan Campaign was a Qing military expedition in 1747 to 1749 against the Greater Jinchuan chieftain Salo Beng in northwestern Sichuan, ending with his submission.

First Johnson ministry

First Johnson ministry: UK Conservative government formed 24 July 2019 under Boris Johnson after May's resignation; purged 17-19 cabinet ministers, promised Brexit by 31 October, lost the prorogation case, and governed as a minority until the December 2019 election.

First Kid

First Kid is a 1996 Walt Disney comedy directed by David Mickey Evans, starring Sinbad as Secret Service agent Sam Simms guarding President's son Luke (Brock Pierce); 101 min, PG, $26.5M US gross.

First Kill (2017 film)

First Kill (2017) is an action thriller directed by Steven C. Miller, starring Bruce Willis, Hayden Christensen, and Ty Shelton, released by Lionsgate Premiere on July 21, 2017; a Wall Street broker must recover bank-robbery loot to ransom his kidnapped son.

First Kill (TV series)

First Kill is a 2022 Netflix teen vampire drama, 8 episodes, based on V.E. Schwab's short story, starring Sarah Catherine Hook and Imani Lewis; cancelled August 2022 after one season despite 97.66 million viewing hours.

First Klan

First Klan, the Reconstruction-era Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist terrorist organization founded in Pulaski, Tennessee (1865 or 1866) by Confederate veterans; led by Nathan Bedford Forrest as Grand Wizard, suppressed by Grant's Force Acts and 1871 martial law.

First Knight

First Knight is a 1995 American adventure-romance film directed by Jerry Zucker, retelling the Arthurian love triangle of Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot, starring Sean Connery, Richard Gere, and Julia Ormond.

First Lady (South Korean TV series)

First Lady (퍼스트 레이디) is a 2025 MBN South Korean political melodrama, 12 episodes, in which president-elect Hyun Min Chul (Ji Hyun Woo) demands a divorce from Cha Soo Yeon (Eugene) 67 days before inauguration; ended October 30, 2025 at 1.6% Nielsen.

First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story

First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story is a 2023 BET+ biographical film directed by Vivica A. Fox, starring Michelle Mitchenor as Tonesa Welch, the woman federal prosecutors called the First Lady of the Black Mafia Family.

First Lady of the United States

First Lady of the United States: the White House hostess, usually the president's wife, from Martha Washington to Melania Trump; an unofficial but staffed office shaped by each holder.

First Landing State Park

First Landing State Park, formerly Seashore State Park, is a 2,888-acre Virginia state park at Cape Henry in Virginia Beach, named for the Virginia Company colonists who first landed there in 1607.

First language

First language (L1, mother tongue, native language): the language a person learns to speak first, acquired in childhood at home. Covers acquisition stages, bilingual first language acquisition, critical period effects, and mother-tongue education policy.

First Law Commission

The First Law Commission (پہلا قانون کمیشن) was a body appointed in 1834 under the Charter Act of 1833 to inquire into the laws of British India, chaired by Thomas Babington Macaulay.

First law of black hole mechanics

The first law of black hole mechanics is a 1973 result by Bardeen, Carter, and Hawking relating changes in a black hole's mass, angular momentum, and horizon area.

First law of thermodynamics

The first law of thermodynamics is the statement of energy conservation for thermodynamic systems: a system's internal energy changes by the heat added minus the work done.

FIRST LEGO League

FIRST LEGO League, or FLL, is a global robotics and STEM program for children run by FIRST and LEGO Education since 1998, reaching about 650,000 students in 77 countries.

First Letter of Ivan IV from Alexandrova Sloboda

The First Letter of Ivan IV from Alexandrova Sloboda (Послание Ивана IV из Александровской слободы) is a 1565 ultimatum by Tsar Ivan IV demanding the oprichnina.

First Liberian Civil War

First Liberian Civil War (1989-1997), also called the Liberian Civil War: Charles Taylor's NPFL uprising against Samuel Doe, ECOMOG intervention, factional fighting, 200,000+ deaths, ending with Taylor's 1997 election.

First Libyan campaign of Seti I

The First Libyan campaign of Seti I was a Year 3 battle by Egyptian pharaoh Seti I against Libyan Tehenu groups on Egypt's western frontier, known from Karnak reliefs.

First Libyan War of Ramesses III

The First Libyan War of Ramesses III was a defensive campaign in Year 5 of his reign, against Libyan tribes trying to settle in the western Nile Delta.

First lieutenant

First lieutenant (1LT) is the US O-2 commissioned officer rank, NATO OF-1, above second lieutenant; Navy equivalent lieutenant (junior grade). Wears a silver bar, typically serves 18-24 months before promotion, leads specialized platoons or serves as company executive officer.

First Light (song)

First Light (song): Lana Del Rey single released April 16, 2026, co-written with Bond composer David Arnold as the official theme of IO Interactive's video game 007 First Light; her earlier Spectre submission was rejected and released as '24'.

First Light Fusion

First Light Fusion is a British fusion energy company founded in Oxford in 2011, known for projectile fusion and now developing its FLARE fuel system.

First Lord of the Admiralty

The First Lord of the Admiralty, also known as the President of the Board of Admiralty, was the British minister heading the Royal Navy until 1964.