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Fall of Vientiane
The Fall of Vientiane most often means Siam's destruction of the Lao kingdom of Vientiane in 1827–1828, after King Chao Anou launched a surprise attack on his Siamese suzerain.
Fall of Vijaydurg
The Fall of Vijaydurg (विजयदुर्ग का पतन) was the February 1756 capture of Vijaydurg fort on the Konkan coast by British and Peshwa forces, ending Tulaji Angre's independent naval power.
Fall of Vilcabamba
The Fall of Vilcabamba (Caída de Vilcabamba) was the 1572 Spanish storming of the Neo-Inca state's last stronghold in Peru, followed by the execution of the Sapa Inca Túpac Amaru.
Fall of Wang Mang
The fall of Wang Mang (王莽败亡) ended the one-emperor Xin dynasty in 23 CE, after floods of the Yellow River and rebellions by peasants, the Liu clan, and great families.
Fall of Warangal
The Fall of Warangal in 1323 ended the independent Kakatiya kingdom when Ulugh Khan's Delhi army stormed the capital and captured its last ruler, Prataparudra II (ప్రతాపరుద్ర ద్వితీయుడు).
Fall of Western Jin
The Fall of Western Jin (西晋灭亡) was the destruction of the Western Jin dynasty, founded in 266, which ended when its last emperor, Emperor Min, surrendered at Chang'an.
Fall of Wiman Joseon
The Fall of Wiman Joseon was the Han dynasty's 108 BC conquest of the northern Korean kingdom founded by Wiman in 194 BC, ending the ancient Joseon state.
Fall of Wiryeseong
The Fall of Wiryeseong (한성 함락), also called the fall of Hanseong, was the capture of Baekje's capital by Goguryeo's King Jangsu in 475, in which King Gaero was killed.
Fall of Xiangyang (1641)
The Fall of Xiangyang (襄阳之变) was the 1641 capture of the Ming fortress city of Xiangyang by the rebel Zhang Xianzhong, who killed Prince Xiang.
Fall of Yezhov and Beria's appointment
The fall of Yezhov and Beria's appointment (Падение Ежова и назначение Берии) was the November 1938 removal of Nikolai Yezhov as NKVD chief and his replacement by Lavrenty Beria.
Fall of Yun Won-hyeong
The fall of Yun Won-hyeong (윤원형의 실각) was the 1565 collapse of Joseon Chief State Councillor Yun Won-hyeong, triggered by the death of his sister, Queen Munjeong.
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy (FOB), American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed 2001 by Pete Wentz and Joe Trohman; lineup Patrick Stump, Wentz, Trohman, Andy Hurley. Chicago hardcore roots; breakthrough From Under the Cork Tree (2005); No. 1 with Infinity on High (2007); hiatus 2009-2013; comeback Save Rock and Roll; eighth album So Much (For) Stardust (2023).
Fall Out Boy discography
The Fall Out Boy discography is the catalog of Fall Out Boy, an American alternative rock band from Chicago formed in 2001, spanning eight studio albums.
Fall prevention
Fall prevention: clinical, exercise, medication, and home-modification measures to reduce falls in older adults. Key facts: 684,000 global fall deaths yearly; exercise cuts fall rates ~30%; CDC STEADI screening.
Fall prevention and recovery for humanoids
Fall prevention and recovery for humanoids comprises the control techniques that keep a bipedal robot upright after a disturbance, land it safely, and return it to standing.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Fall River is a Bristol County, Massachusetts city, nicknamed Spindle City for its cotton mill heyday, now home to about 95,000 people, the largest Portuguese population of any US city, Battleship Cove, and the Lizzie Borden house.
Fall; or, Dodge in Hell
Fall; or, Dodge in Hell is Neal Stephenson's 2019, 880-page sequel to Reamde, in which Richard Dodge Forthrast's scanned brain awakens as the deity Egdod in the digital afterlife Bitworld, set against a post-truth Ameristan.
Fallacy
Fallacy: an error in reasoning, typically a deceptively bad argument. Formal fallacies are invalid logical forms; informal fallacies depend on content. First systematized by Aristotle's Sophistical Refutations with thirteen types; revived after Hamblin 1970 and the Windsor informal logic movement.
Fallacy of composition
Fallacy of composition: informal fallacy of inferring that a whole has a property because its parts do; converse of the fallacy of division, fails for emergent properties.
Fallas
Fallas (Faille, Fails) is a medieval Spanish tables race game from Alfonso X's Libro de los Juegos, played on a 2x12 board with 15 pieces and three dice, where a blocked player loses immediately; distinct from the Valencian festival.
Fallbrook, California
Fallbrook, California: unincorporated San Diego County census-designated place, also called the Avocado Capital of the World. Founded 1869 by the Reche brothers from Fall Brook, Pennsylvania; 32,267 residents (2020); hosts the annual Avocado Festival.
Fallen
Fallen (Fallen – Luz e Sombra in Brazil) is a 2024 eight-episode fantasy drama adapted from Lauren Kate's Fallen novels, created by Claudia Bluemhuber, produced by Silver Reel and Night Train Media with Globoplay, starring Jessica Alexander, Gijs Blom, and Timothy Innes, and nominated for a 2025 International Emmy.
Fallen (1998 film)
Fallen is a 1998 American supernatural thriller directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Denzel Washington as a Philadelphia detective who hunts a demon that kills by possessing one person after another.
Fallen (2016 film)
Fallen is a 2016 fantasy romance drama film directed by Scott Hicks, adapted from Lauren Kate's 2009 young adult novel and starring Addison Timlin and Jeremy Irvine.
Fallen (2023 TV series)
Fallen (Sanningen) is a Swedish crime drama created by Camilla Ahlgren, starring Sofia Helin as cold-case chief Iris Broman in Malmö; premiered on TV4 Play 25 December 2023, with two seasons and a third confirmed.
Fallen (Evanescence album)
Fallen is the 2003 debut album by American rock band Evanescence, released March 4, 2003 on Wind-up/Epic; it sold over 17 million copies, won two Grammys, and features Ben Moody.
Fallen (Kate novel)
Fallen (2009) by Lauren Kate is a YA paranormal romance, first of the five-book Fallen series, about Luce Price and the fallen angel Daniel Grigori at Sword & Cross boarding school in Savannah; a #1 NYT bestseller adapted into a 2017 film and an AMC+ series.
Fallen angel
Fallen angel: an angel who fell from God's favor in Jewish and Christian tradition, rooted in Genesis 6:1-4 and the Watchers of 1 Enoch, elaborated by Augustine and the Cappadocians, and reshaped in Western culture by Milton's Paradise Lost and Romantic writers.
Fallen Angel (1945 film)
Fallen Angel (1945) is an Otto Preminger film noir for Twentieth Century-Fox, starring Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, and Linda Darnell, adapted from Marty Holland's novel; Faye left Fox after its editing cut her scenes.
Fallen Angel (Jennie EP)
Fallen Angel is JENNIE's first solo EP, a three-track digital release (FALLEN ANGEL, HEAVEN, Less than a Lover) issued August 28, 2026 via OA Entertainment and Columbia Records, with a six-track physical edition on October 30.