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Fourteen Points

The Fourteen Points: Woodrow Wilson's January 8, 1918 peace program to Congress, drawn from the Inquiry, proposing open diplomacy, self-determination, and a League of Nations; basis for the 1918 armistice, largely scuttled at Versailles, and rejected by the U.S. Senate.

Fourteen Points of Jinnah

Fourteen Points of Jinnah: fourteen constitutional principles Muhammad Ali Jinnah presented to the All-India Muslim League, Delhi, 28 March 1929, rejecting the Nehru Report; demands federalism, residuary provincial powers, one-third Muslim central representation, and separate electorates.

Fourteen Words

Fourteen Words (14, 14/88) is the white supremacist slogan "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children," coined by The Order member David Lane; the number 14 and the combined code 1488 serve as movement shorthand.

Fourteener

Fourteener (14er): a Western US mountain peak of at least 14,000 ft (4,267 m) considered independent by prominence rules. 96 qualify under the 300-foot rule: Colorado 53, Alaska 29, California 12, Washington 2.

Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fourteenth Amendment (1868) is a Reconstruction amendment establishing birthright citizenship and barring states from denying due process and equal protection; basis of Brown v. Board, incorporation, and the 2026 Trump v. Barbara birthright ruling.

Fourteenth Doctor

The Fourteenth Doctor is a Doctor Who incarnation played by David Tennant, who also played the Tenth Doctor. Debuting in The Power of the Doctor (2022), he featured in the 60th anniversary specials and exited via bi-generation into the Fifteenth Doctor, retiring on Earth.

Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt

The Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt was a Second Intermediate Period kingdom in the Nile Delta, seated at Avaris and ruled by kings of mostly Semitic origin.

Fourteenth Party Congress

The Fourteenth Party Congress (XIV съезд ВКП(б)) was a Bolshevik congress held in Moscow in December 1925 that endorsed industrialization, renamed the party, and confirmed Stalin's leadership.

Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution (ratified 1791): bars unreasonable searches and seizures, requires warrants on probable cause. Modern doctrine spans Katz, Riley, Carpenter, and the 2026 Chatrie geofence-warrant ruling.

Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War

The Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War (1895–1896) was a British expedition against the Asante Empire in present-day Ghana that occupied Kumasi without fighting and deposed King Prempeh I.

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (Vierde Engels-Nederlandse Oorlog), 1780-1784: Britain versus the Dutch Republic over Dutch trade with America's rebels. Declared 20 December 1780; single battle at Dogger Bank; British victory ended the VOC's spice monopoly and ceded Negapatnam.

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1799) was the final East India Company war against Tipu Sultan of Mysore, ending with the storming of Seringapatam on 4 May 1799, Tipu's death, and Mysore's partition under British control.

Fourth branchial cleft anomaly

A fourth branchial cleft anomaly, also called a fourth branchial pouch sinus, is a rare congenital neck malformation causing recurrent left-sided neck infections in children.

Fourth Brazilian Republic

The Fourth Brazilian Republic (Quarta República, Populist Republic), 1946-1964, Brazil's democratic period under the 1946 Constitution, from Dutra through Kubitschek to the Goulart government, ended by the 31 March 1964 military coup.

Fourth Buddhist Council

The Fourth Buddhist Council (चतुर्थ बौद्ध संगीति) was a Buddhist assembly held in Kashmir under Kushan emperor Kanishka, traditionally dated to the 1st or 2nd century CE.

Fourth Chinese domination of Vietnam

The Fourth Chinese domination of Vietnam (Thời Bắc thuộc lần 4) was Ming dynasty rule over Vietnam from 1407 to 1427, ended by Lê Lợi's Lam Sơn uprising.

Fourth Council of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox)

The Fourth Council of Constantinople, held in 879–880, confirmed Photius I as patriarch and condemned altering the Creed; Orthodox Christians call it the Eighth Ecumenical Council.

Fourth Council of the Lateran

The Fourth Council of the Lateran, or Lateran IV, was an ecumenical council of the Latin Church convoked by Pope Innocent III, meeting in Rome in 1215.

Fourth Crusade

Fourth Crusade (1202–1204), crusade called by Pope Innocent III to retake Jerusalem; diverted via Zara to Constantinople, which it sacked on 12 April 1204, creating the Latin Empire until Byzantine restoration in 1261.

Fourth Crusade and the Capture of Constantinople

The Fourth Crusade and the Capture of Constantinople (Άλωση της Κωνσταντινούπολης) was the 1204 storming of the city by crusaders and Venetians, producing the Latin Empire.

Fourth Doctor

The Fourth Doctor is the fourth incarnation of Doctor Who's lead character, played by Tom Baker 1974–1981, the longest-serving Doctor. Known for the long scarf, jelly babies, the Hinchcliffe gothic era, City of Death, and ongoing Big Finish audio adventures.

Fourth Dynasty of Egypt

Fourth Dynasty of Egypt: Old Kingdom ruling house (c. 2650–2200 BC era) whose kings built the Giza pyramids; the vizier became head of administration, and the centralized state and eastern Mediterranean engagement peaked.

Fourth Edge LLC

Fourth Edge LLC is a Delaware limited liability company formed in 2025 and headquartered in New York, classified under health care, which raised $119.7 million in private placements.

Fourth Estate

The Fourth Estate is the press viewed as an informal fourth power checking the three branches of government. Attested by 1824, attributed via Carlyle to Burke; linked to watchdog journalism and facing modern capture, trust, and platform pressures.

Fourth Fitna

The Fourth Fitna (الفتنة الرابعة), also called the Great Abbasid Civil War, was fought between caliph al-Amin in Baghdad and his half-brother al-Ma'mun in Khurasan over the succession, ending with the fall of Baghdad in 813.

Fourth Five-Year Plan

The Fourth Five-Year Plan (Четвёртая пятилетка) was the Soviet Union's economic plan for restoring the war-damaged economy in 1946-1950, enacted as law in March 1946 under Nikolai Voznesensky.

Fourth Floor (film)

Fourth Floor (போர்த் புளோர்) is a 2026 Tamil psychological horror thriller directed by L.R. Sundarapandi, starring Aari Arujunan as Dheeran; released February 27, 2026, CBFC UA 13+, 134 minutes, streaming on Sun NXT and Prime Video.

Fourth generation of video game consoles

Fourth generation of video game consoles (16-bit era), from NEC PC Engine 1987 through SNES vs Sega Genesis console wars; SNES sold 49.1M units, Genesis 30.75M, Game Boy 118M.

Fourth Geneva Convention

The Fourth Geneva Convention, adopted in Geneva on 12 August 1949, is a treaty protecting civilians in wartime, especially those under enemy control or occupation.

Fourth Great Awakening

The Fourth Great Awakening is a proposed American religious revival from about 1960, named by William G. McLoughlin in 1978 and formulated by Robert W. Fogel in 2000.