Introduction
The article First in World presents the list of First Innovation, Invention, Discovery, Exploration and Winnings across the world. This article plays a prominent role in GA/GK preparation in many competitive exams.
First
A close look at the history of mankind would reveal the idea that human being has an innate tendency to evolve, explore and adventure. Many people have maintained this innate human tendency which also verifies the truthfulness of this idea. Here, we are giving a complete list of ‘First in World’ which is composed of all those human explorations and adventures, expeditions, discoveries and inventions which were made first time in the history of mankind.
Below table contains the list of First in World.
| First in World (Person/Place/others) | Event |
|---|---|
| Alexander, The Great | First European Invader of Indian soil |
| Anaximander | First man to draw the map of earth |
| Aspheosis (Athens) | First man to compile Encyclopaedia |
| Arthur Ashe (U.S.A) | First Asian to win Wimbledon Trophy |
| A. Von Behring | First man to win Nobel Prize Medicine (Medical Science) |
| Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez | First person of African descent in space |
| Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov (1965) | First man to walk in space |
| Abraham Lincoln | First US president who was assassinated |
| Belgrade (former Yugoslavia) | First Summit of NAM was organized |
| Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan) | First woman Prime Minister of any Muslim country |
| Ben Abruzzo and team in the double Eagle V | First man to cross the pacific Ocean in hot air ballon |
| China | First country to print books |
| First country to issue paper currency | |
| First country to start Civil Services Competition | |
| Columbia | First Space Shuttle Launched |
| Caroline Michaelson | First woman to reach Antartica |
| Charles Lindbergh (1927) | First man to fly solo non stop across the Atlantic |
| Dr. Sun Yat-sen | First President of the Republic of China |
| Dennis Tito | First Space Tourist (Male) |
| Dr. Christian Barnard (1967) | First man Heart transplantation performed by |
| Emil Jannings (1928) | First man to win Oscar for the Best actor |
| Erik Weihenmayer (2001) | First Blind person to conquer the Everest |
| Ferdinand Magellan | First person to sail around the world |
| George Washington | First President of United States of America |
| Greece | First country to host the modern Olympic games |
| Hinduism | First religion of the world |
| Hambleden, England | First Cricket Club |
| Heroshima (Japan) | First city to be attacked with Atom bomb |
| Irom Chanu Sharmila | World's longest hunger striker |
| Ireland | First country to stop investing in fossil fuels |
| James Parkinson, British neurologist (1817) | Parkinson’s disease was first described by |
| Japan | First Radio Telescope Satellite was launched into space |
| Junko Tabei (Japan ) | First woman to climb Mt. Everest |
| Jin F. Dunant (Switzerland) & Frederic Peiry (France) | First man to win Nobel Prize for Peace |
| J.H. Wenthoff (Howlland) | First man to win Nobel prize for Chemistry |
| Kirab Bedi | First Woman civilian police adviser of the U.N. |
| Louis Washkansky (1967) | First man hear transplant Recipient |
| Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Pakistan’s fist Governor General |
| Marco Polo | First European to visit China |
| Major Yuri Gagarin (USSR) | First man to go into space |
| Margaret Thatcher | First woman Prime Minister of England |
| Ms. Fran | First woman to reach the North pole |
| Maria Estela Peron (Argentina) | First woman President of a country |
| Mrs. Anousheh Ansari | First Space Tourist (Female) |
| Maurice Garin (1903) | First man to win tour de France |
| Matthew Webb (1875) | First man to swim across the English Channel |
| Maureen Catherine (1953) | First Woman to win a Grand Slam |
| Mohammad. Azharuddin | First batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut |
| Nawang Gombu | First man to have climbed Mt. Everest Twice |
| Neil Armstrong (U.S.A) | First man to set foot on the Moon |
| Norway | First country to switch off FM radio |
| Penicillin | First antibiotic drug |
| Prussia | First country to make education compulsory |
| Robert Peary | First man to reach North Pole |
| Roald Amundsen | First man to reach South Pole |
| Robert Walpole | First prime Minister of great Britain |
| Russia (former USSR) | First country to launch satellite into space |
| Richard Wass | First eldest man to climb Mt. Event |
| Rene F.A. & Sujit Pradhan (France ) | First man to win Nobel Prize for Literature |
| Ranger fish (Norway)& John Tinbergen (Holland) | First man to win Nobel Prize Economics |
| Richard Nixon | First U.S. President to resign Presidency |
| Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary | First men to climb Mt. Everest |
| S. Bandaranaike (Sri Lanka) | First woman Prime Minister of a country |
| Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953) | First woman president of UN General assembly |
| Steve Fossett (2002) | First man to fly solo nonstop around the world in ballon |
| The jazz Singer (1927) | First Talkie movie in the World |
| Tokyo, Japan (1964) | First Asian city to host Olympics |
| Trygve Li | First secretary general of United Nations |
| Taxila University | First University of the world |
| Taranath Shenoy (India) | First deaf and dumb to cross the Srait of Gibraltar |
| Tim Hyer (1841) | First man Boxing Champion |
| Uruguay | First country to win the world cup Football |
| First country to allow pharmacies to sell marijuana | |
| United States of America | First country to make a constitution |
| First country to send human to Moon | |
| V.I. Bulganin | First Russian (Soviet) Prime Minister to visit India |
| Viking –I (July,1976) | First space ship landed on mars |
| Valentina Tereshkova (USSR) | First woman cosmonaut in space |
| Wright Brothers | First men to fly an aeroplane |
| W.K. Roentgen (Germany) | First man to win Nobel prize for Physics |
| Wilhelm Steinitz (1886) | First man Chess Champion |