List of First in the World

First in the World complete list consist of all those discoveries and inventions, expeditions, human exploration and adventures which were made by first time in the world history by any human being or by the country for mankind.

First in the World: A Complete List

Sno	First in the World	Answers
1	The first person to reach Mount Everest	Sherpa Tenzing and Edmund Hillary (29 May, 1953)
2	The first person to reach North Pole	Robert Peary
3	The first person to reach South Pole	Amundsen
4	The first religion of the world	Hinduism
5	The first country to print book	China
6	The first country to issue paper currency	China
7	The first country to commence competitive examination in civil services	China
8	The first President of the U.S.A.	George Washington
9	The first Prime Minister of Britain	Robert Walpole
10	The first Governor General of the United Nations	Trigveli (Norway)
11	The first country to win football World cup	Uruguay
12	The first country to prepare a constitution	U.S.A.
13	The first Governor General of Pakistan	Mohd. Ali Jinnah
14	The first country to host NAM summit	Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
15	The first European to attack India	Alexander, The Great
16	The first European to reach China	Marco Polo
17	The first person to fly aeroplane	Wright Brothers
18	The first person to sail round the world	Magellan
19	The first country to send man to the moon	U.S.A.
20	The first country to launch Artificial satellite in the space	Russia
21	The first country to host the modern Olympics	Greece
22	The first city on which the atom bomb was dropped	Hiroshima (Japan)
23	The first person to land on the moon	Neil Armstrong followed by Edwin E. Aldrin
24	The first shuttle to go in space	Columbia
25	The first spacecraft to reach on Mars	Viking—I
26	The first woman Prime Minister of England	Margaret Thatcher
27	The first Muslim Prime Minister of a country	Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
28	The first woman Prime Minister of a country	Mrs. S. Bandamaike (Sri Lanka)
29	The first woman to climb Mount Everest	Mrs. Junko Tabei (Japan)
30	The first woman cosmonaut of the world	Velentina Tereshkova (Russia)
31	The first woman President of the U.N. General Assembly	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
32	The first man to fly into space	Yuri Gagarin (Russia)
33	The first batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut	Mohd. Azharuddin
34	The first man to have climbed Mount Everest Twice	Nawang Gombu
35	The first U.S. President to resign Presidency	Richard Nixon
36	First Asian city to host Olympics	Tokyo, Japan, 1964
37	First Athlete disqualified at the Olympics for drug use	Hans-Gunnar Lijenwall, Mexico Olympics, 1968
38	First Blind person to conquer the Everest	Erik Weihenmayer, USA, 2001
39	First Cricket Club	Cricket club founded in Hambledon, England
40	First Country to start Civil Service Competition	China
41	First Country to make education compulsory	Prussia
42	First Country to win World Cup football	Uruguay
43	First Country to make a constitution	USA
44	First Country to Organize NAM Summit	Belgrade
45	First Country to send human to Moon	USA
46	First Country to launch satellite into space	Russia
47	First Country to host modern Olympics	Greece
48	First Country to launch Radio Telescope Satellite into space	Japan
49	First European to visit China	Marco Polo
50	First Man to climb Mt Everest	Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, 1953
51	First Man to reach North Pole	Robert Peary
52	First Man to reach South Pole	Ronald Amundsen
53	First Man to Fly an aeroplan	Wright Brothers
54	First Man to sail around the World	Ferdinand Magellan
55	First Man to set foot on the Moon	Neil Armstrong
56	First Man to go to the space	Major Yuri Gagarin
57	First Man to draw the map of Earth	Anexemander
58	First Man to compile Encyclopedia	Aspheosis
59	First Man to win Nobel Prize in Literature	Rene FA and Silt Pradhom
60	First Man to win Nobel Prize in Peace	Jin F Dunant and Frederic Peiry
61	First Man to win Nobel Prize in Physics	WK Roentgen
62	First Man to win Nobel Prize in Chemistry	JH Wenthoff
63	First Man to win Nobel Prize in Medicine	AE Wonn Behring
64	First Man to win Nobel Prize in Economics	Ranger Fish and John Tinbergen
65	First Man to sail around the World alone	Joshua Slocum
66	First Man tourist in Space	Dennis Tito
67	First Man to have climbed Mount Everest Twice	Nawang Gombu
68	First Man Oscar winner for the Best Actor	Emil Jannings, 1928
69	First Man to win Tour de France	Maurice Garin, 1903
70	First Man boxing champion	Tim Hyer, 1841
71	First Man chess champion	Wilhelm Steinitz, 1886
72	First Man to walk in space	Alexei Arkhovich Leonov, 1965
73	First Man heart transplant was performed by	Dr. Christian Barnard, 1967
74	First Man heart transplant recipient	Louis Washkansky, 1967
75	First Man to fly solo non stop across the Atlantic	Charles Lindbergh, 1927
76	First Man to swim across the English Channel	Matthew Webb, 1875
77	First Man to fly solo nonstop around the world in ballon	Steve Fossett, U.S., 2002
78	First Man to cross the Pacific Ocean in hot air balloon	Ben Abruzzo and team in the Double Eagle V
79	First Movie in the world	The jazz Singer , 1927
80	First Parkinson’s disease was first described by	James Parkinson, British neurologist, 1817
81	First Religion of the world	Santosh Dharma
82	First Recipient of a permanent artificial heart	Barney Clark, 1982
83	First Secretary General of UN	Trigve Li
84	First Space shuttle launched	Colombia
85	First Space ship landed on Moon	Viking-1
86	First Space vehicle to land on the moon	Lunar Exploration Module (LEM)
87	First Woman tourist in Space	Mrs Anousheh Ansari
88	First Woman civilian police adviser of the U.N.	Kiran Bedi
89	First Woman Bishop	Rev Barbara C. Harris (USA)
90	First Woman to win Nobel Prize in Literature	Selma Lagerlöf
91	First Woman to win Nobel Prize in Peace	Bertha von Suttner
92	First Woman to win Nobel Prize in Physics	Marie Curie-Skłodowska
93	First Woman to win Nobel Prize in Chemistry	Marie Curie-Skłodowska
94	First Woman to win Nobel Prize in Medicine	Gerty Theresa Cori
95	First Woman to win Nobel Prize in Economics	Elinor Ostrom
96	First Woman Prime Minister of a Country	S Bhandarnayake
97	First Woman Cosmonaut in Space	Valentina Tereshkova, USSR
98	First Woman to Climb Mt. Everest	Juno Tabei, Japan
99	First Woman President of UN General assembly	Vijayalakshmi Pandit
100	First Woman to reach North Pole	Mrs Fran Phipps
101	First Woman to reach Antartica	Caroline Michaelson
102	First Woman President of a Country	Maria Estela Peron
103	First Woman to sail around the world alone	Kat Cotte
104	First Woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal	Charlotte Cooper, UK, Tennis singles, 1900
105	First Woman professional bullfighter	Patricia Mccormick, 1952
106	First Women’s Olympic marathon Champion	Joan Benoit, Los Angles, 1984
107	First Woman to Climb Mt. Everest twice	Santosh Yadav
108	First Woman Oscar winner for Best Actress	Janet Gaynor, 1928
109	First Woman black tennis player to win a singles title at Wimbledon	A Gibson, 1957
110	First Woman to win a Grand Slam	Maureen Catherine, 1953
111	First Woman to swim the English Channel	Gertrude Ederle, 1926
112	First Woman to set foot on North Pole	Ann Bancroft, USA, 1986
113	First University of the world	Taxila University

The above complete list of “First in the World” will be very helpful for enhancing the General Knowledge for Competitive Exam, Bank Exam and Entrance Exam (like UPSC-prelims, SSC, State Services, NDA, CDS, and Railways, etc.).

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