First Empire may refer to: *

First British Empire The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, colonies, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, mandates, and other Dependent territory, territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It bega ...

, sometimes used to describe the British Empire between 1583 and 1783 *

First Bulgarian Empire The First Bulgarian Empire (; was a medieval state that existed in Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD. It was founded in 680–681 after part of the Bulgars, led by Asparuh of Bulgaria, Asparuh, moved south to the northe ...

(680–1018) *

First French Empire The First French Empire or French Empire (; ), also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century. It lasted from ...

(1804–1814/1815) * First German Empire or "First Reich", sometimes used to describe the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806) *

First Empire of Haiti The First Empire of Haiti, officially known as the Empire of Haiti (; ), was an elective monarchy in North America. Haiti was controlled by France before declaring independence on 1 January 1804. The Governor-General of Haiti, Jean-Jacques Des ...

(1804–1806) *

First Mexican Empire The Mexican Empire (, ) was a constitutional monarchy and the first independent government of Mexico. It was also the only former viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire to establish a monarchy after gaining independence. The empire existed from 18 ...

(1821–1823) *

First Persian Empire The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (; , , ), was an Iranian peoples, Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran, i ...

, sometimes used to describe the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550 BCE – 336 BCE) *

1st Empire Awards The 1st Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 1995 and took place in 1996. During the ceremony, ''Empire'' presented Empire Awards in eight categories as well as one honorary award. ...

, film awards held in 1996

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