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1750s - 1790s - 1800s - 1820s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s - 2010s
- 1851 - London , England - Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations -- The Crystal Palace
- 1852 - Cork , Ireland - Irish Industrial Exhibition (1852)
- 1853 - New York, New York , United States - Exhibition Of The Industry Of All Nations (1853)
- 1853 - Dublin , Ireland - Great Industrial Exhibition (1853)
- 1854 - Munich, Germany - Allgemeine Deutsche Industrie-Ausstellung (1854)
- 1854 - Melbourne, Victoria , Australia - Melbourne Exhibition (1854) (in conjunction with Exposition Universelle (1855) )
- 1855 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1855)
- 1855 - Dublin , Ireland - Dublin International Exhibition (1855)
- 1857 - Manchester, England - Art Treasures Exhibition (1857)
- 1860 - Besançon, France - Exposition Universelle (1860)
- 1861 - Melbourne, Victoria , Australia - Victorian Exhibition (1861)
- 1862 - Hamburg, Germany - International Agricultural Exhibition (1862)
- 1862 - London , England - International Exhibition (1862) (Great London Exposition) ([[South Kensington, England )
- 1864 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Dutch Industry Expostion (1864)
- 1865 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States - Great Central Fair For The US Sanitary Commission (1865)
- 1865 - Oporto, Portugal - Exposição Internacional (1865)
- 1865 - Dublin, Ireland - International Exhibition Of Arts And Manufactures (1865)
- 1865 - Dunedin, New Zealand - New Zealand Exhibition (1865)
- 1866 - Melbourne, Victoria , Australia - Intercolonial Exhibition Of Australasia (1866)
- 1867 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1867)
- 1868 - Le Havre, France - Exposition Maritime Internationale (1868)
- 1870 - Córdoba, Argentina - Exposición Nacional (1870)
- 1870 - Sydney, New South Wales , Australia - Intercolonial Exhibition (1870)
- 1871 - London , England - First Annual International Exhibition (1871)
- 1872 - London , England - Second Annual International Exhibition (1872)
- 1872 - Lyon, France - Exposition Universelle Et Internationale (1872)
- 1872 - Kyoto, Japan - Exhibition Of Arts And Manufactures (1872)
- 1873 - London , England - Third Annual International Exhibition (1873)
- 1873 - Vienna, Austria - Weltausstellung 1873 Wien
- 1873 - Sydney, New South Wales , Australia - Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition (1873)
- 1874 - London , England - Fourth Annual International Exhibition (1874)
- 1874 - Dublin, Ireland - International Exhibition Of Arts And Manufactures (1874)
- 1874 - Rome, Italy - Esposizione Internazionale (1874) (never held)
- 1875 - Santiago, Chile - Exposicion Internacional De 1875
- 1875 - Melbourne, Victoria , Australia - Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)
- 1875 - Nizhni Novgorod, Russia - Nizhni Novgorod Fair (1875)
- 1875 - Sydney, New South Wales , Australia - Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)
- 1875 - Santiago, Chile - Exposición Internacional De Chile
- 1876 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States - Centennial Exposition
- 1876 - Brisbane, Queensland , Australia - Intercolonial Exhibition (1876)
- 1877 - Cape Town , South Africa - South African International Exhibition (1877)
- 1877 - Tokyo, Japan - First National Industrial Exhibition (1877) ( Ueno Park )
- 1878 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1878)
- 1878 - Ballarat , Victoria , Australia - Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1878)
- 1879 - Sydney, New South Wales , Australia - Sydney International Exhibition (1879)
- 1879 - Melbourne, Victoria , Australia - Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1879)
- 1880 - Melbourne, Victoria , Australia - Melbourne International Exhibition (1880)
- 1881 - Atlanta, Georgia , United States - International Cotton Exposition (1881)
- 1881 - Budapest, Hungary - Országos Magyar Nöiparkiállitás (1881)
- 1882 - Bordeaux, France - Exposition Internationale Des Vins (1882)
- 1882 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Exposición Continental Sud-Americana (1882)
- 1883 - Boston, Massachusetts , United States - The American Exhibition Of The Products, Arts And Manufactures Of Foreign Nations (1883)
- 1883 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Internationale Koloniale En Uitvoerhandel Tentoonstelling (1883) (International Colonial Exhibition)
- 1883 - Calcutta, India - Calcutta International Exhibition (1883)
- 1883 - Parramatta, New South Wales , Australia - Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibtion (1883)
- 1883 - Louisville, Kentucky , United States - Southern Exposition (1883)
- 1883 - New York, New York , United States - World's Fair (1883) (never held)
- 1884 - New Orleans, Louisiana , United States - World Cotton Centennial (1884) (New Orleans Universal Expositon and World's Fair), (World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exhibition), (New Orleans Centennial)
- 1884 - Melbourne, Victoria , Australia - Victorian International Exhibition 1884 Of Wine, Fruit, Grain & Other Products Of The Soil Of Australasia With Machinery, Plant And Tools Employed
- 1884 - Edinburgh, Scotland - International Forestry Exhibition (1884)
- 1884 - St. Louis, Missouri , United States - Saint Louis Exposition (1884)
- 1884 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione Generale Italiana (1884)
- 1885 - Melbourne, Victoria , Australia - Victorians' Jubilee Exhibition (1885) (Jubilee of Victoria Exhibition)
- 1885 - Antwerp, Belgium - Exposition Universelle D'Anvers (1885)
- 1885 - Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand Industrial Exhibition (1885)
- 1885 - New Orleans, Louisiana , United States - North, Central And South American Exposition (1885)
- 1885 - London , England - International Exhibition Of Inventions
- 1886 - London , England - Colonial And Indian Exhibition (1886)
- 1886 - Melbourne, Victoria , Australia
- 1886 - Edinburgh, Scotland - International Exhibition Of Industry, Science And Art (1886)
- 1886 - Liverpool, England - International Exhibition Of Navigation, Commerce And Industry (1886)
- 1887 - Adelaide, South Australia , Australia - Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition (1887)
- 1887 - Geelong, Victoria , Australia - Geelong Jubilee Juvenile And Industrial Exhibition (1887)
- 1887 - London , England - American Exhibition (1887)
- 1887 - Rome, Italy - Esposizione Mondiale (1887)
- 1888 - Melbourne, Victoria , Australia - Victorian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1888) , Centennial International Exhibition
- 1888 - Glasgow, Scotland - International Exhibition (1888)
- 1888 - Brussels, Belgium - Grand Concours International Des Sciences Et De L'Industrie (1888)
- 1888 - Barcelona, Spain - Exposición Universal De Barcelona (1888)
- 1888 - Lisbon, Portugal - Exposição Industrial Portugueza (1888)
- 1888 - Copenhagen, Denmark - The Nordic Exhibition Of 1888 (1888)
- 1889 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1889) - Eiffel Tower
- 1889 - Dunedin, New Zealand - New Zealand And South Seas Exhibition (1889)
- 1889 - Buffalo, New York , United States - International Industrial Fair (1889)
- 1890 - Bremen, Germany - Nord-West-Deutsche Gewerbe Und Industrie-Ausstellung (1890)
- 1891 - Moscow, Russia - Exposition Française (1891)
- 1891 - Kingston, Jamaica - International Exhibition (1891)
- 1891 - Launceston, Tasmania , Australia - Tasmanian International Exhibition (1891)
- 1891 - Prague , Bohemia - General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891) at the Prague Exhibition Grounds {Link without Title}
- 1892 - Genoa, Italy - Esposizione Italo-americana (1892)
- 1892 - Madrid, Spain - Exposición Histórico-Americana (1892)
- 1892 - Washington, DC , United States - Exposition Of The Three Americas (1892) (never held)
- 1893 - Chicago, Illinois , United States - World's Columbian Exposition
- 1893 - Kimberly, South Africa - South Africa And International Exhibition (1893)
- 1893 - New York, New York , United States - World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition (1893)
- 1894 - San Francisco, California , United States - California Mid-Winter Exposition (1894)
- 1894 - Antwerp, Belgium - Exposition Internationale D'Anvers (1894)
- 1894 - Lyon, France - Exposition Internationale Et Coloniale (1894)
- 1894 - Oporto, Portugal - Exposição Insular E Colonial Portugueza (1894)
- 1895 - Hobart , Tasmania , Australia - Tasmanian International Exhibition (1895)
- 1895 - Ballarat , Victoria , Australia - Australian Industrial Exhibition (1895)
- 1895 - Atlanta, Georgia , United States - Cotton States And International Exposition (1895) (Atlanta Exposition)
- 1896 - Berlin, Germany - Gewerbe-Ausstellung (1896)
- 1896 - Mexico City, Mexico - International Exposition (1896) (never held)
- 1897 - Brussels, Belgium - Exposition Internationale De Bruxelles (1897)
- 1897 - Guatemala City, Guatemala - Exposición Centro-Americana (1897)
- 1897 - Brisbane, Queensland , Australia - Queensland International Exhibition (1897)
- 1897 - Chicago, Illinois , United States - Irish Fair (1897)
- 1897 - Nashville, Tennessee , United States - Tennessee Centennial And International Exposition
- 1897 - Stockholm , Sweden - Allmänna Konst- Och Industriutställningen (1897)
- 1898 - Dunedin, New Zealand - Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition (1898)
- 1898 - Omaha, Nebraska , United States - Trans-Mississippi Exposition
- 1898 - Bergen, Norway - International Fisheries Exposition (1898)
- 1898 - Munich, Germany - Kraft- Und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung (1898)
- 1898 - San Francisco, California , United States - California's Golden Jubilee (1898)
- 1898 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione Generale Italiana (1898)
- 1898 - Vienna, Austria - Jubiläums-Ausstellung (1898)
- 1899 - Coolgardie, Western Australia , Australia - Western Australian International Mining And Industrial Exhibition (1899)
- 1899 - Omaha, Nebraska , United States - Greater America Exposition (1899)
- 1899 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States - National Export Exposition (1899)
- 1899 - London , England - Greater Britain Exhibition (1899)
- 1900 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1900)
- 1900 - Adelaide, South Australia , Australia - Century Exhibition Of Arts And Industries (1900)
- 1901 - Buffalo, New York , United States - Pan-American Exposition
- 1901 - Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow International Exhibition (1901)
- 1901 - Vienna, Austria - Bosnische Weihnachts-Ausstellung (1901)
- 1901 - Charleston, South Carolina , United States - South Carolina And Interstate And West Indian Exposition (1901)
- 1902 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione Internazionale D'Arte Decorativa Moderna (1902)
- 1902 - Hanoi, Vietnam (Tonkin), Indo China Exposition Française Et Internationale (1902)
- 1902 - New York, New York , United States - United States, Colonial And International Exposition (1902) (never held)
- 1902 - Toledo, Ohio , United States - Ohio Centennial And Northwest Territory Exposition (1902) - (never held)
- 1903 - Osaka, Japan - National Industrial Exposition (1903)
- 1905 - Portland, Oregon , United States - Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition (1905)
- 1905 - Liège, Belgium - Exposition Universelle Et Internationale (1905)
- 1905 - London , England - Naval, Shipping And Fisheries Exhibition (1905)
- 1905 - New York, New York , United States - Irish Industrial Exposition (1905)
- 1906 - Milan, Italy - Esposizione Internazionale Del Sempione (1906)
- 1906 - London , England - Austrian Exhibition (1906)
- 1906 - Marseille, France - Exposition Coloniale (1906)
- 1906 - Christchurch, New Zealand - International Exhibition (1906)
- 1907 - Dublin, Ireland - Irish International Exhibition (1907)
- 1907 - Hampton Roads, Virginia , United States - Jamestown Exposition
- 1907 - Chicago, Illinois , United States - World's Pure Food Exposition (1907)
- 1907 - Mannheim, Germany - Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung (1907)
- 1908 - London , England - Franco-British Exhibition (1908)
- 1908 - New York, New York , United States - International Mining Exposition (1908)
- 1908 - Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro , Brazil - Exposição Nacional (1908)
- 1909 - Seattle, Washington , United States - Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
- 1909 - New York, New York , United States - Hudson-Fulton Celebration (1909)
- 1909 - San Francisco, California , United States - Portolá Festival (1909)
- 1909 - Quito, Ecuador - Exposición Nacional (1909)
- 1910 - Nanking, China - Nanking Exposition (1910)
- 1910 - Brussels, Belgium - Exposition Universelle Et Industrielle Des Bruxelles (1910)
- 1910 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Exposición Internacional (1910)
- 1910 - London , England - Japan-British Exhibition (1910)
- 1910 - San Francisco, California , United States - Admission Day Festival (1910)
- 1910 - Vienna, Austria - Internationale Jagd-Ausstellung (1910)
- 1911 - Dresden, Germany - International Hygiene Exhibition (1911)
- 1911 - London , England - Coronation Exhibition (1911)
- 1911 - London , England - Festival Of Empire (1911)
- 1911 - Rome, Italy - Esposizione Internazionale D'arte (1911)
- 1911 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione Internazionale Delle Industrie E Del Lavor (1911)
- 1911 - Glasgow, Scotland - Scottish Exhibition, Art And Industry
- 1911 - New York, New York , United States - International Mercantile Exposition (1911)
- 1912 - Manila, Philippines - Philippine Exposition (1912)
- 1912 - London , England - Latin-British Exhibition (1912)
- 1912 - Tokyo, Japan - Grand Exposition Of Japan (1912) (never held)
- 1913 - Ghent, Belgium - Exposition Universelle Et Internationale (1913)
- 1913 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Tentoonstelling De Vrouw 1813-1913
- 1913 - Knoxville, Tennessee , United States - National Conservation Exposition (1913)
- 1914 - Boulogne-sur-Mer , France - International Exposition Of Sea Fishery Industries (1914)
- 1914 - Cologne, Germany - Werkbund Exposition (1914)
- 1914 - Nottingham, England - Universal Exhibition (1914)
- 1914 - Semarang, Indonesia - Koloniale Tentoonstelling (1914)
- 1914 - Kristiania, Norway - Norges Jubilæumsutstilling (1914)
- 1915 - San Francisco, California , United States - Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915) Palace Of Fine Arts
- 1915 - San Diego, California , United States - Panama-California Exposition (1915)
- 1915 - Panama City, Panama - Exposición Nacional De Panama (1915)
- 1915 - Richmond, Virginia , United States - Negro Historical And Industrial Exposition (1915)
- 1915 - Washington, DC , United States - National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration (never held)
- 1917 - San Francisco, California , United States - Allied War Exposition (1917)
- 1918 - New York, New York , United States - Bronx International Exposition Of Science, Arts And Industries (1918)
- 1918 - Chicago, Illinois , United States - Allied War Exposition (1918)
- 1918 - Los Angeles, California , United States - California Liberty Fair (1918)
- 1920 - Shanghai, China - American-Chinese Exposition (1920) (?)
- 1921 - London , England - International Exhibition Of Rubber And Other Tropical Products (1921)
- 1922 - Marseille, France - Exposition Nationale Coloniale (1922)
- 1922 - Tokyo, Japan - Peace Exhibition (1922)
- 1922 - Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro , Brazil - Exposição Do Centenario Do Brasil (1922)
- 1923 - Los Angeles, California , United States - American Historical Review And Motion Picture Exposition (1923)
- 1923 - Calcutta, India - Calcutta Exhibition (1923) preparatory to British Empire Exhibition
- 1923 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Gothenburg Exhibition (1923) - Industrial Exhibition
- 1924 - Wembley, London, England - British Empire Exhibition
- 1924 - New York, New York , United States - French Exposition (1924)
- 1925 - Lyon, France - Foire (1925)
- 1925 - San Francisco, California , United States - California's Diamond Jubilee (1925)
- 1925 - Dunedin, New Zealand - New Zealand And South Seas International Exhibition (1925)
- 1925 - Paris, France - Exposition Internationale Des Arts Décoratifs Et Industriels Modernes (1925)
- 1926 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States - Sesquicentennial Exposition
- 1926 - Berlin, Germany - Internationale Polizeiausstellung (1926)
- 1927 - Lyon, France - Foire Internationale (1925)
- 1928 - Cologne, Germany - Internationale Presse-Ausstellung (1928)
- 1928 - Long Beach, California , United States - Pacific Southwest Exposition (1928)
- 1929 - Barcelona, Spain , and Seville, Spain - Expo '29 (Exposición Ibero-Americana) or (Spain International Exposition)
- 1929 - Newcastle Upon Tyne , England - North East Coast Exhibition
- 1930 - Antwerp, Belgium - Exposition Internationale Coloniale, Maritime Et D'art Flamand (1930)
- 1930 - Liège, Belgium - Exposition Internationale De La Grande Industrie, Sciences Et Applications, Art Wallon Ancien (1930)
- 1930 - Stockholm , Sweden - Stockholm International (1930) (Utställningen av konstindustri, konsthandverk och hemslöjd)
- 1930 - Trondheim, Norway - Tröndelag Exhibition (1930)
- 1931 - Milan, Italy - International Foundry Exhibition And Congress (1931)
- 1931 - Paris, France - Exposition Coloniale Internationale (1931)
- 1931 - Yorktown, Virginia , United States - Yorktown Sesquicentennial (1931)
- 1933 - Chicago, Illinois , United States - Century Of Progress International Exposition
- 1934 - Oporto, Portugal - Exposição Colonial Portuguesa (1934)
- 1934 - Tel Aviv, Israel - Levant Fair (1934)
- 1935 - Brussels, Belgium Exposition Universelle Et Internationale (1935)
- 1935 - San Diego, California , United States - California Pacific International Exposition (1935)
- 1935 - Porto Alegre , Rio Grande Do Sul , Brazil - Exposição Do Centenario Farroupilha (1935)
- 1936 - Johannesburg, South Africa - Empire Exhibition (1936)
- 1936 - Cleveland, Ohio , United States - Great Lakes Exposition
- 1936 - Dallas, Texas , United States - Texas Centennial Central Exposition (1936)
- 1937 - Berlin, Germany - Ausstellung (1937)
- 1937 - Cleveland, Ohio , United States - Great Lakes Exposition
- 1937 - Dallas, Texas , United States - Greater Texas And Pan American Exposition (1937)
- 1937 - Düsseldorf, Germany - Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk (1937)
- 1937 - Miami, Florida , United States - Pan American Fair (1937)
- 1937 - Paris, France - Exposition Internationale Des Arts Et Techniques Dans La Vie Moderne (1937)
- 1937 - Nagoya, Japan - Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937)
- 1938 - Glasgow, Scotland - British Empire Exhibition (1938)
- 1939 - New York, New York , United States - 1939 New York World's Fair exhibits included The World Of Tomorrow Futurama Trylon Perisphere
- 1939 - San Francisco, California , United States - Golden Gate Exposition (1939) also called the ''Golden Gate International Exposition''
- 1939 - Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand Centennial Exhibition
- 1939 - Dresden, Germany - Deutsche Kolonial Ausstellung (1939)
- 1939 - Liège, Belgium - Exposition Internationale De L'eau (1939)
- 1939 - Zürich, Switzerland - Schweizerische Landesausstellung (1939)
- 1940 - Lisbon, Portugal - Exposição Do Mundo Português (1940)
- 1940 - Los Angeles, California , United States - Pacific Mercado (1940) (never held)
- 1940 - Naples , Italy - Mostra Triennale Delle Terre Italiane D’Oltremare (Triennial Exhibition of Overseas Italian Territories)
- 1940 - Tokyo, Japan - Grand International Exposition Of Japan (1940) (never held)
- 1942 - Los Angeles, California , United States - Cabrillo Fair (1942) (never held)
- 1942 - Rome, Italy - Esposizione Universale (1942) (never held) (E42)
- 1948 - Brussels, Belgium - Foire Coloniale (1948)
- 1949 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Exposition Internationale Du Bicentenaire De Port-au-Prince (1949)
- 1962 - Seattle, Washington , United States - Century 21 Exposition Space Needle
- 1964 - New York, New York , United States - 1964/1965 New York World's Fair (note- not sanctioned by the Bureau International Des Expositions )
- 1967 - Montreal, Quebec , Canada - Expo '67 , (Universal and International Exhibition of 1967) the most successful Fair ever, drawing more than 50 million visitors.
- 1968 - San Antonio, Texas , United States - HemisFair '68
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