List of world's fairs

This is a chronological list of international or colonial world's fairs.

1790s 1791 – Prague, Bohemia – first industrial exhibition on the occasion of the coronation of Leopold II as king of Bohemia, took place in Clementinum, a site of considerable sophistication of manufacturing methods. For this occasion, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his final opera La clemenza di Tito. 1798 – Paris, France – L'Exposition des produits de l'industrie française, Paris, 1798. This was the first public industrial exposition in France although earlier in 1798 the Marquis d'Avèze had held a private exposition of handicrafts and manufactured goods at the Maison d'Orsay in the Rue de Varenne and it was this that suggested the idea of a public exposition to Nicolas François de Neufchâteau, Minister of the Interior for the French Republic.F. C. Danvers, 'International Exhibitions,' Quarterly Journal of Science 4:4 (October 1867) 488–499.

1800s 1801 – Paris, France – Second Exposition (1801). After the success of the exposition of 1798 a series of expositions for French manufacturing followed (1801, 1802, 1806, 1819, 1823, 1827, 1834, 1844 and 1849) until the first properly international (or universal) exposition in France in 1855.'Sketch of the French Expositions,' Hogg's Instructor New Series 6 (1851) 372–373. 1802 – Paris, France – Third Exposition (1802) 1806 – Paris, France – Fourth Exposition (1806)

1810s 1819 – Paris, France – Fifth Exposition (1819)

1820s 1823 – Paris, France – Sixth Exposition (1823) 1827 – Paris, France – Seventh Exposition (1827) 1829 – New York City, United States – American Institute Fair 1829 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Prima Triennale Pubblica Esposizione dell’anno 1829. In Turin, a second 'triennale' followed in 1832 before other national agricultural, industrial, commercial, and applied arts expositions there in 1838, 1844, 1850 and 1858.

1830s 1832 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Seconda Triennale Pubblica Esposizione dell’anno 1832.Raimondo Riccini, 'Tracce di design. La produzione di oggetti fra tecnica e arti applicate,' in Giorgio Bigatti and Sergio Onger (eds), Arti technologi pogeto: Le exposizioni d'industria in Italia prima dell'Unità (Milan: FrancoAngeli, 2007) 257–276, 266. 1834 – Paris, France – French Industrial Exposition of 1834 1838 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Pubblica esposizione dell'anno 1838.Giudicio della Regia Camera di Agricoltura e di commercio di Torino sui prodotti dell'Industria de'R. Stati ammessi alla Pubblica esposizione dell'anno 1838 nelle sale del Real Castello del Valentino (Turin: Chirio e Mina, 1838). 1839 – Paris, France – Ninth Exposition (1839)

1840s 1844 – Paris, France – French Industrial (Tenth) Exposition of 1844 1844 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Quarta Esposizione d'Industria et di Belle Arti.Quarta esposizione di Industria e Belle arti al Real Valentino. da Remi amera di Agricoltura e di commercio di Torino, e notizie sulla patria industria, compilate da Carlo Ign. Giulio, relatore centrale (Turin: Stamperia Reale, 1844). 1846 – Genoa, Piedmont-Sardinia – Esposizione dei Prodotti e delle Manufatture nazionali 1849 – Birmingham, United Kingdom – Exhibition of Industrial Arts and Manufacturers 1849 – London, United Kingdom – First Exhibition of British Manufacturers (1849) 1849 – Paris, France – Eleventh Exposition (1849)

1850s 1850 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Quinta Esposizione di Industria e di Belle ArtiGiudizio della Regia Camera di Agricoltura e di commercio di Torino sulla quinta Esposizione di industria e di belle arti al Castello del Valentino nel 1850 et notizie sulla patria industria (Turin: 1851). 1851 – London, United Kingdom – The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations – The Crystal Palace (typically listed as the "first world's fair") 1852 – Cork, Ireland – Irish Industrial Exhibition 1853 – Naples, Two Sicilies – Solenne Pubblica Esposizione di Arti e Manifatture 1853–1854 – New York City, United States – Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations 1853 – Dublin, Ireland – Great Industrial Exhibition (1853) 1854 – Genoa, Piedmont-Sardinia – Esposizione Industriale 1854 – Munich, Bavaria – General German Industrial Exhibition (Allgemeine deutsche Industrie-Ausstellung) 1854 – Melbourne, Victoria – Melbourne Exhibition (in conjunction with Exposition Universelle (1855)) 1855 – Paris, France – Exposition Universelle (1855) 1856 – Brussels, Belgium – International Exhibition 1857 – Manchester, United Kingdom – Art Treasures Exhibition at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Stretford 1857 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Lausanne Exhibition 1858 – Dijon, France – 1858 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – Philadelphia Technological Exhibition 1858 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Sesta Esposizione Nazionale di Prodotti d'IndustriaAlbum descrittivo dei principali oggetti esposti nel Real Castello de Valentino in occasione della sesta Esposizione nazionale i prodotti d'industria nell'anno 1858 (Turin: presso Ufficio dei brevetti d'inveznione con Gabinetto di disegno industriale e litografico, 1858).

1860s 1860 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Grand Exhibition of the Industrial Products of United Canada at the Crystal Palace (Montreal) 1861 – Brisbane, Queensland – First Queensland Exhibition 1861 – Melbourne, Victoria – Second Victorian Exhibition 1861 – Metz, France – Exposition Universelle (1861) 1861 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Fisheries Exposition 1862 – Geelong, Victoria, Australia - Exhibition of Art, Science and Industry 1862 – London, United Kingdom – 1862 International Exhibition 1864 – Bayonne, France – Franco-Spanish Exposition 1865 – Cologne, Prussia – International Agricultural Exhibition 1865 – Bergen, Norway – International Fisheries Exhibition 1865 – Batavia, Dutch East Indies – Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition 1865 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand Exhibition 1865 – Dublin, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures 1865 – Freetown, Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone Exhibition 1865 – Porto, Portugal – 1865 International Exhibition 1866 – Ballarat, Victoria – National Industrial Exhibition 1866 – Melbourne, Victoria – Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia 1866 – Boulogne-sur-Mer, France – International Fisheries Exposition 1866 – Arcachon, France – International Exposition of Fish and Water Products 1866 – Stockholm, Sweden – Scandinavian Industrial Exhibition 1867 – Paris, France – Exposition Universelle (1867) 1867 – The Hague, Netherlands – International Maritime Exhibition 1867 – Aarhaus, Denmark – International Maritime Exhibition 1867 – Vienna, Austria – International Maritime Exhibition 1867 – Gothenburg, Sweden – International Maritime Exhibition 1868 – Le Havre, France – International Maritime Exposition 1869 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – International Exhibition of Domestic Economy

1870s 1870 – Sydney, New South Wales – Intercolonial Exhibition (1870) 1871 – Córdoba, Argentina – Exposición Nacional 1871 – London, United Kingdom – First Annual International Exhibition (1871) 1871 – Naples, Italy – International Maritime Exposition 1872 – Hamilton, Bermuda – Industrial and Loan Exhibition 1872 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Second Scandinavian Exhibition of Arts and Industry 1872 – London, United Kingdom – Second Annual International Exhibition (1872) 1872 – Christchurch, New Zealand – New Zealand Interprovincial Exhibition 1872 – Lima, Peru – Lima International Exhibition 1872 – Lyon, France – Exposition Universelle et Internationale (1872) 1872 – Kyoto, Japan – Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1872) 1873 – London, United Kingdom – Third Annual International Exhibition (1873) 1873 – Vienna, Austria – Weltausstellung 1873 Wien 1873 – Sydney, New South Wales – Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition (1873) 1874 – London, United Kingdom – Fourth Annual International Exhibition (1874) 1874 – Dublin, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1874) 1874 – Rome, Italy – Esposizione internazionale (1874) (never held) 1874 – Jamestown, Saint Helena – St. Helena Industrial Exhibition 1874 – Marseille, France – Exhibition of Modern Inventions and Discoveries 1874 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – Franklin Institute Exhibition 1875 – Melbourne, Victoria – Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition 1875 – Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – Nizhny Novgorod Fair (1875) 1875 – Sydney, New South Wales – Intercolonial Exhibition (1875) 1875 – Santiago, Chile – Chilean International Exhibition 1876 – Brussels, Belgium – International Exposition of Hygiene and Life-saving Apparatus 1876 – Helsinki, Finland – Finnish General Exhibition 1876 – Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide Industrial Exhibition 1876 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – Centennial Exposition 1876 – Brisbane, Queensland – Intercolonial Exhibition (1876) 1876 – London, United Kingdom – London Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus 1877 – Cape Town, Cape Colony – South African International Exhibition 1877 – Tokyo, Japan – First National Industrial Exhibition (1877) (Ueno Park) 1877 – Sydney, New South Wales – Sydney Metropolitan and Intercolonial Exhibition 1877 – Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide Industrial Exhibition 1878 – Paris, France – Exposition Universelle (1878) 1878 – Ballarat, Victoria – Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1878) 1878 – London, United Kingdom – International Fisheries Exhibition 1879 - Berlin Trade Exhibition 1879 – Bendigo, Victoria – Juvenile Industrial Exhibition 1879 – Geelong, Victoria – Geelong Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition 1879 – Sydney, New South Wales – Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition 1879 – Sydney, New South Wales – Sydney International Exhibition 1879 – Melbourne, Victoria – Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1879) 1879 – Kilburn, United Kingdom – International Agricultural Exhibition

1880s 1880 – Berlin, Germany – International Fisheries Exhibition 1880 – Christchurch, New Zealand – Christchurch Industrial Exhibition 1880 – Adelaide, South Australia – Industrial and Juvenile Exhibition 1880 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – Glasgow Electrical Exhibition 1880-1881 – Melbourne, Victoria – Melbourne International Exhibition 1881 – Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide Exhibition. 1881 – Matanzas, Cuba – Exhibition of Matanzas 1881 – Paris, France – International Exposition of Electricity, Paris 1881 – Dunedin, New Zealand – Dunedin Industrial Exhibition 1881 – Atlanta, Georgia, United States – International Cotton Exposition 1881 – Budapest, Austria-Hungary – Országos Nőipari Kiállitás 1881 – London, United Kingdom – International Medical and Sanitary Exhibition 1881 – Tokyo, Japan – Second National Industrial Exhibition 1881-1882 – Perth, Western Australia – Perth International Exhibition 1882 – Lille, France – International Exposition of Industrial Art 1882 – Munich, Germany – International Electrical Exposition 1882 – Christchurch, New Zealand – New Zealand International Exhibition 1882 – London, United Kingdom – Crystal Palace Electric Exhibition 1882 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – International Fisheries Exhibition 1882 – Bordeaux, France – Exposition internationale des vins 1882 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – South American Continental Exhibition (Exposición Continental Sud-Americana) 1883 – London, United Kingdom – International Electric Exhibition 1883 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – International Electrical Exposition 1883 – Cork, United Kingdom – Cork Industrial Exhibition 1883 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – International Colonial and Export Exhibition 1883 – Calcutta, India – Calcutta International Exhibition 1883 – Marseille, France – International Maritime Exposition 1883 – Christchurch, New Zealand – All Colonial Exhibition 1883 – Madrid, Spain – Exposition of Mining and Metallurgy 1883 – South Kensington, United Kingdom – International Fisheries Exhibition