List of World's Fairs*

1860s

• 1862 - London, England, United Kingdom - 1862 International Exhibition
• 1867 - Paris, France

1870s

• 1870 - Sydney, New South Wales - Intercolonial Exhibition (1870)
• 1871 - London, England, United Kingdom - First Annual International Exhibition (1871)
• 1872 - London, England, United Kingdom - Second Annual International Exhibition (1872)
• 1872 - Lima, Peru - Exposicion Internacional de 1872
• 1872 - Lyon, France - Exposition Universelle et Internationale (1872)
• 1872 - Kyoto, Japan - Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1872)
• 1873 - London, England, United Kingdom - Third Annual International Exhibition (1873)
• 1873 - Vienna, Austria-Hungary - Weltausstellung 1873 Wien
• 1873 - Sydney, New South Wales - Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition (1873)
• 1874 - London, England, United Kingdom - Fourth Annual International Exhibition (1874)
• 1874 - Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom - 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 - Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)
• 1875 - Nizhni Novgorod, Russia - Nizhni Novgorod Fair (1875)
• 1875 - Sydney, New South Wales - Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)
• 1875 - Santiago, Chile - Exposición Internacional de Chile
• 1876 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - Centennial Exposition
• 1876 - Brisbane, Queensland - Intercolonial Exhibition (1876)
• 1877 - Cape Town, Cape Colony - South African International Exhibition (1877)
• 1877 - Tokyo, Japan - First National Industrial Exhibition (1877) (Ueno Park)
• 1878 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1878)
• 1878 - Ballarat, Victoria - Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1878)
• 1879 - Sydney, New South Wales - Sydney International Exhibition (1879)
• 1879 - Melbourne, Victoria - Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1879)

1880s

• 1880 - Melbourne, Victoria - Melbourne International Exhibition (1880)
• 1881 - Atlanta, Georgia, United States - International Cotton Exposition (1881)
• 1881 - Budapest, Austria-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 - Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1883)
• 1883 - Louisville, Kentucky, United States - Southern Exposition
• 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 Exposition and World's Fair), (World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exhibition), (New Orleans Centennial)
• 1884 - Melbourne, Victoria - Victorian International Exhibition 1884 of Wine, Fruit, Grain & other products of the soil of Australasia with machinery, plant and tools employed
• 1884 - Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom - International Forestry Exhibition (1884)
• 1884 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione Generale Italiana (1884)
• 1885 - Melbourne, Victoria - 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, United Kingdom - International Exhibition of Inventions
• 1886 - London, England, United Kingdom - Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886)
• 1886 - Melbourne, Victoria
• 1886 - Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom - International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art (1886)
• 1886 - Liverpool, England, United Kingdom - International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry (1886)
• 1887 - Adelaide, South Australia - Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition (1887)
• 1887 - Geelong, Victoria - Geelong Jubilee Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition (1887)
• 1887 - London, England, United Kingdom - American Exhibition (1887)
• 1887 - Rome, Italy - Esposizione mondiale (1887)
• 1888 - Melbourne, Victoria - Victorian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1888), Centennial International Exhibition
• 1888 - Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom - 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
• 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)

1890s

• 1890 - Bremen, Germany - Nord-West-Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie-Ausstellung (1890)
• 1891 - Moscow, Russia - Exposition française (1891)
• 1891 - Frankfurt, Germany - International Electro-Technical Exhibition - 1891
• 1891 - Kingston, Jamaica - International Exhibition (1891)
• 1891 - Launceston, Tasmania - Tasmanian International Exhibition (1891)
• 1891 - Prague, Austria-Hungary - General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891) at the Prague Exhibition Grounds [2]
• 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 - Kimberley, Cape Colony - 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 Midwinter International Exposition of 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 - Tasmanian International Exhibition (1895)
• 1895 - Ballarat, Victoria - 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 - 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-Norway - 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-Hungary - Jubiläums-Ausstellung (1898)
• 1899 - Coolgardie, Western 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, United Kingdom - Greater Britain Exhibition (1899)

1900s

• 1900 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1900) - Le Grand Palais
• 1900 - Adelaide, South Australia - Century Exhibition of Arts and Industries (1900)
• 1901 - Buffalo, New York, United States - Pan-American Exposition
• 1901 - Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom - Glasgow International Exhibition (1901)
• 1901 - Vienna, Austria-Hungary - Bosnische Weihnachts-Ausstellung (1901)
• 1901 - Charleston, South Carolina, United States - South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition (1901)
• 1902 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna (1902)
• 1902 - Hanoi, French Indochina - Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale (1902)
• 1902 - New York City, 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)
• 1904 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States - Louisiana Purchase Exposition (also called Louisiana Purchase International Exposition and Olympic Games ): 1904 Summer Olympics
• 1905 - Portland, Oregon, United States - Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition (1905)
• 1905 - Liège, Belgium - Exposition universelle et internationale (1905)
• 1905 - London, England, United Kingdom - Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition (1905)
• 1905 - New York City, New York, United States - Irish Industrial Exposition (1905)
• 1906 - Milan, Italy - Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione (1906)
• 1906 - London, England, United Kingdom - Austrian Exhibition (1906)
• 1906 - Marseille, France - Exposition coloniale (1906)
• 1906 - Christchurch, New Zealand - International Exhibition (1906)
• 1907 - Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom - 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, United Kingdom - Franco-British Exhibition (1908)
• 1908 - New York City, New York, United States - International Mining Exposition (1908)
• 1908 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Exposição Nacional (1908)
• 1909 - Nancy, France - Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la France
• 1909 - Seattle, Washington, United States - Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
• 1909 - New York City, New York, United States - Hudson-Fulton Celebration (1909)
• 1909 - San Francisco, California, United States - Portolá Festival (1909)
• 1909 - Quito, Ecuador - Exposición Nacional (1909)

1910s

• 1910 - Bogotá, Colombia - Exposición del Centenario de la independencia (1910)
• 1910 - Nanking, China - Nanking Exposition (1910)
• 1910 - Brussels, Belgium - Exposition Universelle et Industrielle des Bruxelles (1910)
• 1910 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Exposición Internacional del Centenario (1910)
• 1910 - London, England, United Kingdom - Japan-British Exhibition (1910)
• 1910 - San Francisco, California, United States - Admission Day Festival (1910)
• 1910 - Vienna, Austria-Hungary - Internationale Jagd-Ausstellung (1910)
• 1911 - Dresden, Germany - International Hygiene Exhibition (1911)
• 1911 - London, England, United Kingdom - Coronation Exhibition (1911)
• 1911 - London, England, United Kingdom - 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, United Kingdom - 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, United Kingdom - 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, United Kingdom - Universal Exhibition (1914)
• 1914 - Semarang, Dutch East Indies - 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 - Chicago, Illinois, United States - Lincoln Jubilee and 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)

1920s

• 1920 - Shanghai, China - American-Chinese Exposition (1920) (?)
• 1921 - London, England, United Kingdom - 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, 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, England, United Kingdom - 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
• 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, United Kingdom - North East Coast Exhibition

1930s

• 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 Exhibition (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, Palestine - 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, United Kingdom - Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938
• 1939 - New York, New York, United States - 1939 New York World's Fair (exhibits included The World of Tomorrow, Futurama, Trylon and Perisphere)
• 1939 - San Francisco, California, United States - 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)

1940s

• 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) (E42) (never held)
• 1948 - Brussels, Belgium - Foire coloniale (1948)
• 1949 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince (1949)

*Adapted from Wikipedia