List of world's fairs

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

1790s

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.
  • 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.
  • 1834 – Paris, France – French Industrial Exposition of 1834
  • 1838 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Pubblica esposizione dell'anno 1838.
  • 1839 – Paris, France – Ninth Exposition (1839)

1840s

1850s

1860s

1870s

1880s

1890s

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

  • 1991 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Second World Exhibition of inventions of the young
  • 1992 – three expositions (1 was cancelled) celebrating 500 years since Christopher Columbus reached the Americas
    • Seville, Spain – Seville Expo '92 Universal Exposition, port where Columbus started his voyage
    • Genoa, Italy – Genoa Expo '92 Specialized Exposition, city where Columbus was born
    • Columbus, Ohio, United States - AmeriFlora '92 Horticultural Exposition, city named in honor of Columbus
    • Chicago, Illinois, United States (Cancelled) – meant to generically represent the Americas-side of Columbus' voyage
  • 1993 – Daejeon (Taejon), South Korea – Expo '93
  • 1995 – Vienna, Austria which was proposed to be a joint exhibition with Budapest. This was never held
  • 1996 – cancelled (planned site: Budapest, Hungary)
  • 1998 – Lisbon, Portugal – Expo '98
  • 1999 – Kunming, China – World Horticultural Exposition

2000s

2010s

2020s

2030s

Future bids and candidate cities

2035

  • 2035 - Germany plans to bid for the Expo 2035 in Berlin
  • 2035 - Egypt plans to bid for the Expo 2035 in New Administrative Capital
  • 2035 - South Korea plans to bid for the Expo 2035 in Busan

See also


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