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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, 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.

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

• 1844 – Paris, France – French Industrial (Tenth) Exposition of 1844
• 1844 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Quarta Esposizione d'Industria et di Belle Arti.
• 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 Arti
• 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 – Dijon Exposition [fr]
• 1858 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – Philadelphia Technological Exhibition
• 1858 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Sesta Esposizione Nazionale di Prodotti d'Industria

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 - 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 – Nizhni Novgorod, Russia – Nizhni 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 – 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 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Milwaukee Industrial Exposition
• 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 – Marseilles, 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
• 1883 – Parramatta, New South Wales – Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition
• 1883 – Hobart, Tasmania – Tasmanian Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition
• 1883 – Launceston, Tasmania – Art and Industrial Exhibition
• 1883 – Louisville, Kentucky, United States – Southern Exposition
• 1883 – New York City, United States – World's Fair (1883) (never held)
• 1883 – Caracas, Venezuela – National Exposition of Venezuela
• 1883–1884 – Boston, Massachusetts, United States – The American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations
• 1884 – Nice, France – International Exposition of Nice
• 1884 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – International Agricultural Exhibition
• 1884 – London, United Kingdom – London International Universal Exhibition
• 1884 – South Kensington, United Kingdom – International Health and Education Exhibition
• 1884 – Cape Town, Cape Colony – South African Industrial Exhibition
• 1884 – Durban, South Africa – Natal Agricultural, Horticultural, Industrial and Art Exhibition
• 1884 – New Orleans, Louisiana, United States – World Cotton 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, United Kingdom – First International Forestry Exhibition
• 1884 – Turin, Italy – Esposizione Generale Italiana
• 1884 – Adelaide, South Australia – Grand Industrial Exhibition
• 1885 – Melbourne, Victoria – Victorians' Jubilee Exhibition (1885) (Jubilee of Victoria Exhibition)
• 1885 – Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony (now South Africa) – South African Exhibition
• 1885 – Antwerp, Belgium – Exposition Universelle d'Anvers (1885)
• 1885 – Nuremberg, Germany – International Exposition of Metals and Metallurgy
• 1885 – Budapest, Hungary – Hungarian National Exhibition
• 1885 – Wellington, New Zealand – New Zealand Industrial Exhibition
• 1885 – Zaragoza, Spain – Aragonese Exposition
• 1885 – London, United Kingdom – International Inventions Exhibition
• 1886 – London, United Kingdom – Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886)
• 1886 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art
• 1886 – Liverpool, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry (1886)
• 1886 – Bendigo, Victoria – Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition
• 1886 – Launceston, Tasmania – Launceston Industrial Exhibition
• 1886 – Perth, Western Australia – West Australian Exhibition
• 1887 – Le Havre, France – International Maritime Exposition
• 1887 – Atlanta, United States – Piedmont Exposition
• 1887 – Geelong, Victoria – Geelong Jubilee Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition (1887)
• 1887 – Manchester, United Kingdom – Royal Jubilee Exhibition
• 1887 – London, United Kingdom – American Exhibition
• 1887 – Newcastle, United Kingdom – Royal Mining Engineering Jubilee Exhibition
• 1887 – Rome, Italy – Esposizione mondiale (1887)
• 1887 – Madrid, Spain – Exposición General de las Islas Filipinas
• 1887–1888 – Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition (1887)
• 1888 – Glasgow, 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 – Cincinnati, Ohio – Cincinnati Centennial Exposition (1888)
• 1888 – Lisbon, Portugal – Exposição Industrial Portugueza (1888)
• 1888 – Copenhagen, Denmark – The Nordic Exhibition of 1888 (Nordiske Industri-Landbrugs og Kunstudstilling)
• 1888–1889 – Melbourne, Victoria – Melbourne Centennial Exhibition
• 1888–1889 – Melbourne, Victoria – Victorian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (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 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Agricultural Exhibition
• 1890 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Agricultural and Forestry Exposition
• 1890 – Bremen, Germany – Nord-West-Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie-Ausstellung
• 1890 – London, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Mining and Metallurgy
• 1890 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry
• 1890 – Ballarat, Victoria - Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition
• 1891 – Moscow, Russia – Exposition française
• 1891 – Frankfurt, Germany – International Electrotechnical Exhibition
• 1891 – Kingston, Jamaica – International Exhibition (1891)
• 1891 – Prague, Austria-Hungary – General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891) at the Prague Exhibition Grounds
• 1891 – Adelaide, South Australia – Industrial Exhibition of South Australian Industries, Products and Manufactures
• 1891 – Port of Spain – Trinidad and Tobago Exhibition
• 1891–1892 – Launceston, Tasmania – Tasmanian International Exhibition (1891)
• 1892 – Grenoble, France – International Alpine Exposition of Grenoble
• 1892 – Genoa, Italy – Esposizione Italo-Americana (1892)
• 1892 – Washington, D.C., United States – Exposition of the Three Americas (1892) (never held)
• 1892 – London, United Kingdom – Crystal Palace Electrical Exhibition
• 1892 – Kimberley, Cape of Good Hope – South African and International Exhibition
• 1892–1893 – Madrid, Spain – Historical American Exposition
• 1893 – Chicago, Illinois, United States – World's Columbian Exposition – Palace of Fine Arts and the World's Congress Auxiliary Building
• 1893 – New York City, 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 – Santiago, Chile – International Mining and Metallurgical Exposition
• 1894 – Lyons, France – Exposition internationale et coloniale
• 1894 – Manchester, United Kingdom – British and Colonial Exhibition
• 1894 – Porto, Portugal – Exposição Insular e Colonial Portugueza (1894)
• 1894 – Fremantle, Western Australia – Fremantle Industrial Exhibition
• 1895 – Adelaide, South Australia – Exhibition of Art and Industry
• 1895 - Charleroi, Belgium - Exposition internationale, industrielle, commerciale, agricole et horticole, avec annexes scientifiques et artistiques et concours ouvriers
• 1895 – Hobart, Tasmania – Tasmanian International Exhibition (1895)
• 1895 – Ballarat, Victoria – Australian Industrial Exhibition (1895)
• 1895 – Bordeaux, France – Bordeaux Exposition [fr]
• 1895 – Kyoto, Japan – National Japanese Exhibition
• 1895 – Christchurch, New Zealand – Art and Industrial Exhibition
• 1895 – Atlanta, Georgia, United States – Cotton States and International Exposition (1895) (Atlanta Exposition)
• 1895 – Montevideo, Uruguay - National Agricultural Exhibition
• 1896 – Rouen, France – National and Colonial Exposition
• 1896 – Kiel, Germany – International Shipping and Fishery Exposition
• 1896 – Budapest, Austria-Hungary – Hungarian Millenary Exhibition
• 1896 – Wellington, New Zealand – Wellington Industrial Exhibition
• 1896 – Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – Pan Russian Exhibition
• 1896 – Malmö, Sweden – Nordic Industrial and Handicraft Exhibition
• 1896 – Berlin, Germany – Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin
• 1896 – Mexico City, Mexico – International Exposition (1896) (never held)
• 1896 – Cardiff, United Kingdom – Cardiff Fine Arts, Industrial, and Maritime Exhibition
• 1896 – Geneva, Switzerland – Exposition National Suisse
• 1897 – Brussels, Belgium – Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles (1897)
• 1897 – Arcachon, France – Arcachon International Exposition
• 1897 – Guatemala City, Guatemala – Exposición Centroamericana
• 1897 – London, United Kingdom – Imperial Victorian Exhibition
• 1897 – Brisbane, Queensland – Queensland International Exhibition
• 1897 – Chicago, Illinois, United States – Irish Fair (1897)
• 1897 – Nashville, Tennessee, United States – Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition
• 1897 – Stockholm, Sweden – General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm
• 1897 – Kiev, Russian Empire – Agricultural Exhibition
• 1898 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – National Exhibition
• 1898 – Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire – Universal Scientific and Philanthropic Exposition (1898)
• 1898 – Auckland, New Zealand – Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition
• 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 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Jubiläums-Ausstellung
• 1898 – Launceston, Tasmania – Tasmanian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition
• 1898 – Grahamstown, South Africa – Industrial and Arts Exhibition
• 1899 – Coolgardie, Western Australia – Western Australian International Mining and Industrial Exhibition
• 1899 – Como, Italy – Como Electrical Exhibition
• 1899 – Omaha, Nebraska, United States – Greater America Exposition
• 1899 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – National Export Exposition
• 1899 – London, United Kingdom – Greater Britain Exhibition

1900s

• 1900 – Paris, France – Exposition Universelle (1900) – Le Grand Palais
• 1900 – Adelaide, South Australia – Century Exhibition of Arts and Industries (1900)
• 1900 – Christchurch, New Zealand – Canterbury Jubilee Industrial Exhibition
• 1901 – Bendigo, Australia – Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition
• 1901 – Buffalo, New York, United States – Pan-American Exposition
• 1901 – Glasgow, 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
• 1902 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – International Fishery Exposition
• 1902 – Turin, Italy – Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna
• 1902 – Hanoi, French Indochina – Hanoi exhibition (Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale)
• 1902 – Lille, France – International Exposition of Lille
• 1902 – Cork, United Kingdom – Cork International Exhibition
• 1902 – Wolverhampton, United Kingdom – Wolverhampton Art and Industrial Exhibition
• 1902 – St. Petersburg, Russia – International Fisheries Exhibition
• 1902 – New York City, 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 – Melbourne, Australia – Australian Federal International Exhibition
• 1903 – Osaka, Japan – Fifth National Industrial Exhibition
• 1904 – St. Louis, Missouri, United States – Louisiana Purchase Exposition (also called Louisiana Purchase International Exposition and Olympic Games ): 1904 Summer Olympics
• 1904 – Cape Town, South Africa – Cape Town Industrial Exhibition
• 1905 – Portland, Oregon, United States – Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition
• 1905 – Liège, Belgium – Exposition universelle et internationale de Liège (1905)
• 1905 – London, United Kingdom – Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition
• 1905 – New York City, United States – Irish Industrial Exposition (1905)
• 1906 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Hygiene Exhibition
• 1906 – Milan, Italy – Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione
• 1906 – London, United Kingdom – Imperial Austrian Exhibition
• 1906 – Marseille, France – Exposition coloniale (1906)
• 1906 – Bucharest, Romania – Romanian General Exposition
• 1906 – Tourcoing, France – International Exposition of Textile Industries
• 1906–1907 – Christchurch, New Zealand – International Exhibition (1906)
• 1907 – Bordeaux, France – International Maritime Exposition [fr]
• 1907 – Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Industrial Exhibition
• 1907 – Bergen, Norway – Nordic Marine Motor Exhibition
• 1907 – Dublin, United Kingdom – Irish International Exhibition
• 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 – Marseille, France – Exposition of Electricity
• 1908 – Trondheim, Norway – Scandinavian Fisheries Exhibition
• 1908 – Zaragoza, Spain – Hispano-French Exposition of 1908
• 1908 – London, United Kingdom – Franco-British Exhibition (1908)
• 1908 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – Scottish National Exhibition
• 1908 – New York City, United States – International Mining Exposition (1908)
• 1908 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Exhibition of the centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil
• 1908 – Marseille, France – Exposition International de l'Electricite
• 1909 – London, United Kingdom – Imperial International Exhibition
• 1909 – Nancy, France – Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la France
• 1909 – Seattle, Washington, United States – Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
• 1909 – New York City, United States – Hudson-Fulton Celebration
• 1909 – San Francisco, California, United States – Portolá Festival (1909)
• 1909 – Quito, Ecuador – National Ecuadorian Exposition

1910s

• 1910 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – International Hunting Exposition
• 1910 – Santiago, Chile – International Agricultural and Industrial Exposition
• 1910 – Bogotá, Colombia – Exposición del Centenario de la independencia (1910)
• 1910 – Nanking, China – Nanyang Industrial Exposition
• 1910 – Brussels, Belgium – Brussels International 1910
• 1910 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Exposición Internacional del Centenario
• 1910 – Nagoya, Japan – Nagoya Industrial Exhibition
• 1910 – London, United Kingdom – Japan–British Exhibition
• 1910 – San Francisco, California, United States – Admission Day Festival (1910) September 8, 9, 10
• 1910 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Internationale Jagd-Ausstellung (1910)
• 1911 – Charleroi, Belgium – Charleroi Exposition
• 1911 – Havana, Cuba – Cuban National Exposition
• 1911 – Roubaix, France – International Exposition of Northern France
• 1911 – Dresden, Germany – International Hygiene Exhibition
• 1911 – London, United Kingdom – Coronation Exhibition (1911)
• 1911 – London, United Kingdom – Festival of Empire
• 1911 – Rome, Italy – Esposizione internazionale d'arte (1911)
• 1911 – Wellington, New Zealand – Coronation Industrial Exhibition
• 1911 – Turin, Italy – Turin International
• 1911 – Omsk, Russia – Western Siberian Exhibition
• 1911 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry
• 1911 – New York City, United States – International Mercantile Exposition (1911)
• 1912 – Manila, Philippines – Philippine Exposition (1912)
• 1912 – London, United Kingdom – Latin-British Exhibition
• 1912, 1917 – Tokyo, Japan – Grand Exhibition of Japan (planned for 1912, postponed to 1917 and then never held)
• 1913 – Melbourne, Australia - Great All-Australian Exhibition
• 1913 – Leipzig, Germany – International Building Trades Exposition
• 1913 – Auckland, New Zealand – Auckland Exhibition
• 1913 – Ghent, Belgium – Exposition universelle et internationale (1913)
• 1913 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Tentoonstelling De Vrouw 1813–1913
• 1913 – Kiev, Russian Empire – All Russian Exhibition
• 1913 – Knoxville, Tennessee, United States – National Conservation Exposition
• 1914 – London, United Kingdom – Anglo-American Exhibition
• 1914 – Malmö, Sweden – Baltic Exhibition
• 1914 – Boulogne-sur-Mer, France – International Exposition of Sea Fishery Industries (1914)
• 1914 – Lyon, France – Exposition internationale urbaine de Lyon
• 1914 – Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Taisho Exposition
• 1914 – Cologne, Germany – Werkbund Exhibition (1914)
• 1914 – Bristol, United Kingdom – International Exhibition (1914)
• 1914 – Nottingham, United Kingdom – Universal Exhibition (1914) (work begun on site 1913 but never held)
• 1914 – Semarang, Dutch East Indies – Colonial Exhibition of Semarang (Colonial Exposition)
• 1914 – Christiania, Norway – 1914 Jubilee Exhibition (Norges Jubilæumsutstilling)
• 1914 – Baltimore, United States – National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration
• 1914 – Genoa, Italy – International exhibition of marine and maritime hygiene
• 1915 – Casablanca, Morocco – Casablanca Fair of 1915
• 1915 – San Francisco, California, United States – Panama–Pacific International Exposition Palace of Fine Arts
• 1915 – Panama City, Panama – Exposición Nacional de Panama (1915)
• 1915 – Richmond, United States – Negro Historical and Industrial Exposition (1915)
• 1915 – Chicago, United States – Lincoln Jubilee and Exposition (1915)
• 1915–1916 – San Diego, California, United States – Panama–California Exposition
• 1916 – Wellington, New Zealand – British Commercial and Industrial Exhibition
• 1918 – New York City, United States – Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries
• 1918 – Los Angeles, United States – California Liberty Fair (1918)

1920s

• 1920 – Adelaide, Australia – All-Australian Peace Exhibition
• 1920 – Shanghai, China – American-Chinese Exposition
• 1921 – Riga, Latvia – International Exhibition of Agriculture and Industry
• 1921 – Wellington, New Zealand – Exhibition of New Zealand Industries
• 1921 – London, 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 – Christchurch, New Zealand – Exhibition of New Zealand Industries
• 1922–1923 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Exposição do Centenario do Brasil (1922)
• 1923 – Auckland, New Zealand – Dominion Industrial Exhibition
• 1923 – Los Angeles, United States – American Historical Review and Motion Picture Exposition (1923)
• 1923 – Calcutta, India – Calcutta Exhibition (1923) preparatory to British Empire Exhibition
• 1923 – Moscow, Soviet Union – All-Russian Agricultural and Domestic Industries Exhibition
• 1923 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Gothenburg Exhibition (1923) (Jubileumsutställningens i Göteborg) (Liseberg)
• 1923–1924 – Hokitika, New Zealand – British and Intercolonial Exhibition
• 1924 – Wembley, London, United Kingdom – British Empire Exhibition
• 1924 – New York City, United States – French Exposition (1924)
• 1924–1925 Buenos Aires, Argentina – Industrial Exposition
• 1925 – Adelaide, Australia – All-Australian Exhibition
• 1925 – Wellington, New Zealand – Dominion Industrial Exhibition
• 1925 – San Francisco, California, United States – California's Diamond Jubilee (1925)
• 1925 – Paris, France – International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts
• 1925–1926 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition
• 1926 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – Sesquicentennial Exposition
• 1926 – Berlin, Germany – Internationale Polizeiausstellung (1926)
• 1927 – Lyon, France – Foire internationale (1925)
• 1927 – Stuttgart, Germany – Werkbund Exhibition
• 1928 – Cologne, Germany – International Press Exhibition
• 1928 – Long Beach, United States – Pacific Southwest Exposition (1928)
• 1929 – Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom – North East Coast Exhibition
• 1929 – Hangzhou, China – Westlake Exposition
• 1929–1930 – Seville, Spain – Ibero-American Exposition of 1929
• 1929–1930 – Barcelona, Spain, – 1929 Barcelona International Exposition

1930s

• 1930 – Adelaide, Australia – All-Australian Exhibition
• 1930 – Antwerp, Belgium – Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand
• 1930 – Liège, Belgium – Exposition internationale de la grande industrie, sciences et applications, art wallon ancien
• 1930 – Oran, Algeria – Oran Exposition
• 1930 – Dresden, Germany – International Hygiene Exposition
• 1930 – Stockholm, Sweden – Stockholm Exhibition (1930) (Utställningen av konstindustri, konsthandverk och hemslöjd)
• 1930 – Trondheim, Norway – Trøndelag Exhibition
• 1931 – Paris, France – Paris Colonial Exposition
• 1931 – Berlin, Germany – International Building Exposition
• 1932 – Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine – Levant Fair
• 1933 – Tokyo, Japan – Women's and Children International Exhibition
• 1933–1934 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Industrial Exposition
• 1933–1934 – Chicago, Illinois, United States – Century of Progress International Exposition
• 1934 – Melbourne, Australia – Centenary All Australian Exhibition
• 1934 – Porto, Portugal – Portuguese colonial exhibition
• 1934 – Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine – Levant Fair
• 1935 – Yokohama, Japan – Grand Yokohama Exposition
• 1935 – Moscow, Soviet Union – All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (VSKhV)
• 1935 – Brussels, Belgium – Brussels International Exposition (1935)
• 1935 – Porto Alegre, Brazil – Farroupilha Revolution centennial fair
• 1935 – Taipei. Taiwan – The Taiwan Exposition: In Commemoration of the First Forty Years of Colonial Rule
• 1935–1936 – San Diego, California United States – California Pacific International Exposition
• 1936 – Adelaide, Australia – Adelaide Centennial Exhibition
• 1936 – Stockholm, Sweden ILIS 1936
• 1936 – Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine – Levant Fair
• 1936 – Cleveland, United States – Great Lakes Exposition
• 1936 – Dallas, Texas, United States – Texas Centennial Exposition
• 1936–1937 – Johannesburg, South Africa – Empire Exhibition, South Africa
• 1937 – Cleveland, Ohio, United States – Great Lakes Exposition
• 1937 – Dallas, United States – Greater Texas & Pan-American Exposition
• 1937 – Berlin, Germany – International Hunting Exposition
• 1937 – Düsseldorf, Germany – Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk
• 1937 – Miami, 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
• 1938 – Berlin, Germany – International Handiworks Exposition
• 1938 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938
• 1938 – Helsinki, Finland Second International Aeronautic Exhibition
• 1939 – Wellington, New Zealand – New Zealand Centennial Exhibition
• 1939 – Liège, Belgium – Exposition internationale de l'eau (1939)
• 1939 – Zürich, Switzerland – Schweizerische Landesausstellung
• 1939 – Moscow, Soviet Union – All-Union Agricultural Exhibition
• 1939–1940 – New York City, United States – 1939 New York World's Fair (exhibits included The World of Tomorrow, Futurama, Trylon and Perisphere)
• 1939–1940 – San Francisco, California, United States – Golden Gate International Exposition

1940s

• 1940 – Lisbon, Portugal – Portuguese World Exhibition
• 1940 – Chicago, Illinois, United States – American Negro Exposition
• 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)
• 1943 – Stockholm, Sweden – Norwegian Exhibition
• 1947 – Paris, France – International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing
• 1948 – Brussels, Belgium – Foire coloniale (1948)
• 1949 – Stockholm, Sweden – Universal Sport Exhibition
• 1949 – Lyon, France – International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing
• 1949–1950 – Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince

1950s

• 1951 – Lille, France – The International Textile Exhibition
• 1951 – London, United Kingdom – Festival of Britain – Skylon
• 1952 – Colombo, Ceylon – Colombo Exhibition
• 1953 – St Louis, Missouri, United States – intended to commemorate the Louisiana Purchase's sesquicentennial, but never held
• 1953 – Manila, Philippines – the Philippines International Fair of 1953, 1 February – 30 April 1953, to show off the recovery of the Philippines from WW2 and as the first democracy in the Far East
• 1953 – Jerusalem, Israel – International Exhibition and Fair Jerusalem Israel Conquest of the desert
• 1953 – Rome, Italy – Agricultural Exposition of Rome EA 53 Rome
• 1954 – Naples, Italy – Oltremare Exhibition – Campi Flegrei
• 1954 – Bogota, Colombia – First International Industry and Commerce Fair of Bogota
• 1954 - Damascus, Syria – "Damascus World Fair".
• 1954–1955 – São Paulo, Brazil – Fourth Centenary Exhibition
• 1955 – Turin, Italy – International Expo of Sport Turin 1955
• 1955 – Helsingborg, Sweden Helsingborg Exhibition 1955
• 1955 – Ciudad Trujillo (Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic – Feria de la Paz y Confraternidad del Mundo Libre
• 1956 – Beit Dagan, Israel – Exhibition of citriculture
• 1957 – Berlin International Building Exposition
• 1958 – Brussels, Belgium – Expo '58 (Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles) – Atomium
• 1959 – New Delhi, India – World Agricultural Fair
• 1959 – Moscow, Soviet Union – VDNKh

1960s

• 1960 – cancelled (planned site: Caracas, Venezuela)
• 1961 – Turin, Italy – Exposition International du Travail Expo 61
• 1962 – Seattle, United States – Century 21 Exposition – Space Needle
• 1964 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Expo 64 – Schweizerische Landesausstellung
• 1964–1965 – New York City, United States – 1964/1965 New York World's Fair (note: not sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions) – Unisphere
• 1965 – Munich, Germany – International Exhibition of Transport and Communication
• 1967 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – Expo 67, (Universal and International Exhibition of 1967)
• 1968 – San Antonio, Texas, United States – HemisFair '68 – Tower of the Americas

1970s

• 1970 – Osaka, Japan – Expo '70 (Japan World Exposition)
• 1971 – Budapest, Hungary – Expo 71 (Exhibition World of Hunting)
• 1974 – Spokane, Washington, United States – Expo '74 (International Exposition on the Environment) – Riverfront Park
• 1975 – Okinawa, Japan – Expo '75 (International Ocean Exposition)

1980s

• 1981 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Expo 81
• 1982 – Knoxville, Tennessee, United States – 1982 World's Fair (International Energy Exposition) – Sunsphere
• 1984 – New Orleans, Louisiana, United States – 1984 Louisiana World Exposition (Theme: "Fresh Water As A Source of Life")
• 1984 – Liverpool, United Kingdom International Garden Festival Liverpool'84
• 1985 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Expo 85
• 1985 – Tsukuba, Japan – Expo 85
• 1986 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Expo 86 (1986 World Exposition)
• 1988 – Brisbane, Australia – Expo '88 (World Expo '88) – Skyneedle
• 1989 – Nagoya, Japan – World Design Exhibition 1989

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

• 2000 – Hanover, Germany – Expo 2000
• 2000 – Greenwich, London, United Kingdom – Millennium Dome
• 2002 – cancelled (planned site: Metro Manila, Philippines)
• 2002 – cancelled (planned site: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)
• 2002 – Biel, Murten, Neuchâtel and Yverdon-les-Bains in Switzerland – Expo.02
• 2004 – cancelled (planned site: Seine-Saint-Denis, France)
• 2004 – Barcelona, Spain – Universal Forum of World Cultures
• 2005 – Aichi, Japan – Expo 2005
• 2008 – Zaragoza, Spain – Expo 2008

2010s

• 2010 – Shanghai, China – Expo 2010
• 2012 – Yeosu, South Korea – Expo 2012
• 2015 – Milan, Italy – Expo 2015
• 2017 – Astana, Kazakhstan – Expo 2017

2020s

• 2021–2022 – Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Expo 2020
• 2023 – Buenos Aires, Argentina — Expo 2023 – cancelled
• 2025 – Osaka, Japan — Expo 2025
• 2027 – Belgrade, Serbia - Expo 2027

2030s

• 2030 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Expo 2030

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

• List of tourist attractions worldwide
• List of world expositions

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