# 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.

## 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 – 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 – 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 – 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
* 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 [a.k.a., 1984 World's Fair] (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
* 2016 – Antalya, Türkiye – Expo 2016
* 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