List of world's fairs

This is a list of international and colonial world's fairs, as well as a list of national exhibitions, a comprehensive chronological list of world's fairs (with notable permanent buildings built).

1790s

* 1791 – Prague, Bohemia, Habsburg monarchy – 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, Mozart wrote his final opera La Clemenza di Tito.
* 1798 – Paris, France – L' Exposition publique 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 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.'Sketch of the French Expositions,' Hogg's Instructor New Series 6 (1851) 372–373.
* 1802 – Paris, France – Third Exposition (1802)
* 1806 – Paris, France – Fourth Exposition (1806)

1810s

* 1819 – Paris, France – Fifth Exposition (1819)

1820s

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

1830s

* 1832 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Seconda Triennale Pubblica Esposizione dell’anno 1832.
* 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, United Kingdom – 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, United Kingdom – 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