World Expo Timeline

World Expo Timeline*

1851                 -  London , United kingdom – First world’s fair.

1853                -  Dublin, Ireland

1853-54           -  New York, USA

1855                -  Paris, France

1862                -  London, UK – International Exhibition of 1862

1865                -  Dublin, Ireland – International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures

1867                -  Paris, France – Exposition Universelle

1871                -  London, UK – London International Exhibitions

1871-74           -  Vienna, Austria – Weltausstellung  1873 Wien

1876                -  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - Centennial International Exhibition

1878                -  Paris, France - Exposition Universelle

1879-80           -  Sydney, Australia – Sydney International Exhibition

1880-81           - Melbourne, Australia – Melbourne International Exhibition

1881                -  Atlanta, Georgia, USA – International Cotton Exposition

1883                - Amsterdam, Holland

1884                -  Boston, Massachusetts, USA

                          Calcutta, India – Calcutta International Exhibition

1884-85           - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA – World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition

1885-86           - Antwerp, Belgium

1886                - Edinburgh, UK– International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art

                        - London, UK – Colonial and Indian Exhibition

1887-88           -  Adelaide, Australia – Jubilee International Exhibition

1888                -  Barcelona, Spain

                        -  Glasgow, UK

1888-89           -  Melboure Australia- Centennial International Exposition

1889                - Paris, France

1889-90           -  Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition

1891                -  Kingston, Jamaica – Jamaica International Exhibition

1892                -  Madrid, Spain

1893                -  Chicago, Illinois, USA

1894                -  Anwerp, Belgium

                        -  San Francisco, California, USA

1894-95           -  Hobart, Australia – Tasmanian International Exhibition

1895                -  Atlanta, Georgia, USA

1897                -  Brussels, Belgium

                        -  Guatemala City, Guatemala

                        -  Nashville, Tennessee, USA

                        -  Stockholm, Sweden

1898                -  Omaha, Nebraska, USA

1890                -  Paris, France

1901                -  Buffalo, New York, USA – Pan-American Exposition

                        -  Glasgow, UK – Glasgow International Exhibition

1901-02           -  Charleston, South Carolina, USA

1902                -   Turin, Italy

1902-03           -  Hanoi, Vietnam

1904                -  Saint Louis, Missouri, USA – The Louisiana Purchase International Exposition

1905                -  Portland, Oregon, USA

1906                -  Milan, Italy

1907                -  Dublin, Ireland – Irish International Exhibition

                        - Jamestown, USA

1908                -  London, UK

1909                -  Seattle, Washington, USA- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific International Exposition

1910                -  Brussels, Belgium

                        - Nanking, China – Nanking South Seas Exhibition

1911                -  London, UK – Festival of Empire

1913                - Ghent, Belgium

1915                -  San Francisco, California, USA

1915-16           -  San Diego, California, USA

1922-23           -  Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

1924-25           -  Wembley, UK – British Empire Exhibition

1925                -  Paris, France

1925-26           -  Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition

1926                -  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – Sesqui-centennial International Exposition

1928                -  Long Beach, California, USA – Pacific Southwest Exposition

1928  Bureau of International Expositions – BIE

1929                -  Barcelona, Spain

                        -  Sevile, Spain

1930                -  Antwerp, Belgium – Exposition Internationale

                        -  Stockholm, Sweden

1931                -  Paris, France – Exposition Coloniale Internationale

1933-34           -  Chicago, Illinois, USA – A century of Progress Exposition

1935                -  Brussels, Belgium

1935-36           ion-  San Diego, California, USA – California-Pacific International Exposition

1936-37           -  Johannesburg, South Africa -  Empire Exhibition

1937                -  Paris, France – Exposition Internationale

1938                -  Glasgow, UK – British Empire Exhibition

1939                -  New York, USA New York World’s Fair

                        -  San Francisco, California, USA – Golden Gate International Exposition

                        -  Wellington, New Zealand

1940                -  Lisbon, Portugal

1949-50           -  Port-au-Prince, Haiti

1951                -  London, UK – Festival of Britain

1958                -  Brussels, Belgium – Expo ‘58

1962                -  Seattle, Washington, USA – Century 21 Exposition

1964-65           -  New York – New York World’s Fair

1967                -  Montreal, Canada – Expo ‘67

1968                -  San Antonio, Texas, USA – Hemisfair ‘68

1970                -  Osaka, Japan – Expo ’70 Japan World Exposition

1974                -  Spokane, Washington – Expo ’74 - International Exposition on the Environment

1975-76           - Okinawa, Japan – Expo ’75 - International Ocean Exposition

1982                -  Knoxville, Tennessee, USA – The 1982 World’s Fair

1984                -  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA – Louisiana World Exposition

1985                -  Tsukuba, Japan – Expo ’85 – The International Exposition, Tsukuba

1986                -  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Expo ’86 – The 1986 World Exposition

1988                -  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia – World Expo ‘88

1992                -  Seville (Sevilla), Spain Expo ‘92

                        -  Genoa, Italy – Colombo ‘92

1993                -  Taejon, South Korea – Expo ’93 – Taejon International Exposition

1998                -  Lisbon, Portugal – Expo ’98 – The Lisbon World Exposition

2000                -  Hanover, Germany – Expo 2000

2005                -  Aichi Prefecture, Japan – Expo 2005

2008                -  Zaragoza, Spain – Expo 2008

2010                -  Shanghai, China – Expo 2010

2012                -  Yeosu, South Korea – Expo 2012

2015                - Milan, Italy – Expo 2015

2017                - Astana, Kazakhstan

2020------------------  NOT CONFIRMED YET

·         Dubai- UAE

·         Ekaterinburg- Russia

·         Izmir- Turkey

·         Sao Paulo- Brazil

All the above four cities officially bid to host Expo 2020 by 02 November 2011 deadline.

Decision will be made by the Bureau of International Expositions General Assembly in November 2013.

                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                                   *courtesy: expomuseum