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
- 1853-1854 - New York, United States - Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (1853)
- 1853 - Dublin, United Kingdom - Great Industrial Exhibition (1853)
- 1854 - Genoa, Piedmont-Sardinia - Esposizione Industriale
- 1854 - Munich, Bavaria - Allgemeine deutsche Industrie-Ausstellung (1854)
- 1854 - Melbourne, Victoria - Melbourne Exhibition (1854) (in conjunction with Exposition Universelle (1855))
- 1855 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1855)
- 1857 - Manchester, United Kingdom - Art Treasures Exhibition (1857) at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Stretford
- 1858 - Turin, Sardinia - Sesta Esposizione Nazionale di Prodotti d'Industria.
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