The Exposition Universelle of 1855 was a World's Fair held in Paris. It followed by four years London's Great Exhibition and attempted to rival and top that fair, which produced The Crystal Palace, with a Palais d'Industrie. It was a major event in France, which was newly under the control of Emperor Napoleon III.
The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a world's fair held in Paris, France, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next.
The third Paris World's Fair, called an Exposition Universelle in French, was held from May 1 though November 10, 1878. It celebrated the recovery of France after its crushing defeat in the 1870 Franco-Prussian War.
The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was a World's Fair held in Paris, France from May 6, to October 31, 1889.
In 1864 it was decreed by Emperor Napoleon III that an international exposition should be held in Paris in 1867. A commission was appointed with Prince Jerome Napoleon as president, under whose direction the preliminary work began. The site chosen for the Exposition Universelle (1867) was the Champs de Mars, the great military parade ground of Paris, which covered an area of 119 acres (48 ha) and to which was added the island of Billancourt, of 52 acres (21 ha).