Editing List of world's fairs (section)

==1850s==
* 1850 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Quinta Esposizione di Industria e di Belle Arti<ref>Giudizio della Regia Camera di Agricoltura e di commercio di Torino sulla quinta Esposizione di industria e di belle arti al Castello del Valentino nel 1850 et notizie sulla patria industria (Turin: 1851).</ref>
* 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")<ref name="FindPelp414">{{cite encyclopedia
 | title = Appendix B:Fair Statistics
 | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions
 | page=414
 | editor-last = Pelle
 | editor-first = Findling
 | publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc
 | year = 2008
 | isbn = 978-0-7864-3416-9}}</ref>
* 1852 – [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland – [[Irish Industrial Exhibition]]<ref name="FindPelp422">{{cite encyclopedia
 | title = Appendix D:Fairs Not Included
 | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions
 | page=422
 | editor-last = Pelle
 | editor-first = Findling
 | publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc
 | year = 2008
 | isbn = 978-0-7864-3416-9}}</ref>
* 1853 – [[Naples]], Two Sicilies – Solenne Pubblica Esposizione di Arti e Manifatture<ref>{{cite book|title=Relazione della solenne pubblica esposizione di arti e manifatture del 1853 tratta dai fascicoli XCVIII e XCIX degli Annali Civili del Regno delle Due Sicilie|last=Paci|first=Giacomo Maria|year=1854|publisher=Stab. Tip. del Ministero dell'Interno}}</ref>
* 1853–1854 – New York City, United States – [[Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations]]<ref name="FindPelp414" />
* 1853 – [[Dublin]], Ireland – [[Great Industrial Exhibition (1853)]]<ref name="FindPelp414" />
* 1854 – Genoa, Piedmont-Sardinia – Esposizione Industriale<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SMsaAAAAYAAJ&q=esposizione+industriale+genoa+1854&pg=PA206|title=Rivista di Firenze e bullettino delle arti del disegno ...|date=1858|page=208|language=it}}</ref>
* 1854 – [[Munich]], Bavaria – [[General German Industrial Exhibition]] (Allgemeine deutsche Industrie-Ausstellung)<ref name="oldbutsecondarybook">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/fournationalexhi00lowe|page=[https://archive.org/details/fournationalexhi00lowe/page/28 28]|access-date=22 April 2012|title=Four national exhibitions in London and their organiser. With portraits and illustrations (1892)|publisher=London, T. F. Unwin|last=Lowe|first=Charles|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604085029/https://archive.org/details/fournationalexhi00lowe|archive-date=4 June 2017|url-status=live|year=1892}}</ref>
* 1854 – [[Melbourne]], Victoria – Melbourne Exhibition (in conjunction with [[Exposition Universelle (1855)]])<ref name="oldbutsecondarybook" />
* 1855 – Paris, France – [[Exposition Universelle (1855)]]<ref name="FindPelp414" /><ref name="oldbutsecondarybook" />
*1856 – [[Brussels]], Belgium – International Exhibition<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F8rUAAAAMAAJ&q=international+exhibition+of+domestic+economy+1869+amsterdam&pg=RA1-PA57|title=The Monthly Chronicle of North-country Lore and Legend: V.1–5; Mar. 1887-Dec. 1891|date=1887|publisher=W. Scott}}</ref> 
* 1857 – [[Manchester]], United Kingdom – [[Art Treasures Exhibition]] at the [[Stretford|Royal Botanical Gardens, Stretford]]<ref name="FindPelp422" />
* 1857 – [[Lausanne]], Switzerland – Lausanne Exhibition<ref name=":0" />
* 1858 – [[Dijon]], France – {{Ill|Dijon Exposition|fr|Exposition universelle de Dijon de 1858}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bienpublic.com/edition-dijon-ville/2016/05/11/en-1858-dijon-organisait-son-exposition-universelle|title=Côte-d'Or – Culture. En 1858, Dijon organisait son exposition universelle|website=www.bienpublic.com|date=11 May 2016 |language=FR-fr|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref>
*1858 – [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, United States – Philadelphia Technological Exhibition<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GWsZNONuGk0C&q=lausanne+exhibition+1857&pg=PA29|title=Exhibiting Electricity|last1=Beauchamp|first1=K. G.|last2=Beauchamp|first2=Kenneth George|date=1997|publisher=IET|isbn=978-0-85296-895-6}}</ref>
* 1858 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Sesta Esposizione Nazionale di Prodotti d'Industria<ref name="FindPelp422" /><ref>Album descrittivo dei principali oggetti esposti nel Real Castello de Valentino in occasione della sesta Esposizione nazionale i prodotti d'industria nell'anno 1858 (Turin: presso Ufficio dei brevetti d'inveznione con Gabinetto di disegno industriale e litografico, 1858).</ref>