Exposition Universelle, a world's fair, is staged in Paris

When

1 May 1878 – 10 Nov 1878

Kind

Event

Coordinates

48.86° N, 2.29° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Exposition Universelle (1878).

Exposition Universelle, a world's fair, is staged in Paris. In June some parts of the city are first lit by 'Yablochkov candles' (arc lamps) and on June 30 the head of the Statue of Liberty goes on display there.

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “À l’exposition universelle de Paris, le khédive Isma'il déclare que son pays présenterait une carte où l’Empire africain de l’Égypte s’étendrait jusqu’au lac…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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