World's Columbian Exposition

When

1 May 1893

Kind

Event

Coordinates

41.79° N, 87.58° W

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, World's Columbian Exposition.

The 1893 World's Fair, also known as the World's Columbian Exposition, opens to the public in Chicago, Illinois. The first United States commemorative postage stamps are issued for the event.

1893 world's fair in Chicago, Illinois, US

The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 1 to October 30, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing the voyage that Columbus took to the New World.

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