World's Columbian Exposition

1893 World's Fair held in Chicago, Illinois
Event world_s_fair Q285406
World's Columbian Exposition
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World's Columbian Exposition

Summary

World's Columbian Exposition is a world's fair[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of world_s_fair entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,664 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • World's Columbian Exposition is located in Chicago[3].
  • World's Columbian Exposition is in the country of United States[4].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's image is recorded as Chicago World's Columbian Exposition 1893.jpg[5].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's instance of is recorded as world's fair[6].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's follows is recorded as Exposition Universelle of 1889[7].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's followed by is recorded as Brussels International Exposition (1897)[8].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140256887[9].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's GND ID is recorded as 5003738-9[10].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80008759[11].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 122550241[12].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's IdRef ID is recorded as 032623275[13].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's location is recorded as Chicago[14].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's Commons category is recorded as World's Columbian Exposition[15].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's archives at is recorded as University of Maryland Libraries[16].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's has part is recorded as World's Congress of Representative Women[17].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's has part is recorded as World's Fair Eisteddfod[18].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's has part is recorded as Jewish Women's Congress[19].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's has part is recorded as Transportation Building[20].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's commemorates is recorded as Columbus quadricentennial[21].
  • +1893-05-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of World's Columbian Exposition[22].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's end time is recorded as +1893-10-30T00:00:00Z[23].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's point in time is recorded as +1893-00-00T00:00:00Z[24].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.79, 'lon': -87.58}[25].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bjnz[26].
  • World's Columbian Exposition's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20070222012[27].

Why It Matters

World's Columbian Exposition ranks in the top 1% of world_s_fair entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,664 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . Photographers' Identities Catalog. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . hdl.handle.net. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Nashona · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by
    Country United States
    Artic artist id 25780
    Follows Exposition Universelle of 1889
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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