Timeline

Events and Dates of the

1893 World’s Fair in Chicago

The Columbian Exposition (May 1-Oct. 30, 1893)

May 1893

Tuesday, May 1 (Opening Day)
Tuesday, May 8 (Catholic Knights of America Day)
Wednesday, May 17 (Norway Day)
Tuesday, May 23
Wednesday, May 24 (Maine Day)
Thursday, May 25
Friday, May 26
Saturday, May 27
Sunday, May 28
Monday, May 29
Tuesday, May 30 (Decoration Day)

June 1893

Monday, June 5 (Denmark Day)
Thursday, June 8 (Infanta Day)
Thursday, June 8 (Nebraska Day)
Saturday, June 10 (Travelers Protective Association Day / Commercial Travelers Day)
Thursday, June 15 (German Day)
Thursday, June 15
Saturday, June 17 (Massachusetts Day)
Wednesday, June 21
Monday, June 26 (New Hampshire Day)
Tuesday, June 27 (City of Brooklyn Day)
Thursday, June 29 (Millers’ Day)

July 1893

Tuesday, July 4 (Independence Day)
Wednesday, July 12 (South Dakota Day)
Thursday, July 13 (Confectioners’ Day)
Friday, July 14 (France Day)
Thursday, July 20 (College Fraternities Day)
Thursday, July 20 (Columbia Day)
Thursday, July 20 (Sweden Day)
Saturday, July 22 (Stenographers’ Day)
Wednesday, July 26 (Liberia Day)
Wednesday, July 26 (Commercial Travelers’ Day and Turner Bund Day)
Thursday, July 27 (Caledonia Day)

August 1893

Wednesday, August 2 (National Union Day)
Thursday, August 3 (Russia Day)
Friday, August 4 (Scotland Day)
Wednesday, August 9 (Izaak Walton’s Day, Knights of Pythias Day, and Virginia Day)
Thursday, August 10 (Louisiana Day and Wheelmen’s Night)
Saturday, August 12 (Bohemian Day, Independent Order of Foresters Day)
Tuesday, August 15 (Ancient Order of Foresters Day and Rajah Day)
Wednesday, August 16 (Dartmouth College Day and Haiti Day)
Friday, August 18 (North Carolina Day and Austrian Day)
Saturday, August 19 (British Empire Day)
Wednesday, August 23 (Buffalo Day, Delaware Day, and West Virginia Day)
Thursday, August 24 (Illinois Day)
Friday, August 25 (Colored Americans Day)
Saturday, August 26 (Machinery Hall Day)
Tuesday, August 29 (Poets’ Day)
Wednesday, August 30 (Grocers’ and Butchers’ Day and Missouri Day)
Thursday, August 31 (Netherlands Day and Ottoman Empire Day)

September 1893

Friday, September 1 (Nicaragua Day)
Saturday, September 2 (Catholic Education Day / Roman Catholic Day)
Sunday, September 3
Monday, September 4 (Labor Day and New York Day)
Monday, September 4 – Friday, September 8 (International Eisteddfod)
Wednesday, September 6 (Wisconsin Day)
Thursday, September 7 (Brazil Day and Pennsylvania Day)
Friday, September 8 (Cymmrodorian Day)
Saturday, September 9 (California Day, Grand Army Day, Stationary Engineers Day, Transportation Day, Utah Day)
Sunday, September 10
Monday, September 11 (French Engineers Day, Kansas Day, Silver Day, Veterans Day)
Tuesday, September 12 (Colorado Day, Maryland Day, Shoe and Leather Trades Day, Veterans Day)
Wednesday, September 13 (Amateur Athletic Union Day, Michigan Day, Veterans Day)
Thursday, September 14(Ohio Day, Veterans Day)
Friday, September 15(Costa Rica Day, Kansas Day, Keeley Day, Vermont Day)
Saturday, September 16 (Kansas Day, Railroad Day, Texas Day)
Sunday, September 17
Monday, September 18
Tuesday, September 19 (Fishermen’s Day)
Wednesday, September 20(Fishermen’s Day, Iowa Day, Patriotic Order Sons of America Day)
Thursday, September 21 (Iowa Day, Sportsmen’s Day)
Friday, September 22 (State Commissioners’ Day)
Saturday, September 23 (Knights of Honor Day)
Sunday, September 24
Monday, September 25
Tuesday, September 26 (Independent Order of Odd Fellows Day)
Wednesday, September 27 (Indiana Day)
Thursday, September 28
Friday, September 29
Saturday, September 30 (Irish Day)

October 1893

Thursday, October 5 (Carriagemakers’ Day and Rhode Island Day)
Saturday, October 7 (Polish Day)
Monday, October 9 (Chicago Day)
Tuesday, October 10 (North Dakota Day and Veteran Firemen’s Day)
Wednesday, October 11 (Connecticut Day)
Thursday, October 12 (Italian Societies Day, Spain Day, Trainmen’s Day)
Friday, October 13 (Minnesota Day and Trainmen’s Day)
Thursday, October 19 (Children’s Day)
Saturday, October 21 (Manhattan Day)
Sunday, October 22
Monday, October 23 (Chicago Trades Day and Transcontinental Day)
Tuesday, October 24 (Martha/Mary Washington Day)
Wednesday, October 25 (Marine Transportation Day)
Thursday, October 26
Friday, October 27 (Coal, Grain and Lumber Dealers’ Day)
Saturday, October 28 (American Cities Day)
Sunday, October 29
Monday, October 30 (Closing Day)