Silver jubilee marks a 25th anniversary. The anniversary celebrations can be of a wedding anniversary, the 25th year of a monarch's reign or anything that has completed or is entering a 25-year mark.
Silver jubilee marks a 25th anniversary. The anniversary celebrations can be of a wedding anniversary, the 25th year of a monarch's reign or anything that has completed or is entering a 25-year mark.
Note: This list includes various reigning princes (by various titles) of petty states in Germany and elsewhere, who do not merit the designation "royal".
| Non-royal state leaders | Date of silver jubilee |
|---|---|
| Leader Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union | 1949 |
| Leader Enver Hoxha of Albania | 1969 |
| Supreme Leader Kim Il Sung of North Korea | 1973 |
| Chairman Mao Zedong of China | 1974 |
| Leader Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal of Mongolia | 1977 |
| Leader Todor Zhivkov of Buglaria | 1979 |
| Leader Janos Kadar of Hungary | 1981 |
| President Urho Kekkonen of Finland | 1 March 1981 |
| President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia | 1982 |
| President Sekou Toure of Guinea | 1983 |
| President Ne Win of Burma | 1987 |
| President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia | 1989 |
| President Mobutu Sese Seko of DR Congo | 1990 |
| President Hastings Banda of Malawi | 1991 |
| President Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo | 1992 |
| President Suharto of Indonesia | 1992 |
| President Omar Bongo of Gabon | 1992 |
| Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution Muammar Gaddafi of Libya | 1 September 1994 |
| President Hafez al-Assad of Syria | 1996 |
| President Albert Rene of Seychelles | 2002 |
| President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen | 2003 |
| President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea | 2004 |
| President Jose dos Santos of Angola | 2004 |
| President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt | 2006 |
| President Paul Biya of Cameroon | 2007 |
| President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda | 2011 |
| President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe | 2012 |
| President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan | 2014 |
| Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei of Iran | 2014 |
| President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan | 2014 |
| President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan | 2014 |
| President Idriss Deby of Chad | 2015 |
| President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea | 2016 |
| President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan | 2017 |
In India and Pakistan, a silver jubilee film is commonly described as a movie shown continuously in cinemas in one city for 25 straight weeks without any interruptions. [2]
A Jubilee is often used to refer to the celebration of a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and the 70th anniversary. The term comes from the Hebrew bible, initially concerning a recurring religious observance involving a set number of years, that notably involved freeing of debt slaves. Emperors of ancient Rome customarily marked anniversaries of their rule with celebrations, although they did not use the term, jubilee. Nonetheless, the term came into English usage from the bible, together with customary celebration of a reign, and is now often used to denote the celebrations associated with the reign of monarchs after a milestone number of years have passed.
A golden jubilee marks a 50th anniversary. It variously is applied to people, events, and nations.
A diamond jubilee celebrates the 60th anniversary of a significant event related to a person or the 60th anniversary of an institution's founding. The term is also used for 75th anniversaries, although the human lifespan makes this usage more common for institutions.
An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event. The word was first used for Catholic feasts to commemorate saints.
A wedding anniversary is the anniversary of the date that a wedding took place. Couples often mark the occasion by celebrating their relationship, either privately or with a larger party. Special celebrations and gifts are often given for particular anniversary milestones. In some cultures, traditional names exist for milestone anniversaries; for instance, fifty years of marriage may be known variously as a "golden wedding anniversary", "golden anniversary" or "golden wedding".
A platinum jubilee is a celebration held to mark an anniversary. Among monarchies, it usually refers to a 70th anniversary.
The Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II marked the 25th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. It was celebrated with large-scale parties and parades throughout the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth throughout 1977, culminating in June with the official "Jubilee Days", held to coincide with the Queen's Official Birthday. The anniversary date itself was commemorated in church services across the land on 6 February 1977, and continued to be for the rest of that month. In March, preparations started for large parties in every major city of the United Kingdom, as well as for smaller ones for countless individual streets throughout the country.
The Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II was the international celebration held in 2002 marking the 50th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. It was intended by the Queen to be both a commemoration of her 50 years as monarch and an opportunity for her to officially and personally thank her people for their loyalty.
Commemorative coins have been issued by the Royal Mint in the United Kingdom since 1935. Initially they only came out to mark events of great interest, but since the turn of the millennium have been minted yearly.
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states over the course of her lifetime and remained the monarch of 15 realms by the time of her death. Her reign of over 70 years is the longest of any British monarch, the longest of any female monarch, and the second longest verified reign of any monarch of a sovereign state in history.
State decorations awarded by Thai King take the form of orders and medals. This page lists them by order of precedence.
The year 2012 marked the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II being the 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. The only diamond jubilee celebration for any of Elizabeth's predecessors was in 1897, for Queen Victoria.
A ruby jubilee marks a 40th anniversary.
In 2017, the term sapphire jubilee or blue sapphire jubilee was coined for the celebrations to mark the 65th anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Previously, the sapphire wedding anniversary was understood to be the 45th, and this would be expected to carry over to regnal anniversaries as with silver, golden, and diamond jubilees.
The Sapphire Jubilee of Elizabeth II on 6 February 2017, marked 65 years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. The longest-reigning monarch in British history, Elizabeth II was the first British monarch to have a sapphire jubilee.
The Fiftieth Anniversary Celebrations of Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah's Accession to the Throne were the celebrations held throughout Brunei in October 2017 to celebrate the Sultan's Golden Jubilee; his 50th year on the Bruneian throne.
The Ruby Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 1992 marked the 40th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. Contrary to her Silver Jubilee in 1977, it was not regarded as an "official" jubilee. However, the milestone was marked with a number of events and community projects.
The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II was the international celebration in 2022 marking the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. It was the first time that any monarch in British history celebrated a platinum jubilee, as is the case in the histories of the other Commonwealth realms.
A bun throwing is held in Abingdon-on-Thames, England, to mark special and royal occasions. During the event thousands of currant buns are thrown from the roof of the County Hall by members of the Abingdon Town Council. The council states that the event has a 400-year history, though the first known throwing took place in 1760 or 1761 to mark the accession or coronation of George III and Charlotte. The buns are sometimes marked with insignia related to the event being commemorated and are often kept as mementoes.
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