Platinum jubilee
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A platinum jubilee is a celebration held to mark an anniversary. Among monarchies, it usually refers to a 70th anniversary.[1]
Monarch | Accession day | Commemoration |
---|---|---|
Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe | 12 August 1429 | 1500 |
John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken | 19 October 1472 | 1544 |
William IV, Princely count of Henneberg-Schleusingen | 26 May 1480 | 1550 |
Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach | 14 August 1632 | 1703 |
Louis XIV of France | 14 May 1643 | 1713 |
Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz | 17 March 1723 | 1793 |
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden | 12 May 1738 | 1808 |
George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe | 13 February 1787 | 1857 |
Mudhoji IV Rao Naik Nimbalkar, Raja of Phaltan | 7 December 1841 | 1912 |
Karansinhji, Thakor of Lakhtar | 15 June 1846 | 1916 |
Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein | 12 November 1858 | 1928 |
Bhagvat Singh | 14 December 1869 | 1940 |
Sobhuza II of Swaziland | 10 December 1899 | 1969 |
Idris ibni Muhammad al-Qadri, Tunku Besar of Tampin | 3 December 1929 | 1999 |
King Bhumibol of Thailand | 9 June 1946 | 2016[2] |
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand | 6 February 1952 | 2022 |
The most recent monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee is Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms in February 2022. Preparations for the celebrations have started and a four-day Bank Holiday for June 2022 has been announced.[3]
A 75th anniversary can be referred to as a diamond jubilee occasionally,[4][5][6][7][8] but it is commonly used to refer to a 60th anniversary.[9] An anniversary of 100 years is simply called a centenary.[10]
See also[]
- Jubilee
- Silver jubilee
- Ruby jubilee
- Golden jubilee
- Diamond jubilee
- Sapphire jubilee
- Wedding anniversary
- Hierarchy of precious substances
- List of longest-reigning monarchs
References[]
- ^ David Cannadine (13 April 2012). "A Point of View: Making sense of six decades on the throne". BBC News. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ "Thailand Celebrates Monarch's Platinum Jubilee". Benarnews.org. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ^ "Extra Bank Holiday to mark The Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022" (Press release). Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020.
- ^ "75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee". Augusta University. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ Rutka, James T. (2019). "Impactful publishing: the Journal of Neurosurgery and its diamond anniversary (1944–2019)". Journal of Neurosurgery. 130 (1): 1–8. doi:10.3171/2018.9.JNS182570. PMID 30611159.
- ^ "NDTA 75th Anniversary Funds Campaign". National Defense Transportation Association. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "ASMP's 75th Anniversary". American Society of Media Photographers. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Anniversary Celebration History". Hallmark Cards, Inc. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Diamond Jubilee". Cambridge Dictionary. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ Ramma Kapoor. Learning is Fun:Times Tables. Allied Publishers. p. 32.
Categories:
- Anniversaries