A 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 Jubilees Royals Note: This list includes various reigning princes (by various titles) of petty states in Germany and elsewhere, who do not merit the designation "royal". Monarch Date of silver jubilee King George II of Great Britain 1752 Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont1753 King Borommakot of Siam 1758 Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg1762 King Frederick II of Prussia1765 King Joseph I of Portugal1775 Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz1777 Christian Günther III, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen1783 King Ferdinand IV / III of Naples and Sicily1784 King George III of the United Kingdom 1785 Empress Catherine II of Russia1787 Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont1788 Ferdinand I, Duke of Parma1790 King Christian VII of Denmark1791 Queen Maria I of Portugal1802 King Rama I of Siam 1807 Günther Friedrich Karl I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen1819 King Frederick William III of Prussia 1822 Leopold II, Prince of Lippe1827 Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen1828 Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt1832 King Frederick VI of Denmark1833 George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont1838 King William I of Württemberg 1841 George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz1841 King Charles XIV John of Sweden 1843 Heinrich LXII, Prince Reuss Younger Line 1843 Heinrich LXXII, Prince Reuss of Lobenstein and Ebersdorf 1847 King Rama III of Siam 1849 Tsar Nicholas I of Russia 1850 Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach1853 King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies1855 Emperor Pedro II of Brazil 1856 Günther Friedrich Karl II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen1860 Queen Victoria1862 Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin1867 Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1869 George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont1870 King George Tupou I of Tonga1870 Pope Pius IX1871 Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse1873 Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria2 December 1873 King William III of the Netherlands 1874 Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg1878 Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach1878 Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg1878 Tsar Alexander II of Russia 1880 Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden1881 Prince Johann II of Liechtenstein1883 Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz1884 Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz1885 King Norodom of Cambodia 1885 Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe1885 Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany 1886 King Luís I of Portugal1886 King George I of Greece1888 King Christian IX of Denmark 1888 King Charles I of Württemberg 1889 Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen1891 Sheikh Abdullah II Al-Sabah of Kuwait1891 Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line1892 King Chulalongkorn of Siam 1893 Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt 1896 King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway 18 September 1897 Albert, King of Saxony1898 Sultan Abdulhamid II of Ottoman Empire 31 August 1901 Pope Leo XIII1903 Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1905 Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria 1911 Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany 15 June 1913 Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg1915 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands 1923 King William II of Württemberg 1916 Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse 1917 King George Tupou II of Tonga1918 King Sobhuza II of Swaziland1924 King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy 1925 King Haakon VII of Norway 1930 King Gustaf V of Sweden1932 King George V of the United Kingdom 6 May 1935 King Christian X of Denmark 1937 Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga1943 Prince Louis II of Monaco 1947 Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin of Brunei1949 King Jigme Wangchuck of Bhutan1951 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia 2 November 1955 Prince Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein 25 July 1963 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran 1966 King Bhumibol of Thailand 9 June 1971 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands 1973 Prince Rainier III of Monaco 1974 King Baudouin of Belgium 1976 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth Realms6 February 1977 King Hussein of Jordan 1977 King Olav V of Norway 1982 Prince Shah Karim al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV 11 July 1982 – 11 July 1983 King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho 1985 King Hassan II of Morocco 1986 Alhaji (Dr.) Ado Bayero The Emir of Kano, Nigeria June 1988 Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg 1989 King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV of Tonga16 December 1990 Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei 5 October 1992 Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman 23 July 1995 Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria 1996 Joan Martí i Alanis, Co-Prince of Andorra 1996 King Birendra of Nepal 1997 Queen Margrethe II of Denmark 14 January 1997 King Jigme Singye of Bhutan1997 King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden15 September 1998 King Juan Carlos I of Spain 22 November 2000 Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah of Kuwait 31 December 2002 Pope John Paul II 2003 Sultan Ismail Petra of Kelantan, Malaysia 30 March 2004 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands 29 April 2005 Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak, Malaysia 3 February 2009 King Mswati III of Swaziland 25 April 2011 Emperor Akihito of Japan 7 January 2014 Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein 13 November 2014 King Harald V of Norway 17 January 2016 King Letsie III of Lesotho 7 February 2021 King Abdullah II of Jordan 7 February 2024 King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain 6 March 2024 Asantehene Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II of Asante 26 April 2024 King Mohammed VI of Morocco 30 July 2024
Non-royal state leaders Non-royal state leaders Date of silver jubileeLeader Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union 1949Leader Enver Hoxha of Albania1969Supreme Leader Kim Il Sung of North Korea 1973Chairman Mao Zedong of China1974Leader Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal of Mongolia1977Leader Todor Zhivkov of Bulgaria1979Leader Janos Kadar of Hungary1981President Urho Kekkonen of Finland 1 March 1981President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia 1982President Sekou Toure of Guinea1983President Ne Win of Burma1987President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia1989President Mobutu Sese Seko of DR Congo1990President Hastings Banda of Malawi1991President Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo1992President Suharto of Indonesia1992President Omar Bongo of Gabon 1992Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution Muammar Gaddafi of Libya1 September 1994President Hafez al-Assad of Syria1996President Albert Rene of Seychelles 2002President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen2003President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea 2004President Jose dos Santos of Angola2004President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt2006President Paul Biya of Cameroon2007President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda 2011President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe2012President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan 2014Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei of Iran2014President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan2014President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan2014President Idriss Deby of Chad 2015President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea2016President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan2017
Organizations Organizations Date of silver jubileeInternational Olympic Committee23 June 1919BBC18 October 1947Warner Bros. Pictures4 April 1948The Walt Disney Company16 October 1948Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer17 April 1949United Nations24 October 1970Disneyland Resort17 July 1980Universal Studios Hollywood15 July 1989Walt Disney World1 October 1996Tokyo Disney Resort 15 April 2003Epcot1 October 2007Disney's Hollywood Studios1 May 2014Universal Orlando7 June 2015Disneyland Paris 26 March 2017Disney's Animal Kingdom22 April 2023Wikipedia15 January 2026Disney California Adventure8 February 2026Tokyo DisneySea4 September 2026
South Asian film terminology 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.
See also
Hierarchy of precious substances List of longest-reigning monarchs List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign Wedding anniversary
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