Platinum jubilee explained

A platinum jubilee is a celebration held to mark an anniversary. Among monarchies, it usually refers to a 70th anniversary.[1]

PortraitMonarchAccession dayCommemoration
Charles of Artois, Count of Eu16 June 13971467
Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe12 August 14291499
John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken19 October 14721542
William IV, Princely count of Henneberg-Schleusingen26 May 14801550
Werner of Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck31 October 15591629
Franz Karl, Count of Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen15 November 16271697
Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg29 January 16281698
Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach14 August 16321703
Louis XIV of France14 May 16431713
Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz17 March 17231793
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden12 May 17381808
Carl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach28 May 17581828
George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe13 February 17871857
Bishan Chandra Jenamuni of Rairakhol13 March 18251895
Mudhoji IV Rao Naik Nimbalkar, Raja of Phaltan7 December 18411912
Karansinhji II Vajirajji, Thakur of Lakhtar15 June 18461916
12 November 18581928
Bhagvat Singh, Maharaja of Gondal14 December 18691940
Udai Pratap Nath Shah Deo of ChotanagpurJuly 18691939
Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala3 September 18771947
Sobhuza II of Swaziland (now Eswatini)10 December 18991969
Idris ibni Muhammad al-Qadri, Tunku Besar of Tampin31 May 19291999
9 June 19462016[2]
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms6 February 19522022

The most recent monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee is Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms in June 2022. The celebrations were delayed from the actual February anniversary and the ceremony occurred on a four-day Bank Holiday on 2 June 2022, as was announced earlier.[3] Elizabeth II died on 8 September 2022, three months after the official celebrations in the Commonwealth took place.

A 75th anniversary can be referred to as a diamond jubilee occasionally,[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] but that term is commonly used to refer to a 60th anniversary.[9] An anniversary of 100 years is simply called a centenary.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Point of View: Making sense of six decades on the throne . David Cannadine . David Cannadine . 2012-04-13 . 2017-01-07 . BBC News . 10 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170210190628/http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17701477 . live .
  2. Web site: Thailand Celebrates Monarch's Platinum Jubilee . Benarnews.org . 11 June 2016 . 24 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170324121101/http://www.benarnews.org/english/slideshows/king-celebration-06092016155315.html . live .
  3. Extra Bank Holiday to mark The Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022. 12 November 2020. Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. https://web.archive.org/web/20201123203158/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/extra-bank-holiday-to-mark-the-queens-platinum-jubilee-in-2022. 23 November 2020. live.
  4. Web site: 75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee . Augusta University . 9 November 2019 . 9 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191109053542/https://jagwire.augusta.edu/tag/75th-anniversary-diamond-jubilee/ . live .
  5. Impactful publishing: the Journal of Neurosurgery and its diamond anniversary (1944–2019) . Journal of Neurosurgery . 2019 . 10.3171/2018.9.JNS182570 . 130 . 1. free . Rutka . James T. . 1–8 . 30611159 .
  6. Web site: NDTA 75th Anniversary Funds Campaign . National Defense Transportation Association . 9 November 2019 . 29 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211029204414/https://www.ndtahq.com/ndta-75th-anniversary-funds-campaign/ . live .
  7. Web site: ASMP's 75th Anniversary . American Society of Media Photographers . 9 November 2019 . 17 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190617145316/https://www.asmp.org/events/asmps-75th-anniversary/ . live .
  8. Web site: Anniversary Celebration History . Hallmark Cards, Inc. . 9 November 2019 . 14 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211214072045/https://corporate.hallmark.com/holidays-occasions/anniversary/ . live .
  9. Web site: Diamond Jubilee. 23 December 2020. Cambridge Dictionary. 9 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171209044049/https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/diamond-jubilee. live.
  10. Book: Learning is Fun:Times Tables. Ramma Kapoor. Allied Publishers. 32.