Silver Jubilee
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A Silver Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 25th anniversary.
[edit] Silver Jubilees in the British Empire and Commonwealth Realms
In the Commonwealth Realms a Silver Jubilee is held in the 25th year of a monarch's reign (followed by a Golden Jubilee in the 50th year and a Diamond Jubilee in the 60th year).
- Queen Victoria celebrated the jubilee in 1862.
- King George V marked his Silver Jubilee in 1935.
- Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee was in 1977.
[edit] Silver Jubilees in other places
- The late Pope John Paul II celebrated his Silver Jubilee in 2003.
- King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand celebrated his Silver Jubilee on 9 June 1971.
- King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden celebrated his Silver Jubilee on 15 September 1998.
- Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands celebrated her Silver Jubilee on 29 April 2005.
- HEH Nizam VII, Sir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur of Hyderabad state celebrated his Silver Jubilee in 1937.
- Queen Margrethe II of Denmark celebrated her Silver Jubilee on 14 January 1997.