Silver jubilee


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.

Royal Silver Jubilees since 1750

Note: This list includes various reigning princes of petty states in Germany and elsewhere, who do not merit the designation "royal".
MonarchDate of silver jubilee
King George II of Great Britain1752
Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont1753
King Borommakot of Siam1758
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 Kingdom1785
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 Siam1807
Günther Friedrich Karl I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen1819
King Frederick William III of Prussia1822
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 Württemberg1841
George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz1841
King Charles XIV John of Sweden1843
Heinrich LXII, Prince Reuss Younger Line1843
Heinrich LXXII, Prince Reuss of Lobenstein and Ebersdorf1847
King Rama III of Siam1849
Tsar Nicholas I of Russia1850
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach1853
King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies1855
Emperor Pedro II of Brazil1856
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 Gotha1869
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 Netherlands1874
Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg1878
Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach1878
Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg1878
Tsar Alexander II of Russia1880
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 Cambodia1885
Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe1885
Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany1886
King Luís I of Portugal1886
King George I of Greece1888
King Christian IX of Denmark1888
King Charles I of Württemberg1889
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen1891
Sheikh Abdullah II Al-Sabah of Kuwait1891
Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line1892
King Chulalongkorn of Siam1893
Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt1896
King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway18 September 1897
Albert, King of Saxony1898
Sultan Abdulhamid II of Ottoman Empire31 August 1901
Pope Leo XIII1903
Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen1905
Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria1911
Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany15 June 1913
Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg1915
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands1915
King William II of Württemberg1916
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse1917
King George Tupou II of Tonga1918
King Sobhuza II of Swaziland1924
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy1925
King Haakon VII of Norway1930
King Gustaf V of Sweden1932
King George V of the United Kingdom6 May 1935
King Christian X of Denmark1937
Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga1943
Prince Louis II of Monaco1947
Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin of Brunei1949
King Jigme Wangchuck of Bhutan1951
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia2 November 1955
Prince Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein25 July 1963
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran1966
King Bhumibol of Thailand9 June 1971
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands1973
Prince Rainier III of Monaco1974
King Baudouin of Belgium1976
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth Realms6 February 1977
King Hussein of Jordan1977
King Olav V of Norway1982
Prince Shah Karim al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV11 July 1982 – 11 July 1983
King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho1985
King Hassan II of Morocco1986
Alhaji Ado Bayero The Emir of Kano, NigeriaJune 1988
Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg1989
King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV of Tonga16 December 1990
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei5 October 1992
Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman23 July 1995
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria1996
Joan Martí i Alanis, Co-Prince of Andorra1996
King Birendra of Nepal1997
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark14 January 1997
King Jigme Singye of Bhutan1997
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden15 September 1998
King Juan Carlos I of Spain22 November 2000
Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah of Kuwait31 December 2002
Pope John Paul II2003
Sultan Ismail Petra of Kelantan, Malaysia30 March 2004
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands29 April 2005
Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak, Malaysia3 February 2009
King Mswati III of Swaziland25 April 2011
Emperor Akihito of Japan7 January 2014
Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein13 November 2014
King Harald V of Norway17 January 2016
King Letsie III of Lesotho7 February 2021
King Abdullah II of Jordan7 February 2024
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain6 March 2024
Asantehene Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II of Asante26 April 2024
King Mohammed VI of Morocco30 July 2024

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.