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A Diamond Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 60th anniversary. An anniversary (from the Latin anniversarius, from the words for year and to turn, meaning (re)turning yearly; known in English since c1230) is a day that commemorates and/or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same day of the year as the initial event. ...
In the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth Realms such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, a Diamond Jubilee is held in the 60th year of a monarch's reign. A Commonwealth Realm is any one of the 16 sovereign states of the Commonwealth that recognise Queen Elizabeth II as their Queen and head of state. ...
A monarch (see sovereign) is a type of ruler or head of state. ...
Diamond Jubilee for Queen Victoria On 22 September 1896, Victoria surpassed George III as the longest-reigning monarch in English, Scottish, or British history. In accordance with the Queen's request, all special public celebrations of the event were delayed until 1897, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The Colonial Secretary, Joseph Chamberlain, proposed that the Diamond Jubilee be made a festival of the British Empire. Thus, the prime ministers of all the self-governing colonies were invited along with their families. The procession in which the Queen participated included troops from each British colony and dependency, together with soldiers sent by Indian princes and chiefs (who were subordinate to Victoria, the Empress of India). The Diamond Jubilee celebration was an occasion marked by great outpourings of affection for the septuagenarian Queen, who was by then confined to a wheelchair. September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ...
1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. ...
1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
The Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet official in charge of managing the various British colonies. ...
The Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain (8 July 1836–2 July 1914) was a British statesman. ...
A septuagenarian is a person in the age group of 70 to 79 years old. ...
Diamond Jubilee for Queen Elizabeth II If she is still on the throne at the time, Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee will be in 2012 which will also be the year of the London Olympics, the second world-wide sporting event that would coincide with one of her jubilees. Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), born 21 April 1926, is (in alphabetical order) Queen of Antigua and Barbuda, Queen of Australia, Queen of The Bahamas, Queen of Barbados, Queen of Belize, Queen of Canada, Queen of Grenada, Queen of Jamaica, Queen of New Zealand, Queen of Papua New Guinea...
2012 (MMXII) will be a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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