A Diamond Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 60th anniversary in the case of a person (e. An anniversary (from the Latin anniversarius, from the words for year and to turn meaning (returning yearly known in English since c. g. wedding anniversary, length of time a monarch has reigned as King or Queen, etc. ) or a 75th anniversary in the case of an event (e. g. the founding of a university), such as in the case of the University of Nottingham's Jubilee Campus. The University of Nottingham is a Public, Co-educational institution of Higher learning in the city of Nottingham, England. The University of Nottingham operates from four campuses in Nottinghamshire and from two overseas campuses one in Ningbo, China and the
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Diamond Jubilees in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth Realms
In the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth Realms such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, a Diamond Jubilee is held in the calendar year containing the 60th anniversary of the beginning of a monarch's reign. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A Commonwealth realm is any one of 16 sovereign states within the Commonwealth of Nations that each have Elizabeth II as their respective Monarch Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The current Queen's Diamond Jubilee, should she reach it, will be in 2012. 2012 ( MMXII) will be a Leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
Diamond Jubilee for Queen Victoria
On 22 September 1896, Queen Victoria surpassed George III as the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Albert Square is a public Plaza in Manchester, England. It lies in front of Manchester Town Hall and features the monuments Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George III (George William Frederick 4 June 1738 George III's long reign was marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdom much of the rest of Europe and places In accordance with the Queen's request, all special public celebrations of the event were delayed until 1897, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Colonial Secretary, Joseph Chamberlain, proposed that the Diamond Jubilee be made a festival of the British Empire. The Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet official in charge of managing the various British Colonies. Joseph Chamberlain ( 8 July 1836 &ndash 2 July 1914) was an influential British businessman politician and statesman 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 Dominion, British colony and dependency, together with soldiers sent by Indian princes and chiefs (who were subordinate to Victoria, the Empress of India). A dominion, often Dominion, refers to one of a group of autonomous polities under sovereign authority within the British Empire and 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. Ageing or aging (American English is the accumulation of changes in an organism The celebrations also coincided with heightened security prompted by the assassination plot on her life by Irish nationalists on her Golden Jubilee 10 years earlier. The Jubilee Plot was a failed Assassination attempt on Queen Victoria during her Golden Jubilee which was held on 20 June 1887. A Golden Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 50th anniversary of a monarch's reign
Throughout the rest of the Empire, celebrations took place despite the physical absence of the Monarch herself, with parades and festivals organized in major cities and towns in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and other Dominions and British territories. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa In Canada, streets were decorated and the Prime Minister, then Sir Wilfrid Laurier, toured parts of the country to take part in the fetes. [1] Canada issued a Diamond Jubilee series of stamps on June 19, 1897, with two depictions of Victoria on them. Commemorative envelopes were also manufactured, with Victoria's portrait and a poem on the front:
- Queen, that from Spring to Autumn of thy reign
- Hast taught thy people how 'tis queenlier far
- Than any golden pomp of peace or war
- Simply to be a woman without stain. [2]
Rudyard Kipling wrote his sombre Recessional in honour of the Jubilee; Arthur Sullivan wrote a ballet, Victoria and Merrie England; and Arthur Conan Doyle referred to it in a Sherlock Holmes story. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936 was an English Author and poet " Recessional " is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, which he composed on the occasion of Queen Victoria 's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO (13 May 1842 &ndash 22 November 1900 was an English composer of Irish and Italian descent best known for his operatic Victoria and Merrie England is an 1897 ballet by Arthur Sullivan, written to commemorate Queen Victoria 's Diamond Jubilee &mdash a remarkable Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930 was an Anglo-Scottish Author most noted for his stories about the Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887
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A Silver Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 25th anniversary A Golden Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 50th anniversary of a monarch's reign A Platinum Jubilee is a celebration held to mark an Anniversary: 70th in British and Commonwealth Realm usageDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic