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A 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 (by various titles) of petty states in Germany and elsewhere, who do not merit the designation "royal".
{| class="wikitable"
! Monarch
! Date of silver jubilee
|-
| King George II of Great Britain
|1752
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| Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
|1753
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| King Borommakot of Siam
|1758
|-
| Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
|1762
|-
| King Frederick II of Prussia
|1765
|-
| King Joseph I of Portugal
|1775
|-
| Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
|1777
|-
| Christian Günther III, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
|1783
|-
| King Ferdinand IV / III of Naples and Sicily
|1784
|-
| King George III of the United Kingdom
|1785
|-
| Empress Catherine II of Russia
|1787
|-
| Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
|1788
|-
| Ferdinand I, Duke of Parma
|1790
|-
| King Christian VII of Denmark
|1791
|-
| Queen Maria I of Portugal
|1802
|-
| King Rama I of Siam
|1807
|-
| Günther Friedrich Karl I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
|1819
|-
| King Frederick William III of Prussia
|1822
|-
| Leopold II, Prince of Lippe
|1827
|-
| Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
|1828
|-
| Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
|1832
|-
| King Frederick VI of Denmark
|1833
|-
| George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
|1838
|-
| King William I of Württemberg
|1841
|-
| George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
|1841
|-
| King Charles XIV John of Sweden
|1843
|-
| Heinrich LXII, Prince Reuss Younger Line
|1843
|-
| Heinrich LXXII, Prince Reuss of Lobenstein and Ebersdorf
|1847
|-
| King Rama III of Siam
|1849
|-
| Tsar Nicholas I of Russia
|1850
|-
| Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
|1853
|-
| King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
|1855
|-
| Emperor Pedro II of Brazil
|1856
|-
| Günther Friedrich Karl II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
|1860
|-
| Queen Victoria
|1862
|-
| Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
|1867
|-
| Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
|1869
|-
| George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
|1870
|-
| King George Tupou I of Tonga
|1870
|-
| Pope Pius IX
|1871
|-
| Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse
|1873
|-
| Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
|2 December 1873
|-
| King William III of the Netherlands
|1874
|-
| Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
|1878
|-
| Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
|1878
|-
| Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
|1878
|-
| Tsar Alexander II of Russia
|1880
|-
| Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
|1881
|-
| Prince Johann II of Liechtenstein
|1883
|-
| Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz
|1884
|-
| Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
|1885
|-
| King Norodom of Cambodia
|1885
|-
| Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
|1885
|-
| Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany
|1886
|-
| King Luís I of Portugal
|1886
|-
| King George I of Greece
|1888
|-
| King Christian IX of Denmark
|1888
|-
| King Charles I of Württemberg
|1889
|-
| Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
|1891
|-
| Sheikh Abdullah II Al-Sabah of Kuwait
|1891
|-
| Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
|1892
|-
| King Chulalongkorn of Siam
|1893
|-
| Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
|1896
|-
| King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway
| 18 September 1897
|-
| Albert, King of Saxony
|1898
|-
| Sultan Abdulhamid II of Ottoman Empire
|31 August 1901
|-
| Pope Leo XIII
|1903
|-
| Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
|1905
|-
| Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
|1911
|-
| Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
|15 June 1913
|-
| Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
|1915
|-
| Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
|1923
|-
| King William II of Württemberg
|1916
|-
| Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
|1917
|-
| King George Tupou II of Tonga
|1918
|-
| King Sobhuza II of Swaziland
|1924
|-
| King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
|1925
|-
| King Haakon VII of Norway
|1930
|-
| King Gustaf V of Sweden
|1932
|-
| King George V of the United Kingdom
|6 May 1935
|-
| King Christian X of Denmark
|1937
|-
| Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga
|1943
|-
| Prince Louis II of Monaco
|1947
|-
| Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin of Brunei
|1949
|-
| King Jigme Wangchuck of Bhutan
|1951
|-
| Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
| 2 November 1955
|-
| Prince Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein
| 25 July 1963
|-
| Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
| 1966
|-
| King Bhumibol of Thailand
| 9 June 1971
|-
| Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
| 1973
|-
| Prince Rainier III of Monaco
|1974
|-
| King Baudouin of Belgium
|1976
|-
| Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth Realms
|6 February 1977
|-
| King Hussein of Jordan
|1977
|-
| King Olav V of Norway
|1982
|-
| Prince Shah Karim al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV
| 11 July 1982 – 11 July 1983
|-
| King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
|1985
|-
| King Hassan II of Morocco
|1986
|-
| Alhaji (Dr.) Ado Bayero The Emir of Kano, Nigeria
| June 1988
|-
| Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg
|1989
|-
| King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV of Tonga
|16 December 1990
|-
| Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei
|5 October 1992
|-
| Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman
| 23 July 1995
|-
| Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
|1996
|-
| Joan Martí i Alanis, Co-Prince of Andorra
|1996
|-
| King Birendra of Nepal
|1997
|-
| Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
|14 January 1997
|-
| King Jigme Singye of Bhutan
|1997
|-
| King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
|15 September 1998
|-
| King Juan Carlos I of Spain
| 22 November 2000
|-
| Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah of Kuwait
| 31 December 2002
|-
| Pope John Paul II
|2003
|-
| Sultan Ismail Petra of Kelantan, Malaysia
| 30 March 2004
|-
| Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
|29 April 2005
|-
| Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak, Malaysia
| 3 February 2009
|-
| King Mswati III of Swaziland
| 25 April 2011
|-
| Emperor Akihito of Japan
| 7 January 2014
|-
| Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein
| 13 November 2014
|-
| King Harald V of Norway
| 17 January 2016
|-
| King Letsie III of Lesotho
| 7 February 2021
|-
| King Abdullah II of Jordan
| 7 February 2024
|-
| King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain
| 6 March 2024
|-
| Asantehene Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II of Asante
| 26 April 2024
|-
| King Mohammed VI of Morocco
| 30 July 2024
|}
Other silver jubilees
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Non-royal state leaders
! Date of silver jubilee
|-
|Leader Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union
|1949
|-
|Leader Enver Hoxha of Albania
|1969
|-
|Supreme Leader Kim Il Sung of North Korea
|1973
|-
|Chairman Mao Zedong of China
|1974
|-
|Leader Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal of Mongolia
|1977
|-
|Leader Todor Zhivkov of Bulgaria
|1979
|-
|Leader Janos Kadar of Hungary
|1981
|-
| President Urho Kekkonen of Finland
| 1 March 1981
|-
|President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia
|1982
|-
|President Sekou Toure of Guinea
|1983
|-
|President Ne Win of Burma
|1987
|-
|President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia
|1989
|-
|President Mobutu Sese Seko of DR Congo
|1990
|-
|President Hastings Banda of Malawi
|1991
|-
|President Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo
|1992
|-
|President Suharto of Indonesia
|1992
|-
|President Omar Bongo of Gabon
|1992
|-
| Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution Muammar Gaddafi of Libya
| 1 September 1994
|-
|President Hafez al-Assad of Syria
|1996
|-
|President Albert Rene of Seychelles
|2002
|-
|President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen
|2003
|-
|President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea
|2004
|-
|President Jose dos Santos of Angola
|2004
|-
|President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt
|2006
|-
|President Paul Biya of Cameroon
|2007
|-
|President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda
|2011
|-
|President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe
|2012
|-
|President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan
|2014
|-
|Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei of Iran
|2014
|-
|President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan
|2014
|-
|President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan
|2014
|-
|President Idriss Deby of Chad
|2015
|-
|President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea
|2016
|-
|President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan
|2017
|}
South Asian film terminology<!-- The article "Andaaz" links to this section -->
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.
See also
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- Hierarchy of precious substances
- List of longest-reigning monarchs
- List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign
- Wedding anniversary
- Wikipedia:25th anniversary