In 2017 and 2025, the term sapphire jubilee or blue sapphire jubilee was coined for the celebrations to mark the 65th anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II (see Sapphire Jubilee of Elizabeth II) and the independences of Nigeria and Somaliland. Previously, the sapphire wedding anniversary was understood to be the 45th, and this would be expected to carry over to regnal anniversaries as with silver, golden, and diamond jubilees.

65-year anniversaries in recent history People Notable personYear of Sapphire JubileeKing Louis XIV of FranceBBC News Queen's Sapphire Jubilee: Gun salutes mark 65 years on the throne 7 February 20171708King Ferdinand III of Sicily1824Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary1913Prince Johannes II of Liechtenstein 1923King Sobhuza II of Swaziland1964King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand2011Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms2017

Sovereign states and dependent territories Sovereign state or dependent territoryYear of Sapphire JubileeJapan595 BCSan Marino366France908Austria1221Thailand1303Ethiopia1335Andorra1340Switzerland1356Monaco1362Spain1544Sweden1588Russia1612Netherlands1646Bhutan1686Portugal1705Nepal1833United States1841United Kingdom1866Haiti1869Serbia1869Ecuador1874Colombia1875Mexico1875Chile1875Paraguay1876Venezuela1876Luxembourg1880Argentina1881Greece1886Peru1886Costa Rica1886El Salvador1886Guatemala1886Honduras1886Nicaragua1886Brazil1887Bolivia1890Uruguay1890Belgium1896New Zealand1905Dominican Republic1909Liberia1912Denmark1914Italy1926Liechtenstein1931Canada1932Cuba1933Germany1936Montenegro1943Qatar1943Philippines1963Guam, United States1963Puerto Rico, United States1963American Samoa, United States1964Australia1966North Macedonia1968Panama1968Norway1970Bulgaria1973South Africa1975Mongolia1976Taiwan1977Albania1977Ireland1981United States Virgin Islands, the United States1982Finland1982Lithuania1983Estonia1983Georgia1983Armenia1983Azerbaijan1983Czech Republic1983Slovakia1983Poland1983Latvia1983Romania1983Ukraine1984Afghanistan1984Åland, Finland1985Turkey1988Vatican City1994Saudi Arabia1997Iraq1997Lebanon2008Iceland2009Belarus2009North Korea2010South Korea2010Indonesia2010Vietnam2010Syria2011Jordan2011Pakistan2012India2012Myanmar2013Sri Lanka2013Faroe Islands, Denmark2013Israel2013China2014Libya2016Egypt2017Laos2018Cambodia2018Morocco2020Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia2020Sudan2021Tunisia2021Ghana2022Malaysia2022Guinea2023Senegal2025Togo2025Somaliland2025Madagascar2025Congo, Democratic Republic of the2025Somalia2025Benin2025Niger2025Burkina Faso2025Ivory Coast2025Chad2025Central African Republic2025Congo, Republic of the2025Gabon2025Mali2025Cyprus2025Nigeria2025Mauritania2025Kuwait2026Sierra Leone2026Tanzania2026

Organizations Notable organizationYear of Sapphire JubileeInternational Olympic Committee1959BBC1987Warner Bros. Pictures1988The Walt Disney Company1988Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer1989United Nations2010Disneyland Resort2020

See also

Hierarchy of precious substances List of longest-reigning monarchs List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign List of national independence days Wedding anniversary

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