A ruby jubilee marks a 40th anniversary.
Ruby jubilees of monarchs in recent history Monarch Year of Ruby Jubilee Günther Friedrich Karl II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1875 Emperor Pedro II of Brazil 1881 Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1882 Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1884 George Tupou I of Tonga 1885 George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont 1885 Franz Joseph I Emperor of Austria & King of Hungary 1888 Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg 1893 Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1893 Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 1893 Johann II of Liechtenstein 1898 Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden 1898 Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz 1899 Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1900 King Norodom of Cambodia 1901 Emperor Gojong of Korea 21 Jan 1904 King Carol I of Romania 10 May 1906 George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 1906 King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of Siam 1908 Emperor Meiji of Japan 1908 King Alfonso XIII of Spain 1926 Sobhuza II of Swaziland1939 King Gustaf V of Sweden 1947 Sālote Tupou III of Tonga 1958 Emperor Showa of Japan Dec 1966 Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein 1978 King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand1986 Prince Rainier III of Monaco 1989 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth Realms 6 February 1992 King Hussein of Jordan 11 August 1992 Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV of Tonga 16 December 2005 Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei 5 October 2007 Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman 23 July 2010 Queen Margrethe II of Denmark 14 January 2012Queen Margrethe celebrates 40 years on Danish throne King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden 15 September 2013
Ruby jubilees of sovereign states or dependent territories in recent history Sovereign state or dependent territory Year of Ruby JubileeJapan600 BCIran490 BCSan Marino3 September 341France10 August 883Ethiopia1310Andorra8 September 1318Switzerland1 August 1331Spain20 January 1519Sweden6 June 1563Russia16 January 1587Portugal1 December 1680United States4 July 1816United Kingdom1 January 1841Haiti1 January 1844Serbia15 February 1844Ecuador10 August 1849Colombia20 July 1850Mexico16 September 1850Chile18 September 1850Paraguay14 May 1851Venezuela5 July 1851Luxembourg9 June 1855Argentina9 July 1856Greece25 March 1861Peru28 July 1861Costa Rica15 September 1861El Salvador15 September 1861Guatemala15 September 1861Honduras15 September 1861Nicaragua15 September 1861Brazil7 September 1862Bolivia6 August 1865Uruguay25 August 1865Belgium21 July 1871New Zealand6 February 1880Dominican Republic27 February 1884Liberia26 July 1887Denmark5 June 1889Italy17 March 1901Liechtenstein15 August 1906Canada1 July 1906Cuba10 October 1907Montenegro13 July 1918Qatar18 December 1918Philippines12 June 1938Guam, United States10 December 1938Puerto Rico, United States10 December 1938American Samoa, United States2 December 1939Australia1 January 1941North Macedonia2 August 1943Panama3 November 1943Norway7 June 1945Bulgaria22 September 1948South Africa31 May 1950Mongolia29 December 1951Taiwan1 January 1952Albania28 November 1952Ireland24 April 1956United States Virgin Islands, the United States31 March 1957Finland6 December 1957Lithuania16 February 1958Estonia24 February 1958Georgia26 May 1958Armenia28 May 1958Azerbaijan28 May 1958Czech Republic28 October 1958Slovakia28 October 1958Poland11 November 1958Latvia18 November 1958Romania1 December 1958Ukraine22 January 1959Afghanistan19 August 1959Åland, Finland7 May 1950Vatican City11 February 1959Iraq3 October 1972Lebanon22 November 1983Iceland17 June 1984Belarus3 July 1984North Korea15 August 1985South Korea15 August 1985Indonesia17 August 1985Vietnam2 September 1985Syria17 April 1986Jordan25 May 1986Pakistan14 August 1987India15 August 1987Myanmar25 January 1988Sri Lanka4 February 1988Faroe Islands, Denmark23 March 1988Israel14 May 1988China1 October 1989Libya24 December 1991Egypt23 July 1992Cambodia9 November 1993Morocco18 November 1995Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia23 November 1995Sudan1 January 1996Tunisia20 March 1996Ghana6 March 1997Malaysia31 August 1997Guinea2 October 1998Senegal4 April 2000Togo27 April 2000Madagascar26 June 2000Congo, Democratic Republic of the30 June 2000Somalia1 July 2000Benin1 August 2000Niger3 August 2000Burkina Faso5 August 2000Ivory Coast7 August 2000Chad11 August 2000Central African Republic13 August 2000Congo, Republic of the15 August 2000Gabon17 August 2000Mali22 September 2000Cyprus1 October 2000Nigeria1 October 2000Mauritania28 November 2000Kuwait25 February 2001Sierra Leone27 April 2001Tanzania9 December 2001Samoa1 June 2002Burundi1 July 2002Rwanda1 July 2002Algeria5 July 2002Jamaica6 August 2002Trinidad and Tobago31 August 2002Uganda9 October 2002Kenya12 December 2003Malawi6 July 2004Malta21 September 2004Zambia24 October 2004Gambia18 February 2005Maldives26 July 2005Singapore9 August 2005Guyana26 May 2006Botswana30 September 2006Lesotho4 October 2006Barbados30 November 2006Yemen30 November 2007Nauru31 January 2008Mauritius12 March 2008Eswatini6 September 2008Equatorial Guinea12 October 2008Tonga4 June 2010Fiji10 October 2010Bangladesh26 March 2011United Arab Emirates2 December 2011Bahrain16 December 2011Bahamas10 July 2013Guinea-Bissau24 September 2013Grenada7 February 2014Mozambique25 June 2015Cape Verde5 July 2015Comoros6 July 2015São Tomé and Príncipe12 July 2015Papua New Guinea16 September 2015Angola11 November 2015Suriname25 November 2015Timor-Leste28 November 2015Seychelles29 June 2016Djibouti27 June 2017Solomon Islands7 July 2018Tuvalu1 October 2018Dominica3 November 2018Saint Lucia22 February 2019Marshall Islands1 May 2019Kiribati12 July 2019Saint Vincent and the Grenadines27 October 2019Vanuatu30 July 2020Belize21 September 2021Antigua and Barbuda1 November 2021Saint Kitts and Nevis19 September 2023Brunei23 February 2024Micronesia3 November 2026
Ruby jubilees of organizations in recent history Organization Year of Ruby Jubilee Disneyland Resort 17 July 1995 Universal Studios Hollywood 15 July 2004 Walt Disney World 1 October 2011 Epcot 1 October 2022 Tokyo Disney Resort 15 April 2023
See also
Hierarchy of precious substances List of longest-reigning monarchs List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign Wedding anniversary
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