* 1553 – Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.

The Irish government refused to attend royal functions as a result ; for example, Patrick Hillery declined on Government advice to attend the wedding of the Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, to which he had been invited by Queen Elizabeth, just as Seán T. O ' Kelly had declined on government advice to attend the 1953 Coronation Garden Party at the British Embassy in Dublin.

* 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal

A report of sushi being consumed in Britain occurred when the then Prince, now Emperor, Akihito ( b. 1933 ) visited Queen Elizabeth II during her Coronation in May 1953.

* June 28 – Coronation of Queen Victoria takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.

November 17: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth I of England.

* Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal

The Bavarian Coronation Set consists of the Crown of Bavaria, the Crown of the Queen ( originally made for Maximilian's Queen, Caroline Frederika of Baden ), the State Sword, the Royal Orb and the Royal Sceptre.

Lesney's reputation would be moulded by Jack Odell, Leslie Smith and Rodney Smith ( hence the name " Lesney "); their first major sales success was the million-selling model of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Coach.

Many signs commemorate significant events such as the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, the passing of Millennium or local celebrations such as the centenary of the formation of local councils.

Coronation of Franz Joseph and Elisabeth as King and Queen of Hungary and Croatia

The whole scheme cost £ 723, 000, and the Coronation Channel, which was completed in 1953, was named to commemorate the crowning of Queen Elizabeth II in the same year.

It soon was noted for supplying 3 " orthicons for the worldwide television transmission of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey.

Aware that TV coverage of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in the USA had been interrupted by advertisements one of which featured a celebrity chimpanzee J. Fred Muggs, a clause was included in the Act banning advertising breaks during broadcasts featuring the Royal Family.

* Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Medal, 1953

In 1953 he was appointed Official Artist at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Because of the large number of pennies in circulation there was no real reason to produce any more in the 1950s, however a large number of specimen sets were issued in 1953 for the Coronation, with the obverse inscribed around the right-facing bust of the Queen by Mary Gillick.

Queen Elizabeth II became one of his more notable fans and he was awarded the Queen's Coronation Medal in 1953 and met her in Canberra in 1954.

The modern five-pound issues are not issued for circulation, but to mark events or commemorations of national or Royal significance, including the following: Queen Mother 90th birthday ( 1990 ); 40th anniversary of the Coronation ( 1993 ); 70th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II ( 1996 ); Golden Wedding of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip ( 1997 ); Prince of Wales ' 50th birthday ( 1998 ); Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial ( 1999 ); Millennium commemoration ( 1999 & 2000 ); Queen Mother Centenary ( 2000 ); Queen Victoria anniversary ( 2001 ); Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee ( 2002 ); Queen Mother Memorial ( 2002 ); Queen Elizabeth II Coronation 50th anniversary ( 2003 ); Centenary of the Entente Cordiale ( 2004 ); 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar ( 2005 ); 200th anniversary of the death of Horatio Nelson ( 2005 ); 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II ( 2006 ); Diamond Wedding of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip ( 2007 ) 60th birthday of Prince of Wales ( 2008 ).

Elizabeth I of England | Elizabeth I at her Coronation of the British monarch | coronation on 15 January 1559

Eventually, the relatively minor Bishop of Carlisle, Owen Oglethorpe, performed the ceremony ; but when Oglethorpe attempted to perform traditional Catholic parts of the Coronation, Elizabeth got up and left.

Following the Coronation, two important Acts were passed through parliament: the Act of Uniformity and the Act of Supremacy, establishing the Protestant Church of England and creating Elizabeth Supreme Governor of the Church of England ( Supreme Head, the title used by her father and brother, was seen as inappropriate for a woman ruler ).

* June 2 – Coronation of Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey.

Coronation procession of Empress Elizabeth, Moscow 1742

* George Smith, The Coronation of Elizabeth Wydeville.

Elizabeth I Coronation Miniature

* 1377 – Coronation of Richard II of England.

* October 11 – Coronation of George II of Great Britain.

* July 16 – Coronation of 10-year-old Richard II, grandson of Edward III.

The Anointing of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia at his Coronation at Dormition Cathedral, Moscow | Uspensky Cathedral, 1896 ( Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow ).

* King Faisal II Coronation Medal – 1953

King Charles II of England, c. 1661-62, with his Coronation of the British Monarch # Sovereign. 27s robes | parliamentary robes, as he would have dressed at the State Opening of Parliament | opening of the sessions of the Cavalier parliament.

After the 1953 Coronation incident, in December 1955, a Round Table Conference was held in London, on the future of Malta, attended by the new PM Dom Mintoff, Borg Olivier and other Maltese politicians, along with the British Colonial Secretary, Alan Lennox-Boyd.

(" Prepared for Coronation Year ") Hutchinson, 1953.

In 1953 East Africa saw the demanding Coronation Safari, which went on to become the Safari Rally and a World Championship round, to be followed in due course by the Rallye du Maroc in Morocco, and the Rallye Côte d ' Ivoire in the Ivory Coast.

Britten was appointed a Companion of Honour ( CH ) in the Coronation Honours, 1953.

The scheme cost £ 723, 000, and the Coronation Channel around Spalding was opened in September 1953.

In 1953, London Transport used the tramway to store 120 unused buses and coaches in case they were needed for the Coronation but proposals to convert the tramway subway to a car park or a film studio failed and it was leased out as a storage facility from October 1957.

Coronation portrait of Elizabeth II and the Prince Philip | Duke of Edinburgh, June 1953

* 1953 Another Coronation Year: William Wood of Taplow staged a ' Cutty Sark ' garden

* Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, 1953

* Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal 1953

The Show continued to ‘ Educate and Entertain ’ throughout the decades and in 1953, the Coronation year, it even featured a two thirds scale copy of the state coach.

* Seymour de Lotbiniere ( 1905 – 1984 )-BBC Director of outside broadcasting who initiated Test Match commentary and masterminded the televising of the 1953 Coronation

In June 1953, Browning and Du Maurier attended the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

To mark Queen Elizabeth II's coronation on 2 June 1953, the hotel hosted the Savoy Coronation Ball, attended by 1, 400 people, including Hollywood stars, royalty and other notables, who paid 12 guineas (£ as of ), each.