Celebrations took place to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee in 2012, the first such event in Canada since 1897, when Victoria marked her 60th year on the throne.

Perth was one of the 26 bidders for city status to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012.

The local authority, Perth and Kinross, stated that the 800th anniversary of the city in 2009 should create " a foundation for Perth to bid for formal city status ", it was announced on 14 March 2012, that Perth would become Scotland's seventh city to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, another competition was launched for towns to bid for city status, as well as for existing cities to bid for Lord Mayoralty or Provostship.

To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, on 3 February 2012 Greenwich became the fourth Royal Borough, an honour additional to its historic links with the Royal Family, and its status as home of the Prime Meridian and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, it was announced on 5 January 2010 that on 3 February 2012 the London Borough of Greenwich would become the fourth to have Royal Borough status, the others being the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

A beacon was lit on the top of Ross Castle to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II | Queen Elizabeth II on Monday 4 June 2012

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 ).

Since 1946 was to be the Diamond Jubilee ( 60th Anniversary ) of the city, it was suggested that a dragon boat festival be convened to mark this occasion.

To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria the park was named " Victoria Park ".

A Diamond Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 75th anniversary, but only the 60th anniversary in the case of a monarch ( i. e. length of time a monarch has reigned ).

Wrexham has applied for city status three times since the turn of the 21st century, in competitions to mark the new Millennium, and for both the Queen's Golden and Diamond Jubilees.

At the end of Lumley Road is the town's prominent clock tower, its most well-recognised landmark, built in 1898-99 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee back in 1897 and funded through public subscription and along side the towns " Jolly Fisherman " mascot is the most recognised symbol of Skegness although its official name is the Diamond Jubilee Clock Tower it is simply referred by locals and holiday makers as " The Clock Tower ".

A stone obelisk on the boundary between Hawridge and Cholesbury was erected in 1898 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee the year before.

A stone obelisk on the boundary between Hawridge and Cholesbury was erected in 1898 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee the year before.

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The original sign went missing in the 1980's but after changing hands has since been returned and restored to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Victoria Common was laid out and landscaped on the site of the former public common land called Bradley's Field by Birmingham City Council as a municipal recreation area to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 but was not fully completed and reopened to the public until 1901.

Her Susie Diamond is right on the mark -- and she is a wonderful singer.

The station's new physical recreation training centre, named the Jubilee Hall Sports and Fitness Centre to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, was opened by Prince Michael of Kent on 24 April 2012.

On June 28 2012, he was the subject of a series on Radio Four called The New Elizabethans, a programme put on to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, dealing with 60 public figures from her reign.

To mark the Diamond Jubilee occasion ( 2006-07 ), NIE Management through the NIE foundation has proposed to construct a hi-tech indoor sports complex at the newly acquired plot near the existing campus.

It was certified 13 × Platinum ( Diamond ) by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) for shipments of over thirteen million copies in the United States, making her the first female artist to earn the ten-time-platinum mark.

which was organised as a part of celebrations to mark the Golden Jubilee of the establishment of formal

The first real theatre in Stratford was a temporary wooden affair built in 1769 by the actor David Garrick for his Shakespeare Jubilee celebrations of that year to mark Shakespeare's birthday.

When the most recent competition was held to mark the Golden Jubilee of 2002, Croydon made a sixth application, again unsuccessful.

In 2002, Lisburn and Newry were two of the five towns in the UK that were granted city status by Queen Elizabeth II to mark her Golden Jubilee.

A Silver Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 25th anniversary.

To mark his fiftieth year in the prelacy the diocese of Durham built the Clergy Jubilee School in Newcastle and arranged that Dame Allan's Schools should be housed there.

( To mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee, New York City lit the Empire State Building in purple and gold, to say " thank you " for this action.

A Golden Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 50th anniversary.

* October 4-The Queen arrives in Canada to start of 12-day tour to mark her Golden Jubilee as Queen of Canada

In October 2010, a celebration was observed by local communities, in both Flintshire and Denbighshire, to mark the 200th anniversary of the laying of the Jubilee Tower's foundation stone.

On March 31, 2009, Yoko Ono went to the inauguration of the exhibition: " Imagine: The Peace Ballad of John & Yoko " to mark the 40th anniversary of Lennon-Ono bed-in at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada from May 26 to June 2, 1969.

Continuing from the reign of Elizabeth I of England, the creation of grants and patents reaches a new highwater mark from 1614 to 1621, during the reign of James I of England.

The arms of Queen Elizabeth I in the hall mark her visit in 1573.

Queen Elizabeth II came to dine at 10 Downing Street to mark his resignation, an honour she has bestowed on only one other Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill.

Along Chesapeake's segment of the Intracoastal Waterway, where the Great Bridge locks mark the transition between the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River and the Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal, lies the site of the Battle of Great Bridge.

His death occurred during the third day of the state visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland, an event designed to mark the completion of the peace process that, FitzGerald began with the Anglo-Irish Agreement.

The supporters and compartment were added by Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II on 24 September 1984, and presented to the province in a public ceremony in Fredericton the following day to mark the province's bicentennial.

The obverse shows a left-facing bust of the queen, with a rose behind her and the legend -- Elizabeth, by the grace of God a rose without a thorn — while the reverse shows the royal arms with the date above the arms and a mint mark at the beginning of the legend reading -- City of London, the Tower Mint.

In 1937, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth celebrated their Coronation Year, and to mark the occasion, a superb Empire Exhibition was staged.

It was during the reign of Elizabeth I that the first windmill was placed on top the highest point in Gravesend, 179 ft ( 55 m ) above the high water mark of the river.

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.