List of events during the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II
During the Silver Jubilee year of Queen Elizabeth II in 1977 the Queen had the following engagements:
February
- 10 February - Royal Visit to American Samoa
- 11 February - Royal Visit to Western Samoa
- 14 February - Royal Visit to Tonga
- 16–17 February - Royal Visit to Fiji
- 22 February - 7 March - Royal Visit to New Zealand including
- 26 February - Visit to the Maori Festival at Gisborne
- 28 February - State Opening of Parliament, Wellington
March
- 1 March - Visit to Queen Carnival
- 7–30 March - Royal Visit to Australia, including
- 8 March - State Opening of Parliament, Canberra
- 11 March - Royal Visit to Launceston, Tasmania and Newcastle, New South Wales
- 14 March - Royal Visit to Sydney
- 21 March - Royal Visit to Nuriootpa, South Australia
- 30 March - Royal Visit to Perth
- 23–25 March - Royal Visit to Papua New Guinea
- 30 March - Royal Visit to Bombay
- 31 March - Royal Visit to Muscat, Oman
April
- 11 April - Launch of London Transport's Silver Jubilee buses.
May
- 3 May - Launch of HMS Invincible by Queen Elizabeth II at Barrow-in-Furness
- 4 May - The Queen receives addresses from the House of Commons and the House of Lords
- 6 May - Royal Review of the Police, Hendon
- 7 May - Royal Review of Rolls Royces, Windsor Castle
- 10 May - Royal reception for delegates to the NATO Ministerial Council Meeting
- 11 May - Issue of the British Silver Jubilee stamps
- 13 May - Biggin Hill Air Fair
- 14–15 May - Historic Aircraft Display, White Waltham
- 15 May - The Queen receives the horse "Centennial" from the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- 16 May - Royal visit to the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Show
- 17 May - Royal Visit to Glasgow (including football match, the Glasgow FA Select v the Football League, Hampden Park)
- 18 May - Royal Visit to Cumbernauld and Stirling
- 19 May - Royal Visit to Perth and Dundee
- 20 May - Royal Visit to Aberdeen
- 23 May - Royal Visit to Edinburgh
- 27 May - British Genius Exhibition, Battersea Park (until 30 October)
- 28 May - Royal Visit to Windsor
- 30 May - The Queen attends gala performance of opera and ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
June
- 6 June - lighting of bonfire chain, Windsor
- 7 June - Silver Jubilee Bank Holiday
- 8 June - Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1977, Lancaster House
- 9 June - Royal Visit to Greenwich and River Progress
- 11 June - Trooping of the Colour
- 12 June - Royal salute at march past of Royal British Legion Standards
- 13 June - Garter Service, Windsor Castle
- 16 June - Silver Jubilee Test Match, Lord's Cricket Ground (Australia v England)
- 20 June - Royal Visit to Lancaster, Preston, Leigh, Stretford, and Manchester
- 21 June - Royal Visit to St. Helens, Liverpool and Bootle
- 22 June - Royal Visit to Harlech Castle, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Llandudno, Conwy, Bangor and Holyhead
- 23 June - Royal Visit to Milford Haven, Haverfordwest, Carmarthen, Llanelli, Swansea, Neath and Barry
- 24 June - Royal Visit to Cardiff and Risca
- 28 June - Royal Review of the Royal Navy, Spithead
- 29 June - Royal Visit to Portsmouth
- 30 June - Royal Visit to South London and Royal Review of Reserve & Cadet Forces Wembley Stadium
July
- 1 July - Royal Visit to Wimbledon
- 4 July - Guildford Silver Jubilee Pageant (attended by Princess Anne on 6 July) (until 16 July)
- 6 July - Royal Visit to North London
- 7 July - Royal Review of the British Army of the Rhine, Germany
- 10 July - Silver Jubilee Powerboat Race, from HMS Belfast to Calais
- 11 July - Royal Visit to Norwich, Ipswich and Felixstowe
- 12 July - Royal Visit to Grimsby, Doncaster, Sheffield, Barnsley and Leeds
- 13 July - Royal Visit to Wakefield, Harrogate, Beverley, York and Hull
- 14 July - Royal Visit to Middlesbrough, Hartlepool (including naming of RNLB The Scout), Eston and Durham
- 15 July - Royal Visit to Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sunderland
- 19 July - Royal Visit to Royal Tournament, Earl's Court
- 27 July - Royal Visit to Wolverhampton, Dudley, West Bromwich, Walsall, Birmingham, Hampton-in-Arden, Solihull and Coventry
- 28 July - Royal Visit to Leicester, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Derby and Nottingham
- 29 July - Royal Review of the Royal Air Force, RAF Finningley
August
- 3 August - Colchester Searchlight Tattoo
- 4 August - Cardiff Silver Jubilee Tattoo
- 4 August - Royal Visit to Southampton
- 5 August - Royal Visit to Torbay, Exeter and Plymouth (including Royal Review of the Royal Marines)
- 6 August - Royal Visit to Falmouth, Truro. Bodmin and St. Austell
- 7 August - Royal Visit to Lundy
- 8 August - Royal Visit to Bristol, Northavon, Bath, Keynsham and Weston-super-Mare
- 10 August - Royal Visit to Belfast
- 11 August - Royal Visit to Derry
- 13 August - Open Day, RAF Lossiemouth
- 18 August - Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Edinburgh Castle
- 20 August - Greenwich Jubilee Clipper Week Regetta
- 27-29 August - Plymouth Navy Days
September
- 10 September - Lions v Barbarians Rugby Match, Twickenham
- 15–17 September - Ryder Cup, Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
October
- 14–19 October - Royal Visit to Canada including
- 18 October - State Opening of Parliament, Ottawa
- 19–20 October - Royal Visit to the Bahamas
- 20 October - Royal Visit to the British Virgin Islands
- 28 October - Royal Visit to Antigua and Barbuda
- 30 October - Royal Visit to Mustique
- 31 October - Royal Visit to Barbados
November
- 22 November - Leeds United v Ajax Football Match, Leeds
- 28 November - Hong Kong Silver Jubilee Pageant
December
- 16 December - Royal opening of Piccadilly line extension
- 25 December - Royal Broadcast to the Commonwealth
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