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

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

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

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

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

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

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