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:

The Royal Cypher of Queen Elizabeth II, surmounted by St Edward's Crown.

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