The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria was celebrated on 20 and 21 June 1887 to mark the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession on 20 June 1837. It was celebrated with a Thanksgiving Service at
Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Service, Westminster Abbey, 21 June 1887 (1887–1890) by William Ewart Lockhart
Victoria's Golden Jubilee silver double florin, struck 1887
Westminster Abbey prepared for the Jubilee Service of Thanksgiving, showing the Coronation Chair on a raised dais and the temporary galleries built into the transepts. These alterations were the only part of the jubilee to be financed by the government.
The garden party at Buckingham Palace for the Jubilee, 20 June 1887
Liliʻuokalani
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Liliʻuokalani was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893, in a cou
Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria
…singing of a Te Deum which had been composed by Prince Albert. During the service, a beam of sunlight fell upon her bowed head, which the future Queen Liliʻuokalani of Hawaiʻi observing noted as a mark of divine favour. On her return to the palace, she went to her balcony and was cheered by the crowd. In the ballroom…
Portrait by James J. Williams, c. 1891
Liliʻuokalani in her youth, c. 1853
Haleʻākala, oil on canvas by D. Howard Hitchcock, 1899
John Owen Dominis, who later became Governor of Oʻahu