A wedding anniversary is the anniversary of the day on which the wedding has taken place. Since marriage is a major significant and most sacred event in everybody’s life, the essence of true relationship and the joy of togetherness for the number of years they spent is shared and felt by the way of celebrations. People used to celebrate 25 and 50 years of their marriage days in the medieval times and these wedding anniversaries were called Silver Jubilee and Golden Jubilee celebrations respectively. But in recent times, the tradition has changed. Each year of the marriage day has occupied a greater value and wedding anniversaries are celebrated with different themes and gifts.
Here is a list of wedding anniversaries of 1-75 years with names and themes, gifts, and flowers that are relevant to each year of marriage.
| Anniversary | Latin-derived Term | Theme or
Celebrations |
Gift or Present | Associated
Flowers |
| 1st year | Annual | Paper | Clock | Carnations / Pansies |
| 2nd year | Biennial | Cotton | China | Cosmos/Lily of the valley |
| 3rd year | Triennial | Leather | Crystal or Glass | Fuchsias/Sunflower |
| 4th year | Quadrennial | Linen | Fruit/flowers/
Appliances |
Geraniums/Hydrangea |
| 5th year | Quinquennial | Wood | Silverware | Daisies |
| 6th year | Sexennial | Iron | Candy/sweets | Calla Lillies |
| 7th year | Septennial | Wool | copper/Desk sets | Jack-in-the-Pulpit |
| 8th year | Octennial | bronze | Linen or Lace | Clematis/Lilac |
| 9th year | Novennial | copper | Leather goods | Poppies |
| 10th year | Decennial | Tin/aluminum | Diamond
Jewellery |
Daffodils |
| 11th year | Undecennial | Steel | Jewellery | Morning GloryTulip |
| 12th year | Duodecennial | Silk/linen | Pearls | Peonies |
| 13th year | Tredecennial | Lace | Textiles | Hollyhocks/Chrysanthemum |
| 14th year | Quattuordecennial | Ivory | Gold jewelry | Dahlias |
| 15th year | Quindecennial | Crystal | Watches | Roses |
| 16th year | Sapphire | Silver Holloware | Pink Roses | |
| 17th year | Orchid | Amethyst/
Furniture |
Red Carnation | |
| 18th year | Quartz | Garnet/
Appliances |
Deep Red Flowers | |
| 19th year | Jade | Aquamarine | Bronze Coloured
Chrysanthemum |
|
| 20th year | Vigintennial /
Vicennial |
China/Porcelain | Platinum | Day Lillies/Aster |
| 21st year | Oak/Opal | Nickel | Iris | |
| 22nd year | Water | Copper | Mixed Floral Bouquet | |
| 23rd year | Water/Beryl | Silverplate | Deep Dark Red Blossoms | |
| 24th year | Opal | Musical
instruments |
Lavender | |
| 25th year | Quadranscentennial | Silver | Silver | Iris |
| 26th year | Jade | Original pictures/Artwork | Rose | |
| 27th year | Music | Sculpture | Cosmos | |
| 28th year | Linens | Orchids | Orchids | |
| 29th year | Quartz | New furniture | Celosia | |
| 30th year | Pearl | Ivory/Diamond | Sweet Pea/Lily | |
| 31st year | Travel/tourism | Timepieces | White Flowers | |
| 32nd year | Copper | Conveyances
(vehicles) |
Copper Coloured Flowers | |
| 33rd year | Tin | Amethyst | Strawberry Plant in a Tin Can | |
| 34th year | Opal | Opal | Poppy | |
| 35th year | Jade | Jewellery | Coral Coloured Bouquet | |
| 36th year | Antiques | classic novels | Tea Rose | |
| 37th year | Stone | Alabaster | 37 Flowers | |
| 38th year | Jade | Beryl | Flowers of the season | |
| 39th year | Laughter | Lace | Lace flower | |
| 40th year | Quadragennial | Ruby | Ruby | Nasturtiums/Gladiolus |
| 41st year | Topaz | Land/Music | Nasturtium | |
| 42nd year | Garnet | Home theme | Mixed floral bouquet | |
| 43rd year | Opal | Travel | Favourite flowers | |
| 44th year | Turquoise | Groceries | Mixed floral bouquet | |
| 45th year | Sapphire | Sapphire | Blue Iris | |
| 46th year | Pearl | Poetry | Daffodils | |
| 47th year | Amethyst | Books | Camelia | |
| 48th year | Amethyst | Optical goods | Aster | |
| 49th year | Cedar | Luxuries | Purple Orchids | |
| 50th year | Semicentennial / Quinquagenary | Golden | Gold | Yellow roses |
| 51st year | Camellia | Photos/camera | Favourite flowers | |
| 52nd year | Star Ruby | Bath/spa | Bouquet of 52 flowers | |
| 53rd year | Plastic | Romantic Gateway | Cherry Tree | |
| 54th year | Glass | Glass | Rhododendron Plant | |
| 55th year | Emerald | Emerald | Green Foliage Plants | |
| 56th year | Day | Trip to favourite
place |
Box plant | |
| 57th year | Night | Glass or Mirror | Azalea | |
| 58th year | Faith and hope | Golf or Bowling
Game |
Maple Tree | |
| 59th year | Charity | Family Tree | Olive Tree | |
| 60th year | Sexagennial / Sexagenary | Diamond | Diamond | Iris |
| 65th year | Sapphire | Castle Visit | Blue Hydrangea | |
| 67th year | Star sapphire, purple | Star Sapphire/
purple |
Purple Coloured Bouquet | |
| 70th year | Septuagennial | Platinum | Platinum | Peony Roses |
| 75th year | Diamond/gold | Diamond | White Roses |
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