Accession day
accession day usually anniversary date monarch executive take office earliest record accession celebration date reign emperor kanmu japan r – custom observed many nation belgium local celebration reigning monarch accession anniversary accession first king modern belgium leopold july celebrated full national holiday known belgian national day accession day india jammu kashmir commemorates day area joined dominion india state holiday commemorating october maharaja hari singh signed instrument accession jammu kashmir joined dominion india part series event rule british raj converted two new independent dominion india pakistan latter two territory separated whole northern india hindu ruler state hindu muslim subject maharaja decision crucial festivity day include holding rally lighting firecracker singing india national anthem raising flag india present accession day moroccan monarch july date king mohammed vi enthroned following death father day marked several official civilian celebration including televised speech king koninginnedag queen day reign queen beatrix celebrated april date accession upon abdication mother queen juliana whose birthday fell april beatrix abdicated koninginnedag led accession king willemalexander result holiday became known koningsdag king day celebration moved three day ahead april instead mark birthday willemalexander united arab emirate unusual celebrating accession president although president elected amongst seven hereditary emir ruling prince constituent state uae therefore also hereditary monarchical leader accession day national holiday uae custom marking day inaugurated reign queen elizabeth england celebration restoration protestantism state religion elizabeth accession day celebrated england reign also according thcentury historian thomas lathbury reign successor form prayer thanksgiving used church anniversary queen accession published used tenth anniversary queen elizabeth accession marked ringing bell november became known queen elizabeth day queenes day reign progressed celebrated increased fervour long death continued observed day protestant rejoicing expression anticatholic feeling observance included triumphal parade procession sermon populism burning pope effigy great fire london rejoicing converted satirical saturnalia turbulent kind greatest excess occurred year – wealthy member political club paid procession bonfire arouse populace political fervour inhabitant berry pomeroy south devon reinstated tradition queenes day special church service bonfire accession king james england form prayer thanksgiving issued use church upon entry kingdom new service issued sanctioned convocation set aside parliament restoration certain part included special service may king james ii acceded throne ordered preparation special form prayer thanksgiving anniversary accession day revised version old service prepared set forth authority form word day majesty began happy reign first used service retained ever since falling use reign william iii mary ii service revised used reign queen anne king george v accession day r – may queen elizabeth ii r – february present monarch charles iii accession day september accession day observed united kingdom flying specific flag various official function london royal salute fired gun king troop royal horse artillery green park honourable artillery company tower london salute also fired woolwich colchester edinburgh castle stirling castle cardiff belfast york portsmouth plymouth dover castle special service required canon cathedral church chapel church england book common prayer provides option standalone accession day service special propers service matins evensong holy communion may altered day church recent prayer book common worship provide full form service refers user book common prayer however provide propers eucharist accession day although legal requirement special service also held church denomination divine worship missal provides following collect use mass mattins evensong catholic personal ordinariate lady walsingham god providest thy people thy power rulest love vouchsafe bless thy servant king queen nation may wisely governed grant devoted thee whole heart persevering good work unto end may thy guidance come thine everlasting kingdom jesus christ thy son lord liveth reigneth thee unity holy spirit ever one god world without end amen vatican count anniversario dellelezione del santo padre anniversary election reigning pontiff among statutory public holiday since citystate observed holiday march anniversary pope francis election accession council accession day tilt coronation day dy imperii decennalia equivalent anniversary roman empire national day