Wedding Anniversary List from 1 to 100 answers the frequently asked question: What wedding anniversaries are thereHere you will learn about all the traditional anniversary gifts and their background information. After how many years of marriage is which event? Of course, 50 years of marriage is the Golden Wedding anniversary... but what about after 26 years of marriage? What is the name for that?
Anniversary listing last updated on November 5, 2025
This anniversary listing has been compiled with great attention to detail and also includes rare regional variations – from the "Grüne" [Green] to the "Himmelshochzeit" [Heavenly Wedding].
Wedding Anniversary List – Milestones by Year of Marriage
Silver wedding anniversaries and golden wedding anniversaries are sure to be familiar to most married and unmarried couples, but on which wedding anniversary are wooden, rose, or pearl anniversaries celebrated? Here you will now receive a complete and (almost) gapless table with all Wedding Anniversaries from 1 to 100.
Almost every wedding anniversary has its own special name. The names for wedding anniversaries often vary depending on local traditions and customs. For example, in some places, the “Paper Wedding“ is assigned to the first anniversary and the “Cotton Wedding“ to the second anniversary – while in other places, the Cotton Wedding is already equated with the first anniversary.
There are so many different names for wedding anniversaries. Each year has a special meaning. For example, after 5 years, it's the “Wooden Wedding.“ But why are five years of marriage wooden? On the one hand, wood symbolizes that a marriage is now solidified after five years. On the other hand, it's also a warning: wood isn't indestructible and burns quickly... By the way, the “Mercy Wedding“ doesn't hope that one is now in a status of receiving a pension and that the marriage will soon be over after a proud 70 years. Rather, with this event, one thanks God for His grace that allowed the couple to have spent so many years of their lives together in marriage.
But which wedding anniversaries are there? Here is the list with all known traditional wedding anniversaries by x years of marriage:
1 to 25 years of marriage
First day of the wedding: Green wedding
Anniversary = Paper Anniversary
02. Wedding Anniversary = Cotton Anniversary / Cotton Wedding
Wedding Anniversary = Tin Anniversary / Tin Wedding
04. Wedding Anniversary = Silk Wedding / Silk Anniversary
05. Wedding Anniversary = Wooden Wedding / Ox Wedding
June 6th Wedding Anniversary = Sugar Anniversary
6.5 year anniversary = Tin wedding anniversary (Sometimes the tin wedding anniversary is also called a “quarter silver anniversary“ and is then celebrated after 6 1/4 years.)
7th Wedding Anniversary = Copper Wedding / Copper Anniversary
8th Wedding Anniversary = Tin Wedding / Tin Anniversary
Wedding Anniversary = Pottery anniversary / Pottery wedding
10th Wedding Anniversary = Rose Anniversary
11th Wedding Anniversary = Steel Anniversary
12th Wedding Anniversary = Nickel Wedding
12.5 Year Anniversary = Parsley Wedding / Bronze Wedding
13th Wedding Anniversary = Lace Anniversary
October 14th Wedding Anniversary = Ivory Wedding
15th Wedding Anniversary = Crystal Wedding / Glass Wedding / Violet Wedding
16th Wedding Anniversary = Sapphire Wedding
17th Wedding Anniversary = Orchid Anniversary
18th Wedding Anniversary = Turkish Wedding
19th wedding anniversary = Mother-of-pearl anniversary
20th Wedding Anniversary = Porcelain Anniversary / Thorn Anniversary
21st Wedding Anniversary = Opal Anniversary
22. Wedding Anniversary = Bronze Anniversary / Bronze Wedding
23rd Wedding Anniversary = Titanium Anniversary
24th Wedding Anniversary = Satin Anniversary
25th Wedding Anniversary = Silver Wedding Anniversary
26 to 50 years of marriage
26th Wedding Anniversary = Jade Anniversary
27th Wedding Anniversary = Mahogany Wedding
28th Wedding Anniversary = Carnation Anniversary
29th Wedding Anniversary = Velvet Anniversary
30th Wedding Anniversary = Pearl Wedding Anniversary
31st Wedding Anniversary = Linden Wedding
32nd Wedding Anniversary = Soap Anniversary
33rd Wedding Anniversary = Tin Wedding
33.3 year anniversary = Garlic Wedding
34th Wedding Anniversary = Amber anniversary
35th Wedding Anniversary = Linen Anniversary
36th wedding anniversary = emerald wedding
37th Wedding Anniversary = Chalcedony Wedding
37.5 Wedding Anniversary = Aluminum Anniversary
38th Wedding Anniversary = Fire Wedding
39th Wedding Anniversary = Sun Anniversary
40th Wedding Anniversary = Ruby Wedding
41st Wedding Anniversary = Birch Anniversary
42nd Wedding Anniversary = Garnet Anniversary
43rd Wedding Anniversary = Tin Wedding
44th Wedding Anniversary = Star Wedding
45th Wedding Anniversary = Brass Wedding
Wedding Anniversary = Lavender Wedding
47th Wedding Anniversary = Cashmere Wedding
48th Wedding Anniversary = Diadem Anniversary
49th Wedding Anniversary = Cedar Anniversary
50th Wedding Anniversary = Golden Wedding Anniversary
51 to 70 years of marriage
51st Wedding Anniversary = Willow Anniversary
Wedding Anniversary = Topaz Wedding
53rd Wedding Anniversary = Uranus Anniversary
54th Wedding Anniversary = Zeus Wedding
55th Wedding Anniversary = Platinum Wedding Anniversary
56th Wedding Anniversary = Aster Wedding
Wedding Anniversary = Azalea Anniversary / Adventurine Anniversary
58th Wedding Anniversary = Angel Anniversary (Also regionally celebrated on the 85th wedding anniversary.)
59. Wedding Anniversary = Tide Wedding
60th Wedding Anniversary = Diamond Anniversary
61st Wedding Anniversary = Elm Anniversary
62nd Wedding Anniversary - Aquamarine Anniversary
63rd Wedding Anniversary = Mercury Anniversary
64. Wedding Anniversary = Wedding in the sky (varies regionally)
65th Wedding Anniversary = Iron Anniversary
Wedding Anniversary = Chive Wedding
67th Wedding Anniversary = Sulfur Wedding / Stone Rose Wedding
67.5 Year Wedding Anniversary = Stone Anniversary
68th Wedding Anniversary = Granite Wedding
69th Wedding Anniversary = Larch Wedding
70th Wedding Anniversary = Golden Wedding Anniversary
From here on come the so-called “heavenly years“ (71st–100th wedding anniversary).
For these wedding anniversaries, the married couple can look back on almost an entire life together. Since unfortunately very few couples live long enough to spend these anniversaries together on Earth, these wedding anniversaries often serve more as memorial days for the survivors. On these wedding anniversaries, they can remember the couple and celebrate their love. Therefore, not all wedding anniversaries have a special name.
71 to 100 years of marriage
71st Wedding Anniversary = Zinco Anniversary
72nd Wedding Anniversary = Alabaster Wedding
73rd Wedding Anniversary = Balsam Wedding
74th Wedding Anniversary = Diamond Crown Jewels Anniversary
75th Wedding Anniversary = Diamond Wedding Anniversary
80th wedding anniversary Oak wedding
85th Wedding Anniversary = Angel Anniversary
90th wedding anniversary = Marble anniversary
95th Wedding Anniversary = Adansonia Wedding / Sandalwood Wedding / Onyx Wedding
100. Wedding Anniversary = Heavenly Wedding
These were the traditional wedding anniversaries from the first day to the 100th wedding anniversary. Depending on the region and/or country, these names may differ from the names of the wedding anniversaries on the list. We have tried to include all the variations we know in the wedding anniversaries list. For example, the Cotton Anniversary for the 5th wedding anniversary is the Ox Wedding in more rural regions.
If you know a special name/custom that is not listed on our site, you are very welcome to write to us about it.
We will go into more detail on the respective wedding customs for the different wedding anniversaries in separate posts. Each wedding anniversary has its own unique customs. For example, after 25 and 50 years, the Silver Wedding and Golden Wedding are celebrated grandly with family and friends. Being married to each other for many years and staying married is a great achievement in today's world, which can be celebrated anew each year. Especially in these fast-paced times, it is unfortunately no longer as self-evident as it used to be that one stays by one's partner's side, no matter what comes.
Therefore, one should celebrate every year reached and be newly aware of love again and again, celebrating this love year after year. It doesn't always have to be a grand affair. This can also be wonderfully celebrated in a small family gathering within your own four walls.
If a married couple experiences even their Diamond Wedding Anniversary (60 years) or their Platinum Wedding Anniversary (70 years) together, this is usually a very special gift for these people.
We hope our wedding anniversary list has shown you all the important anniversaries, and that you now have a reason every year to enjoy and celebrate your wedding day!
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