Anniversary cake ideas

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Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. On the 40th anniversary of his reign, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden toasts the city’s Mayor in front of Stockholm Palace. An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event. The word was first used for Catholic feasts to commemorate saints. Most countries celebrate national anniversaries, typically called national days.

These could be the date of independence of the nation or the adoption of a new constitution or form of government. Birthdays are the most common type of anniversary, on which someone’s birthdate is commemorated each year. The actual celebration is sometimes moved for practical reasons, as in the case of an official birthday or one falling on February 29. Wedding anniversaries are also often celebrated, on the same day of the year as the wedding occurred. Anniversaries of nations are usually marked by the number of years elapsed, expressed with Latin words or Roman numerals. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page.

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100, 200, 300, 1000, 2000, 3000, etc. Roman fractions were based on a duodecimal system. While secundus is Latin for “second”, and bis for “twice”, these terms are not used such as in sesqui-secundus. Quasqui is a contraction from quadrans “a quarter” plus the clitic conjunction -que “and”. The term was coined by Funk and Wagnalls editor Robert L.