In which territory did John Lennon marry Yoko Ono?

John Lennon married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar. They were married on March 20, 1969, at the registry office in Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula.

The wedding followed several complications. Lennon and Ono had first considered marrying in Paris, but legal and logistical issues made Gibraltar the practical choice. After the ceremony, they traveled to Amsterdam, where they held a week-long bed-in for peace at the Hilton hotel. The event turned their honeymoon into a highly publicized protest against war and a demonstration of their activism.

Their Gibraltar wedding became one of the defining public moments of Lennon and Ono’s relationship, combining celebrity, politics and performance art. Lennon later changed his middle name from Winston to Ono by deed poll, although official documents continued to use his birth name. The couple remained together until Lennon’s death in 1980. Gibraltar is sometimes confused with an island such as Malta or the Isle of Man, but the marriage ceremony specifically took place at Gibraltar’s registry office.