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The first “Blue Ground Yellow Tiger Flag” appeared on May 23, 1895, when the Republic of Formosa was established. When Taiwan and Penghu Islands were ceded to Japan as a result of the Treaty of Maguan (馬關條約), the Republic of Formosa was founded to avoid the fate of cession and Tang Jingsong, then governor of Taiwan Province, was chosen as the first president.
The idea of creating a flag for the province of Formosa arose during the 1991 Legislative Convention, which aimed to reform the provincial constitution of 1957. On 14 February of that year, during one of its sessions, deputy Miguel Bernardo Caja presented a motion, taking into account the suggestions of deputy Juan Carlos Díaz Roig.
English: Flag of the Republic of Formosa 客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî： 臺灣民主國國旗 / Thòi-vân Mìn-tsú-koet koet-khì 文言： 臺灣民主國之國旗
The name Formosa eventually "replaced all others in European literature" and remained in common use among English speakers into the 20th century. [ 4 ] The term mínzhǔguó ( 民主國 ) was an early Chinese translation of the English word republic , pioneered by William Alexander Parsons Martin with his Chinese translation of Henry Wheaton 's ...
Formosa Province (Spanish pronunciation:) is a province in northeastern Argentina, part of the Gran Chaco Region. Formosa's northeast end touches Asunción, Paraguay , and the province borders the provinces of Chaco and Salta to its south and west, respectively.
– Today: Flag of Caaguazú: A horizontal tricolor of red, White and blue with 5 green stars in the center. ??? – Today: Flag of Caazapá: A horizontal bicolor of green and red with a white square ended on the upper hoist-side corner of the green band. ??? – Today: Flag of Canindeyú: a green with 3 bands of blue, White and red downwards ...
English: This is the backside to the shortly lived Republic of Formosa. The pupils on this version are crescents, instead of rounded, and the tiger faces left, instead of right, this is an old vectorization that loses a lot of detail and therefore should not be used in wikipedia articles, instead to represent the flag use .
James Wheeler Davidson (14 June 1872 – 18 July 1933) was an American-born Canadian businessman, diplomat, explorer, journalist, and philanthropist. He is remembered for writing The Island of Formosa, Past and Present (1903), a book on the history of Taiwan.