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The national flag of the Netherlands (Dutch: de Nederlandse vlag) is a horizontal tricolour of red, white, and blue. The current design originates as a variant of the late 16th century orange-white-blue Prinsenvlag ("Prince's Flag"), evolving in the early 17th century as the red-white-blue Statenvlag ("States Flag"), the naval flag of the States-General of the Dutch Republic, making the Dutch ...
Flag of Dutch Guyana (Suriname) A white flag with white, black, brown, red and yellow five-pointed stars, connected by a black ellipse 1961–1962 Flag of Netherlands New Guinea: Thirteen blue and white alternating horizontal stripes with a red bar on the hoist side with a white five pointed star centred on it 1959–1986
The blue, white, and orange on the flags of New York City, Albany and Jersey City are those of the Prinsenvlag ("Prince's Flag"), introduced in the 17th century as the Statenvlag ("States Flag"), the naval flag of the States General of the Netherlands. [citation needed] The flag and seal of Nassau County depicting the arms of the House of ...
The flag has a horizontal tricolour of white, black and white. Its design is similar to the municipal coat of arms, but vertically. The black stripe represents Oude Delft and dates from the 13th century. The Oude Delft is the oldest canal in Delft and dug around the eleventh century.
The Statenvlag ("States Flag") is the name of the flag of the States-General of the Dutch Republic, the red-white-blue tricolour flag replacing the older orange-white-blue Prince's Flag in the mid 17th century. The modern national flag of the Netherlands, the exact
The latter was introduced gradually during the 1630s to 1650s, and named "States' Flag" in 1664. [4] During the 17th century the Prince's Flag was hoisted on the Castle of Good Hope and saluted by incoming ships. [5] The orange-white-blue flag formed the basis for the South African flag of 1928.
These stripes of orange, white, and blue became the first flag of the Netherlands. [16] In the 17th century, the orange was replaced by red. [17] Tsar Peter the Great personally designed a merchant flag of Russia based on the colors of the flag of the Netherlands. [18] The Russian flag, in turn, inspired many flags of countries in the Slavic ...
The Habsburg Netherlands was a geo-political entity covering the whole of the Low Countries (i.e. the present-day Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and most of the modern French départements of Nord and Pas-de-Calais) from 1482 to 1581. The northern Low Countries began growing from 1200 CE, with the drainage and flood control of land, which ...