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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 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 ...
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.
17th-century Dutch people (7 C, 56 P) T. 17th century in The Hague (5 P) Pages in category "17th century in the Dutch Republic" The following 13 pages are in this ...
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 colours of which were confirmed in 1937, is based on this historical flag. It ...
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 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 ...
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.