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Building in Roseau with flag. The national flag of Dominica was adopted on 3 November 1978, with some small changes having been made in 1981, 1988, and 1990. The original flag was designed by playwright Alwin Bully in early 1978 as the country prepared for independence. [1] It is one of the few flags of sovereign states to contain purple.
The first written records in the history of Dominica began in November 1493, when Christopher Columbus spotted the island. Prior to European contact, Dominica was inhabited by the Arawak. Dominica was a French colony from 1715 until the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763, and then became a British colony from 1763 to 1978. It became an ...
Dominica: 1663 1715 1763 1801 1871 1940 1958 1962 1978 1981 1988 1990 Dominica: Dominican Republic: 1506 1795 1808 1821 1844 1849 1861 1865 Dominican Republic: East Timor: 1702 1707 1750 1816 1826 1830 1911 1942 1945 1975 1975 1976 1999 2002 East Timor: Ecuador: 1534 1785 1809 1812 1820 1822 1822 1830 1835 1845 1845 1860 1900 2009 Ecuador ...
23 April - The High Court of Dominica strikes down a ban on consensual same-sex relations in the country as unconstitutional following a petition from a gay man. [1]3 August – Thea LaFond clinches Dominica's first ever Olympic medal after winning gold in the Women's triple jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
The current flag design often evolved over the years (e.g. the flag of the United States) or can be a re-adoption of an earlier, historic flag (e.g. the flag of Libya). The year the current flag design first came into use is listed in the third column.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Dominica: Dominica – sovereign island nation located in the Caribbean Sea. [1] In Latin, its name means "Sunday", which was the day on which it was discovered by Christopher Columbus. Dominica's pre-Columbian name was Wai'tu kubuli, which means "Tall is her body". [2]
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The following 37 pages use this file: 1970 British Commonwealth Games; Caribbean Free Trade Association; Flag of Dominica; Flags of North America; Historical flags of the British Empire and the overseas territories