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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.
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 ...
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English: Flag of Formosa Province, Argentina. Date: 15 March 1991 (Resolución N° 36) [1] Source: Based on this image: Author: Honorable Convención Constituyente de ...
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
This is a collection of lists of flags, including the flags of states or territories, groups or movements and individual people. There are also lists of historical flags and military flag galleries. Many of the flag images are on Wikimedia Commons .
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