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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 the Netherlands. A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue. 1976–present. Flag of Aruba. A medium blue field with a white fimbriated (bordered) red four-pointed star in its upper hoist corner and two narrow horizontal yellow stripes in its lower half. 1984–present. Flag of Curaçao.
Netherlands: 1581 / 1652 1795 1806 1810 1814 Netherlands: New Zealand: 1769 1834 1840 1867 1869 New Zealand: Nicaragua: 1524 1823 1825 1839 1858 1889 1893 1896 1908 1971 Nicaragua: Niger: 1922 1959 Niger: Nigeria: 1886 1900 1960 Nigeria: 1967 North Macedonia: 1844 1903 1903 1912 1918 1941 1944 1946 1992 1995 North Macedonia: Norway: 1536 1814 ...
The history of the Netherlands extends back long before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon. For thousands of years, people have been living together around the river deltas of this section of the North Sea coast. Records begin with the four centuries during which the region formed a ...
History of the Netherlands (1840-1900) From 1900 to 1940, the Netherlands experienced significant population growth. This era included significant colonial expansion, particularly in the Dutch East Indies, coupled with the challenges posed by World War I and the Great Depression. Although the Netherlands maintained neutrality during World War I ...
National symbols of the Netherlands. Symbols of the Netherlands are items or symbols that have symbolic meaning to, or represent, the Netherlands.There symbols are seen in official capacities, such as flags, coats of arms, postage stamps, and currency, and in URLs. They appear less formally as recurring themes in literature, art and folk art ...
Pages in category "Flags of the Netherlands". The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Flag of the Netherlands. List of flags of the Netherlands.
The flag consists of three horizontal bands in the colours yellow, red and blue. The colours are taken from the provincial coat of arms. This is a combination of the old coats of arms of North Holland and West Friesland. Yellow (actually gold) and red belong to Holland, while blue is part of the West Frisian identity.