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The flag of Great Britain, often referred to as the King's Colour, first Union Flag, [1] [2] Union Jack, and British flag, was used at sea from 1606 and more generally from 1707 to 1801. It was the first flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain. [3] [4] It is the precursor to the Union Jack of 1801.
British Empire flag of the Dangarsleigh War Memorial: An unofficial flag of the British Empire featuring its constituent dominions and India. A unique design was featured at the 1921 opening of the Dangarsleigh War Memorial, and it is still sometimes flown today on special occasions. [10] Post 1930–c. 1945: British Empire flag
7th century (modern form 1951) Flag of Northumberland reg coa: Historical flag readopted in 1951 and used officially by the county council, and later released by the council and registered as the flag of the historic county. Eight yellow rectangles on a red field; note that the canton (top corner nearest the flagpole) should be gold. [29] 20 ...
Azure a Sword erect between three Garbs Or (Registered by the Flag Institute) [123] 12th century: St Piran's Flag – the Flag of Cornwall: A white cross on a black field. (Registered by the Flag Institute) [124] 2012 on: The Flag of Cumberland: Based on a banner of the arms of the former Cumberland County Council.(Registered by the Flag ...
The origin of flags is unknown. Some of the earliest known banners come from ancient China to identify different parts of the army. [3] For example, it is recorded that the armies of the Zhou dynasty in the 11th century BC carried a white banner before them, although no extant depictions exist of these banners.
British Virgin Islands: 1672 1801 1960 British Virgin Islands: Cayman Islands: 1670 1801 1958 1999 Cayman Islands: Christmas Island: 1770 1801 1901 1903 1908 1954 1986 Christmas Island: Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 1770 1801 1901 1903 1908 1954 2003 Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Cook Islands: 1858 1888 1893 1901 1902 1973 1979 Cook Islands: Curaçao ...
This is a timeline of English history, ... 17th century. Year Date ... establishing British naval supremacy over the world's oceans for approximately 140 years.
1602: June, British East India Company's first voyage, commanded by Sir James Lancaster, arrives in Aceh and sails on to Bantam where he is allowed to build trading post which becomes the centre of British trade in Indonesia until 1682. [2] 1602: Two emissaries from the Aceh Sultanate visit the Dutch Republic.