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| Year | Country | Flag Event |
| 1569 | Sweden | First use as a battle flag - 1569 |
| 1581 | Netherlands | First use of the flag - 1581 |
| 1620 | Sweden | Use as a naval flag 1620s |
| 1625 | Denmark | Flag adopted 1625 |
| 1660 | Netherlands | 1630-1660 - orange stripe becomes red |
| 1663 | Sweden | 1663 - warrant on use of flags at sea |
| 1693 | Russia | 1693 - First use as a naval ensign |
| 1705 | Russia | Adopted as Merchant ensign 20 January 1705 (disuse during Soviet era) |
| 1748 | Denmark | Specifications on dimensions specified - 1748 |
| 1777 | United States | Flag adopted 14 June 1777 |
| 1794 | France | Flag adopted 15 February 1794 |
| 1795 | United States | Two stars and two stripes added to flag in 1795 |
| 1801 | United Kingdom | Flag adopted 1 January 1801 adding "St. Patrick's Cross" to the flag of the United Kingdom of England and Scotland |
| 1804 | France | Colors standardized 1804 |
| 1811 | Venezuela | First hoisting of Venezuelan flag 14 July 1811 |
| Venezuela | Flag adopted as official flag 15 July 1811 | |
| 1812 | France | Colors standardized 1812 |
| Paraguay | First Paraguayan tribar adopted 15 August 1812 | |
| 1818 | United States | Five stars added and number of stripes returned to 13 - 4 July 1818 |
| 1819 | United States | One star added to flag 4 July 1819 |
| 1820 | United States | Two stars added to flag 4 July 1820 |
| 1821 | Norway | Flag adopted - July 21, 1821 (unofficial) |
| Mexico | Flag adopted 7 October 1821 | |
| 1822 | El Salvador | Flag adopted 1822 |
| United States | One star added to flag 4 July 1822 | |
| 1823 | Mexico | Flag modified by Republican government 14 April 1823 |
| 1825 | Peru | Flag adopted 1825 |
| 1830 | Uruguay | Flag adopted 11 July 1830 |
| 1831 | Poland | flag constituted by Polish parliament 1831 following November uprising (modeled on the flag of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw) |
| Belgium | Adopted 23 January 1831 | |
| Belgium | Order of colors specified by Minister of Navy - 4 February 1831 | |
| 1832 | Greece | Flag adopted 1832 |
| 1834 | Romania | Flag first authorized by Ottoman sultan 1834 |
| 1835 | Tunisia | Flag adopted 1835 |
| 1836 | United States | One star added to flag 4 July 1836 |
| 1837 | United States | One star added to flag 4 July 1836 |
| 1841 | El Salvador | Minor modifications to flag - 1841 |
| 1842 | Paraguay | Flag with arms in center codified 25 November 1842 |
| 1843 | Paraguay |