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Flag Dates by Year
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