the tricolour (flag)
101Yugoslavia, flag of — ▪ Flag History horizontally striped blue white red national flag. Its width to length ratio is 1 to 2. In 1699 Tsar Peter I (the Great) of Russia selected a new flag for his country as part of his modernization campaign. Consisting of …
102Bulgaria, flag of — ▪ Flag History horizontally striped white green red national flag. Its width to length ratio is unspecified. In the 14th century the coat of arms (arms, coat of) of Tsar Ivan Shishman, the most powerful Bulgarian (Bulgaria) ruler, was …
103Moldova, flag of — ▪ Flag History vertically striped blue yellow red national flag with a central coat of arms (arms, coat of) featuring an eagle. The flag has a width to length ratio of 1 to 2. Moldova declared independence during World War I. At… …
104Montenegro, flag of — ▪ Flag History Yellow fimbriated (bordered) red national flag with, at its centre, a yellow double headed eagle bearing the national coat of arms. The width to length ratio is 1 to 2. Montenegrin independence was recognized in 1878,… …
105Ireland, flag of — ▪ Flag History vertically striped green white orange national flag. Its width to length ratio is 1 to 2. A number of official and unofficial flags over the centuries have been flown in Ireland. One of the earliest, in use in the late… …
106Union Flag — The Union Flag, also known as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Historically, the flag was used throughout the former British Empire. It retains an official or semi official status… …
107Netherlands, flag of The — ▪ Flag History horizontally striped red white blue national flag. Its width to length ratio is 2 to 3. In the 16th century William I, prince of Orange, became a leader of the Dutch independence movement against Spain. Based on the… …
108Yemen, flag of — ▪ Flag History horizontally striped red white black national flag. Its width to length ratio is approximately 2 to 3. In 1918, after decades of Ottoman domination, northern Yemen arose under its traditional religious leader the imam… …
109South Africa, flag of — ▪ Flag History national flag consisting of a horizontally oriented Y shape (known in heraldry as a pall) in green, with yellow (gold) and white borders, separating sections of red and blue and a black hoist triangle. The flag s width to… …
110Proclamation of the Irish Republic — The Proclamation of the Republic, also known as the 1916 Proclamation or Easter Proclamation, was a document issued by the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army during the Easter Rising in Ireland, which began on 24 April 1916. In it the… …
