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A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and the flag of Suriname in the centre. 1966–1986: Flag of the governor of the Netherlands Antilles: A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and the flag of the Netherlands Antilles in the centre. 1986–2010
The royal flag (Dutch: koninklijke vlag), or the royal standard of the Netherlands, is the official flag of the Dutch monarch. This flag is a non-personal distinctive flag and is not changed from reign to reign. The current flag, introduced in 1908, is a square orange flag, divided in four quarters by a nassau-blue cross.
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 ...
31 January 1938 – 30 April 1980: Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld [1] 30 April 1980 – 30 April 2013: Her Majesty The Queen; 30 April 2013 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe ...
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 ...
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.
Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3. John B. Roney (2009). "Chronology". Culture and Customs of the Netherlands. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-34808-2. Friso Wielenga (2015). "Timeline". A History of the Netherlands: From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1 ...
In the same year, for the first time, the red-white-blue flag was flown with an orange pennant, which has remained the custom in the Netherlands. Whether the Prince's Flag or the red-white-blue flag should be the national flag was left undecided, although the Prince of Orange, later King William I, preferred the latter. [citation needed]