The Netherlands, on the coast of the North Sea. Julius Caesar found the low-lying Netherlands inhabited by Germanic tribes the Nervii, Frisii, and Batavi. The Batavi on the Roman frontier did not submit to Rome's rule until 13 B.C. , and then only as allies. The Franks controlled the region from the 4th to the 8th century, and it became part of Charlemagne's empire in the 8th and 9th centuries. The area later passed into the hands of Burgundy and the Austrian Hapsburgs and finally, in the 16th century, came under Spanish rule.
The province of Zealand had similar colors: its flag showed a red lion arising out of blue and white stripes representing the sea. The Dutch flag at sea after 1577 was an orange-white-blue horizontal tricolor, although it was never officially adopted. Likewise, there was never any official recognition given to the replacement of the orange by red, a transformation completed by 1660.
It was an appropriate time to omit orange from the flag because in 1654 a defense treaty between the Dutch and the English permanently excluded members of the house of Orange from being heads of state in theNetherlands. In the 20th century many right-wing Dutch supported orange-white-blue as the "authentic flag" of the Netherlands, but the national flag was not changed.
After their revolution in 1789, the French recognized red, white, and blue as the "colors of liberty" and honored the Netherlands for first having used these in a flag. Pro-French "Patriots" in the Netherlands took the first step regarding an official Dutch national flag when their Batavian Republic legalized the red-white-blue tricolor on Feb. 14, 1796.
The flag of the Netherlands consists of three equal sized horizontal stripes - the top stripe is red; the middle one white; and the bottom stripe is blue. The red stripe which was originally orange, along with the white and blue stripes, are based on the heraldic colors (coat of arms) of Prince William of Orange, who led the fight for Dutch independence.
It is the main reason why it was replaced by red. Red was then referred to as one of the official colors of the flag. It was in the year 1937 that the flag was officially adopted by the people of Netherlands. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of Netherlands flag for the future.
The province of Zealand had similar colors: its flag showed a red lion arising out of blue and white stripes representing the sea. The Dutch flag at sea after 1577 was an orange-white-blue horizontal tricolor, although it was never officially adopted. Likewise, there was never any official recognition given to the replacement of the orange by red, a transformation completed by 1660.
It was an appropriate time to omit orange from the flag because in 1654 a defense treaty between the Dutch and the English permanently excluded members of the house of Orange from being heads of state in theNetherlands. In the 20th century many right-wing Dutch supported orange-white-blue as the "authentic flag" of the Netherlands, but the national flag was not changed.
After their revolution in 1789, the French recognized red, white, and blue as the "colors of liberty" and honored the Netherlands for first having used these in a flag. Pro-French "Patriots" in the Netherlands took the first step regarding an official Dutch national flag when their Batavian Republic legalized the red-white-blue tricolor on Feb. 14, 1796.
The flag of the Netherlands consists of three equal sized horizontal stripes - the top stripe is red; the middle one white; and the bottom stripe is blue. The red stripe which was originally orange, along with the white and blue stripes, are based on the heraldic colors (coat of arms) of Prince William of Orange, who led the fight for Dutch independence.
It is the main reason why it was replaced by red. Red was then referred to as one of the official colors of the flag. It was in the year 1937 that the flag was officially adopted by the people of Netherlands. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of Netherlands flag for the future.
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