General Knowledge, You should make a series of historical flags by country in every continent (Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania) and in every time period (Antiquity, Middle Ages, Modern Ages and Contemporary Ages) 🏴🏛🏰🏠
I imagine the Welsh aren't too devastated being left out of the Union Jack design, because the flag of Wales beats all the British ones by quite a margin - it has a freakin' red dragon in the centre! No one but Bhutan can compete with Wales in regards to flag design, but then again - maybe I read too many fantasy novels. Greetings from Denmark, by the way. Nice one ...
This is often misunderstood and misrepresented. The St George cross was the flag of the kingdom of England and Wales. It is only in a modern sense that it's now seen as exclusively English, because of sports etc. Although in use from an earlier period, it was ironically a Welsh dynasty, the Tudors, that gave the St George cross official status. The Welsh dragon flag is cool, but adding it to the Union Flag would make for an awkward design. Where it absolutely deserves to be represented though is on the UK heraldic flag/ shield... Which currently bears the Irish Harp, the Scottish lion rampant and the 3 English lions (leopards).
Nice video! 👍🏻 I really love flags! ❤️😁 Regarding the flag of Spain (11:40; aka: “La Rojigualda” 🇪🇸) the color scheme always remained intact since 1785, with the exception of the Second Republic period (1931-1939), when the color scheme was: red, yellow and purple: 🟥🟨🟪 Currently, article 4.1 of the 1978 Constitution establishes that: “The flag of Spain consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being double the width of each red stripe”. The current Spanish coat of arms, featured in the national flag of Spain, was approved by law in 1981, in replacement of the interim coat of arms that replaced the official arms of Spain under General Franco.
You've probably heard of it before, but a well known legend about Austria's flag is that it was made after Leopold V was covered in blood during a battle in the crusades, when he took of his belt to reveal a white stripe in the everywhere else blood covered tunic he was wearing.
And the color called magenta (a red color) comes from the Battle of Magenta between the French/Sardinians on one side against the Austrian empire - in the 1850's. Magenta is a town in northern Italy where the battle happened and there was so much blood it inspired the name of that color. Another battle in the same war Solferino is where Henri Dinant was inspired to create the Red Cross designed to help the wounded.
7:17 Gustav Vasa (Gustav I) died in 1560. By 1562 it was King Erik XIV. Also the first documented image of the gold and blue flag was in a 1560, during Gustav Vasa's funeral procesion.
When I learned about the legend of Dannebrog falling from the sky, back in school, my teacher suggested it might have been a cape or something that fell on the battlefield. She posited it might have fallen from a tower or something. Perhaps carried by the wind. Or I guess it could have been ripped from someone's armour during the battle. Either way, I like to believe that some amazing coincidence happen to let us Danes have the best flag.
@@incognito2023 Dannebrog is the older of two flags though. The Swedes didn't use the yellow cross on blue background in any official capacity until 1442, and it didn't become the official flag until 1906. Dannebrog is from 1219.
Poland ommited... Our flag was officialy adopted by Duchy of Warsaw with it's creation. Colours are obviously much older, but in medieval era it was red flag with the white eagle. Later, during the union, it were 3 stripes red, white and red. You can argue that White and Red flag came from the small "banners" in these colours that were attached to the lances of Polish cavalry
The flag of Catalonia (red and yellow stripes) originated as the arms of the tomb of Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona, who died in 1082. They have been used since then and still today without changes in Catalonia and with slight changes in the regions inherited by the Catalan Counts as “kingdoms”: Aragon, Valencia, Mallorca, Naples, etc. and in related Occitan counties and kingdoms.
The flag of the Peoples republic of china is the most underwhelming to me. Thousands of years of history and nothing on the flag represents any of it’s culture, heritage or traditions in any way
Thank the CCP for destroying Chinas history, cultures, ethnicities. The CCP can’t even come up with anything new themselves so they copied the worst parts of the USSR.
There is no evidence that the dynasty started that early, the first 25 emperors are mythical and didn't actually exist. Earliest evidence of the dynasty is from 539 AD. Which still makes it the oldest continous dynasty :)
The Argentinean football team Boca Juniors got its colours from the Sweden flag. The boys from La Boca port neighbourhood decided to use the colours from the first ship they saw and it was a Swedish ship 🇸🇪 The Pizza Margarita has the colours of Italian flag 🇮🇹 How about an episode of objects inspired on flags? Very interesting episode 💪🏼
I think the English flag is much older than given credit here, the English Cross on a white banner of some shape dates back to at least the 8th century through it's description by Chaucer, and was a national standard of sorts since the Saxons (used by King Harold) more so, whilst not as the only or the first flag of what became of this nation ever since, it was continuously incorporated into the English flag tradition in some way from that time
@@OneTrueScotsmanScotland was always Traditionally a collection of kingdoms in a weak confederacy... most of the Scottish culture is that of the free Clans... my understanding is the earliest use of the Scottish Flag as we know it, was just a few generations before the Act of Union prior to that, the banner flown was simply a combination of the various clan standards, heavily varying from campaign to campaign as different campaigns gained prominence.
@@user-zp5nn6kr5s the union flag was what became the Union-Jack, however, the English, Scottish flag, and to a lesser degree the Welsh flag, have a history before the UK came into being as flags of a nation... The British flag is not thesame as The English Flag
Kingdom of Iberia (Georgian Kingdom) used St George's Flag in 5th Century, way earlier than England. idk the origins of the flag or who used it first though but it definitely wasn't England, since they borrowed it from Genoa, if I remember correctly.
@@LukaMamukelashvili may be it would have used that form unrelated to the others... because, I believe the flag was originally used by one of the early monks who had brought Christianity onto the Island. by the 8th century, we just get the first pictures showing it as an established practice
1:37 As someone interested in naval warfare during WW2 it's surprising how many names are familiar for me. Especially when you also include not completed ships because of the Washington Naval Treaty
You forgot to mention the Eppsteiners and Traungauers when talking about the Austrian flag. The red white red has been around since 1122 as the Traungauers, who used to be dukes of Styria, took their CoA over when the Eppensteiners died out. The two families were linked by marriage. A few decades later, a contract was forged between the Traungauers and the Babenbergs that the latter would inherit the formers' possession - including the original Eppensteiner CoA. The rest about the Habsburgs inheriting the CoA from the Babenbergs etc is correct though.
0:00: 🏴 The video discusses the oldest flags in the world, starting with Denmark's flag adopted in 1219. 3:27: ! The video discusses the history and origins of the flags of Austria and Latvia. 6:48: 🇸🇪 Sweden's flag, influenced by Denmark, features a golden cross on a blue background and was officially adopted in 1562 by King Gustav the first. 10:46: 🌍 European colonization interrupted the sovereignty of many American, African, and Asian nations, making European countries the oldest in terms of continuous sovereignty. 13:18: 🏳 The video discusses the history and significance of flags in Italy, San Marino, and the United Kingdom. Recap by Tammy AI
At 12:27. I think you made a mistake with France. "Le tricoleur" was actually modeled on the medieval flag of Paris. If you see the Paris flag, it's a block of blue on the left and a block of red on the right. Both blocks are vertical. It's like the Haitian flag, but not horizontal. Then in the middle of the Paris flag is a coat of arms, which is a sailing ship. Blue and red were the colors of the Paris militia, one of the first armed forces to take up arms to defend the National Assembly against the King during the French Revolution. The white block in the middle was added to the Paris flag a little later to signify the white of the Bourbon kings. "Le tricoleur" was a flag of reconciliation, signifying that the National Assembly still wanted to include the King in the new government. That became the official flag of France in 1790, when King Louis XVI was still a constitutional monarch and not a beheaded monarch. LOL.
The flag OF Tunisia is also considerade as one of the oldest flags in the world, being unchanged ever since it got design back in 1827, the flag of Tunisia is the oldest flag in the Arab world and in all of Africa
The Andalusian flag (horizontal green-white-green) is first referenced in a poem from 1091, so it is at least from the XI, making it the oldest still-in-use flag of Europe.
The same flag was also raised in the Giralda in Seville (Andalusia) between 1195 and 1198 to celebrate the Andalusian victory over Castile in the Battle of Alarcos
Speaking of which- I had a funny conversation with an Italian American and he told me that we "stole" his flag since I'm from Mexico. And then someone else told me my country designed it first. I wonder what the truth is.
I just checked. The flag of Mexico was adopted in 1821 even if it was a little different. It might have been used as early as 1810. So old yes but Italy's flag is from 1796
@@TreyMessiah95 Flags are not a concept used by native american people (as in native the continent). So the Aztec Empire didn't have a flag. And while many european, muslim and even asian countries had flags, they still weren't exactly flags as we see them. They were war banners used to rally troops, or colors used on a dynasty's coat of arm.
@@padinspi11 Ah, thanks! I tried searching for info but wasn't able to. And then these two guys went back and forth one saying that it was Mexico first and the other one saying Italy. Pretty close, though. But of course we added the eagle. ;)
Royal flag of England adopted 1152 by King Henry II , and the St. George cross flag adopted in 1180, the flag of England, used at times before this date.
Just to add to the discussion, interesting idea that the French flag was based on the Dutch flag. But never heard this mentioned in French history. The origin of the tricolor flag is actually that of the cocarde (mentioned), which has the blue and red colors of the city of Paris, merged with the white color of the monarchy. This tricolor cocarde was then transformed into a striped flag. But the Paris mob had hardly any idea that the Dutch represented any republican ideal. Especially since when the tricolor was adopted, France was actually still a monarchy and not a republic.
Pre-revolutionary France had censorship. All the naughty books about democracy were printed in Amsterdam. Anybody who was interested enough in democracy to read about it would know that.
According to DG Muller, who researched it end 19th Century, the red-white-blue flag was already in use several decades before the Dutch Rebellion of 1568. The orange-white-blue flag was introduced to honour Prince William I of Orange-Nassau shortly after he was killed in 1584.
The History of Turkish Flag There is no certain information about the history of Turkish flag. But there are some rumours about how the flag was occured. The most certain information is that star and crescent ,which is in the flag, was used by Turkish and Islamic governments in different terms. It can be seen that the cross represents christianity and star and crescent represent islamic. It is told that the flag ,which is the most closest to today’s flag, began to used after the first battle of kosovo in ottoman period. Although the war finished with conquest of Ottoman Empire, thousands of soldiers died in this war. Rumour has it that moon shaping in crescent was reflected on blood of soldiers on the night of war (28 july 1389). That made a shape which looked like tha flag that is used today. Also we can see in the researches that the position celestial bodies of kosova on 28 July 1389 reminds of our flag. The usage ,which is the most closest to Turkish flag , happened in the time of 3.Selim on 18th centruy. This situation causes to question the truth of war of kosovo in the respect of explaining 400 years between 14th century and 18th century. Sultan Abdulmejid I provided to make Turkish flag pentacle. In the term of Turkey Republic Government, it was made a law that is intended for the shape and using of Turkish flag on 29 May 1936. Then it is made an adding intended for size of the flag. In the prodution of flag, it is forced to comply with the rates ,which are shown in below, by Law on Turkish flag.
Make a video about Belarus because not many people know about Belarus talk about it’s border changes, flag changes, short independence from the Russo sphere in 1991
If you look up the Electoral Palatinate, they have a flag dating as early as 915 A.D. then appears again in 1085 A.D. I just thought it would be really cool if Germany somehow brought it back as the main flag as the Pfälz-Rhineland (Pfälzerland).
Personally... I'd like to see a video on micronations and their flags. NOT the big well known micronations like Sealand or Molossia or Westarctica or Lieberland... But the thousands of unknown micronations....that are out there.. Like my own little micronation project, which has three components. And, thus, three flags.
There is an evidence that suggests that Georgian flag was used in 6-7th Century, not for the Kingdom of Georgia as a whole but the Kingdom of Kartli (East Georgia). The flag was not depicted anywhere but there is a writing that quoted something similar to saying on top of Tbilisi is raised the flag with the 5 crosses, each cross representing 5 castles the city was built around. This would make it the oldest flag in the world.
Thanks for the interesting video! By the way, if you count like that, the Ukrainian flag is not young either, more than 300~370 years of use as a state flag throughout history, greetings from the capital of Slobidsk Ukraine 😉
Blue and yellow color combination was first used by Principalities of Halych and Peremyshl and later Kingdom of Ruthenia (1199-1349). Later, blue-yellow colors were seen on flags of Cossack Hetmanate (1649-1764) and Black Sea Cossack Host (1803). A flag very similar to the current flag of Ukraine (blue stripe on top, yellow stripe on bottom) was adopted first in 1848 by Supreme Ruthenian Council in Lviv. The first time that the flag became used officially by an independent country was in 1917, with the proclamation of Ukrainian People's Republic. So the version that is most similar to current flag was used since around 175 years ago, but the color combination is at least 930 years old.
How do you know a flag didn't came from the Sky, you were there or what? Just because you have never experienced a miracle in your short life doesn't mind it doesn't happen !
Interestingly, Valdemar is the Scandinavian version of the slavic name Vladimir, indicating the connections with what is today Russia and Ukraine that were established during the Viking age.
Vladimir comes from Valdemar. The Vikings went to those parts of Eastern Europe and had a few high ranking families marry into each other to make alliances.
Superstitions relating to flags and or events that may have flags treated differently (flying half mast?), most commonly used "meaning" for colors found on flags would be pretty interesting too imo. ex. how many countries use 1 color or element on their flag to mean the people of the nation etc. Quite a few showed up in this vid seeing how many European nations used Crosses. Are there any flags with crosses that didn't have a religious origin?
Just curious, I'd love a deep dive on monarchist flags. The french royal flags are all fascinating, from blue to white to blue to white to blue again. It just feels interestjng
The UK’s flag is the oldest one in the world currently that hasn’t been modified at all. Since it was adopted in 1801 nothing has changed, every other flag in the world has been changed at least slightly since then.
@@Sparx632 Not exactly. In 1893 the merchant ships specifically, were allowed to add 0,75 to the lenght of the flag, as a wear edge. But the dimensions still follows the 1748 regulation
Dude, the flag of Spain is based on the flag of the Crown of Aragon, which was a common naval standard and flag design in many Western Mediterranean regions. Red and yellow horizontal stripes. The flag of Castille is quartered castles and lions and that of Navarre is a red flag with chains and they were not used in the Spanish Navy.
Scotland was always a country for centuries with its own monarchs joining England In a single union to form a single kingdom does not result in the loss of national identity of the Scots
@@imaxischerhangus3578 The union in 1707 created the new Kingdom of Great Britain, then the later union with Ireland in 1801 created yet another new country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (later just Northern Ireland). The constituent elements are not sovereign countries as the UK is a single sovereign state. 😁
In this video, it was mentioned that the flag of Turkey is based on the Ottoman Empire flag with the symbol of their religion on the flag. In a previous General Knowledge video, it was pointed out that Islam has no official symbol and the star and crescent moon was adopted by the Ottoman empire when they conquered Constantinople.
@user-zp5nn6kr5s ahh sick! thanks g 😁 so by rights, either/both England & Scotland's flags should be in that top 3 somewhere between Georgia & Denmark, Especially as neither flag has changed at all (to my knowledge)
a coat of arms version would be interesting. for example germanys coat of arms is still more or less the same as the hre version even though the flag is only from 1848
Well you have to make this all over again as you observera the oldest flag was actually the swedish 1157...This also means it was the original model for all north
12:24 actually the crescent and star come from an ancient symbol in byzantium. It’s the other way around from what you said, the crescent and star only became associated with islam because of the ottomans
Just pointing out that the oldest flag isn't Japan's but Cornwalls. The Cornish flag was created between the years 440-480 over 1540 years ago. Yes the flag was written about in 1838, but it wasn't created in 1838. There is evidence that the Cornish flag was created between the years 440-480, in old record's, most of which aren't in English. It's about time Cornwall and our flag got some respect tbh, we Cornish are not "just English" we are Cornish, there is a difference. 👍🏻
The Philippine Flag is the oldest National Flag in Southeast Asia which is adopted in 1898 and still using today even it was changed including the color blue
@@davidmb1316 Stretching the definition of Denmark. It was a union of multiple countries and kingdoms under a single monarch. It wasn't used to describe the Kingdom of Denmark by itself. The EU flag isn't the flag of Denmark, the Nato flag isn't the flag of USA(some Russians apparently thinks so), the Union Jack isn't the flag of England, the Stars and Stripes isn't the flag of Texas, Dannebrog isn't the flag of Greenland or the Faroe Islands, etc. etc... The yellow-red cross flag was used in Denmark, I agree, but it wasn't to represent "Denmark".
The truth that the Japanese national flag is 701 years old just proves a certain misconception about the flag wrong. The truth is, the Sun flag dates back to 701 but was officially adopted in 1870 when Japan became a modern nation. The Rising Sun flag is just a variation of the Sun flag. It was adopted a few years later. It had rays and was (and still is) mostly for military usage. After WW2, both flags were banned under the post-war occupation. in 1947 the Sun flag was revived. The Rising sun was later revived when the JSDF was formed. Now for the misconception, one common misconception about the Japanese national flag today is that it supposedly dates back to Post-war Japan and that Japan's first National flag was the Rising Sun flag. That certain misconception states that Japan simply removed it's rays despite the fact that the JSDF still use the Rising Sun flag. This misconception is mostly thanks to WW2 films and posters wherein Japan (as the enemy) is depicted, by using the Rising Sun flag.
*Which other flag related topics should I do videos on?*
Flags of different areas EG. Englan
Flags of the constituent countries of the UK?
oldest flags in the world that aren’t in use anymore
*As Japanese I do not think we have the oldest flag in history without changing its flag original design.*
Do a video on the flag of Electoral Palatinate, or similar ones from its time, as it is a very old flag. (915 A.D.)
General Knowledge, You should make a series of historical flags by country in every continent (Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania) and in every time period (Antiquity, Middle Ages, Modern Ages and Contemporary Ages) 🏴🏛🏰🏠
Jesus loves you ❤️ please turn to him and repent before it's too late. The end times described in the Bible are already happening in the world.
@@L17_8are u a Jehovah's Witness by any chance?
Yes. I would love that too
That's a great idea! Adding it to my list, thanks!
@@General.Knowledge you're welcome. 👍
As a Latvian, I like this video and I'm quite impressed that you have really done a thorough research! Thanks! ☺
Congrats on your 300 video. Great job!
Thank you!
@@General.KnowledgeYou are missing a flag the flag of the kingdom of Sussex was created 1611 and it still used to this day to represent the county
I imagine the Welsh aren't too devastated being left out of the Union Jack design, because the flag of Wales beats all the British ones by quite a margin - it has a freakin' red dragon in the centre! No one but Bhutan can compete with Wales in regards to flag design, but then again - maybe I read too many fantasy novels. Greetings from Denmark, by the way. Nice one ...
Lol that is so true, a dragon will win out every time
I wonder if the English made their flag the st George's cross on purpose as the legend is that St George defeated a dragon 😅😂
This is often misunderstood and misrepresented. The St George cross was the flag of the kingdom of England and Wales. It is only in a modern sense that it's now seen as exclusively English, because of sports etc.
Although in use from an earlier period, it was ironically a Welsh dynasty, the Tudors, that gave the St George cross official status.
The Welsh dragon flag is cool, but adding it to the Union Flag would make for an awkward design. Where it absolutely deserves to be represented though is on the UK heraldic flag/ shield... Which currently bears the Irish Harp, the Scottish lion rampant and the 3 English lions (leopards).
My friend has a friend that is both Welsh and Japanese. The union of those two flags trumps all
@@xNoneLikeMe hell yes that will be best flag ever❤️🔥
Nice video! 👍🏻 I really love flags! ❤️😁 Regarding the flag of Spain (11:40; aka: “La Rojigualda” 🇪🇸) the color scheme always remained intact since 1785, with the exception of the Second Republic period (1931-1939), when the color scheme was: red, yellow and purple: 🟥🟨🟪
Currently, article 4.1 of the 1978 Constitution establishes that: “The flag of Spain consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being double the width of each red stripe”. The current Spanish coat of arms, featured in the national flag of Spain, was approved by law in 1981, in replacement of the interim coat of arms that replaced the official arms of Spain under General Franco.
You've probably heard of it before, but a well known legend about Austria's flag is that it was made after Leopold V was covered in blood during a battle in the crusades, when he took of his belt to reveal a white stripe in the everywhere else blood covered tunic he was wearing.
And the color called magenta (a red color) comes from the Battle of Magenta between the French/Sardinians on one side against the Austrian empire - in the 1850's. Magenta is a town in northern Italy where the battle happened and there was so much blood it inspired the name of that color. Another battle in the same war Solferino is where Henri Dinant was inspired to create the Red Cross designed to help the wounded.
Fun fact: The Scottish flag has been used since 832 AD (Idk if they used it contiguously though)
I was about to comment, "How you gonna leave Scotland's flag out!?"
A mistake on my part! I went by the UK so forgot the constituent countries' flags.
Impossible to leave the Scottish flag out, I don't know how he he forgot the flag of England and Wales They also date from the Middle Ages.
@@imaxischerhangus3578- Because neither of them are sovereign countries.
@@JediSimpson The United Kingdom is a country of countries, just like the Kingdom of The Netherlands and the Kingdom of Denmark.
7:17 Gustav Vasa (Gustav I) died in 1560. By 1562 it was King Erik XIV. Also the first documented image of the gold and blue flag was in a 1560, during Gustav Vasa's funeral procesion.
When I learned about the legend of Dannebrog falling from the sky, back in school, my teacher suggested it might have been a cape or something that fell on the battlefield. She posited it might have fallen from a tower or something. Perhaps carried by the wind. Or I guess it could have been ripped from someone's armour during the battle. Either way, I like to believe that some amazing coincidence happen to let us Danes have the best flag.
Actually they probably copied the swedish if you look at the flag of King Erik, same same but different
@@incognito2023 Dannebrog is the older of two flags though. The Swedes didn't use the yellow cross on blue background in any official capacity until 1442, and it didn't become the official flag until 1906. Dannebrog is from 1219.
@@Spicie95l count 1157 to be before 1219 😉
@@incognito2023 Count 1157 being a legend of the symbol, while 1442 is the origin of the flag. 1219 came before 1442, wouldn't you know.
Best? It' the boring version of the Norwegian flag 😉
This man is wholesome, dedicated, precise and Portuguese! All jokes aside, amazing video as always and please make a video for the newest flags!
Thanks! Will do :)
Damn, didn't realize you have 800k subs now. I remember watching your video about the Philippine flag a few years ago. Keep up the good work!😁
A video of the newest flags would be nice! Keep the good content coming! Cheers!
🇬🇪❤️Love from Georgia
Love from Denmark 🇩🇰🍺🥴
Your video seemed to leveled up! I don't know how but it feels classier than your older vids.
Poland ommited... Our flag was officialy adopted by Duchy of Warsaw with it's creation. Colours are obviously much older, but in medieval era it was red flag with the white eagle. Later, during the union, it were 3 stripes red, white and red.
You can argue that White and Red flag came from the small "banners" in these colours that were attached to the lances of Polish cavalry
The flag of Catalonia (red and yellow stripes) originated as the arms of the tomb of Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona, who died in 1082. They have been used since then and still today without changes in Catalonia and with slight changes in the regions inherited by the Catalan Counts as “kingdoms”: Aragon, Valencia, Mallorca, Naples, etc. and in related Occitan counties and kingdoms.
The flag of the Peoples republic of china is the most underwhelming to me. Thousands of years of history and nothing on the flag represents any of it’s culture, heritage or traditions in any way
That’s communism for ya
Thank the CCP for destroying Chinas history, cultures, ethnicities. The CCP can’t even come up with anything new themselves so they copied the worst parts of the USSR.
i hate the PRC, but the qing dynasty flag is one of the best imo. a chinese dragon on a yellow field
@@theelevatedone2536You don't what communism mean.
@@Mhark127 what
It's always nice to see your own flag. 🇳🇱
Greetings from a Dutch in Belgium 🇧🇪.
Goed dank je wel
Fun fact: Japan has the world's oldest continuous hereditary dynasty, starting in 660 B.C.
There is no evidence that the dynasty started that early, the first 25 emperors are mythical and didn't actually exist.
Earliest evidence of the dynasty is from 539 AD. Which still makes it the oldest continous dynasty :)
Love the content keep it going
The Argentinean football team Boca Juniors got its colours from the Sweden flag. The boys from La Boca port neighbourhood decided to use the colours from the first ship they saw and it was a Swedish ship 🇸🇪
The Pizza Margarita has the colours of Italian flag 🇮🇹
How about an episode of objects inspired on flags?
Very interesting episode 💪🏼
Boooooooooca 💙💛💙
Im so proud to have Latvian heritage from Cēsis
My people created one of the longest used flags in the whole world 😎🤠
That second Spanish Cross Flag is a thing of beauty.
Denmarks flag was changed during the austrian painters invasion.
So no denmarks flag is not the longest unchanged flag.
Denmark is the OG, woh
Nah the the Georgian flag is older.
@@TheMyAss41 yes but it wasn't used until much later. Same with Japan's im pretty sure
@@mengl29 you're absolutely right.
Jesus loves you ❤️ please turn to him and repent before it's too late. The end times described in the Bible are already happening in the world.
I think the English flag is much older than given credit here, the English Cross on a white banner of some shape dates back to at least the 8th century through it's description by Chaucer, and was a national standard of sorts since the Saxons (used by King Harold)
more so, whilst not as the only or the first flag of what became of this nation ever since, it was continuously incorporated into the English flag tradition in some way from that time
@@OneTrueScotsmanScotland was always Traditionally a collection of kingdoms in a weak confederacy... most of the Scottish culture is that of the free Clans...
my understanding is the earliest use of the Scottish Flag as we know it, was just a few generations before the Act of Union
prior to that, the banner flown was simply a combination of the various clan standards, heavily varying from campaign to campaign
as different campaigns gained prominence.
@@user-zp5nn6kr5s the union flag was what became the Union-Jack, however, the English, Scottish flag, and to a lesser degree the Welsh flag, have a history before the UK came into being as flags of a nation... The British flag is not thesame as The English Flag
Scotland made the world
Kingdom of Iberia (Georgian Kingdom) used St George's Flag in 5th Century, way earlier than England. idk the origins of the flag or who used it first though but it definitely wasn't England, since they borrowed it from Genoa, if I remember correctly.
@@LukaMamukelashvili may be it would have used that form unrelated to the others... because, I believe the flag was originally used by one of the early monks who had brought Christianity onto the Island.
by the 8th century, we just get the first pictures showing it as an established practice
1:37 As someone interested in naval warfare during WW2 it's surprising how many names are familiar for me. Especially when you also include not completed ships because of the Washington Naval Treaty
We finally see Sheldon's vision of a "Fun with Flags" channel. Yes, we want more flag stuff!!
Please tell me Georgia's flag was seen in 1608 and the video length overlay was intentional
Can you make a video of the oldest cities in the world that still exists?
Wales is not represented on the UK flag because it was in the Kingdom of England
I could listen to your accent all day!....Excellent video!.
You forgot to mention the Eppsteiners and Traungauers when talking about the Austrian flag. The red white red has been around since 1122 as the Traungauers, who used to be dukes of Styria, took their CoA over when the Eppensteiners died out. The two families were linked by marriage. A few decades later, a contract was forged between the Traungauers and the Babenbergs that the latter would inherit the formers' possession - including the original Eppensteiner CoA. The rest about the Habsburgs inheriting the CoA from the Babenbergs etc is correct though.
0:00: 🏴 The video discusses the oldest flags in the world, starting with Denmark's flag adopted in 1219.
3:27: ! The video discusses the history and origins of the flags of Austria and Latvia.
6:48: 🇸🇪 Sweden's flag, influenced by Denmark, features a golden cross on a blue background and was officially adopted in 1562 by King Gustav the first.
10:46: 🌍 European colonization interrupted the sovereignty of many American, African, and Asian nations, making European countries the oldest in terms of continuous sovereignty.
13:18: 🏳 The video discusses the history and significance of flags in Italy, San Marino, and the United Kingdom.
Recap by Tammy AI
At 12:27. I think you made a mistake with France. "Le tricoleur" was actually modeled on the medieval flag of Paris. If you see the Paris flag, it's a block of blue on the left and a block of red on the right. Both blocks are vertical. It's like the Haitian flag, but not horizontal. Then in the middle of the Paris flag is a coat of arms, which is a sailing ship. Blue and red were the colors of the Paris militia, one of the first armed forces to take up arms to defend the National Assembly against the King during the French Revolution. The white block in the middle was added to the Paris flag a little later to signify the white of the Bourbon kings. "Le tricoleur" was a flag of reconciliation, signifying that the National Assembly still wanted to include the King in the new government. That became the official flag of France in 1790, when King Louis XVI was still a constitutional monarch and not a beheaded monarch. LOL.
The flag OF Tunisia is also considerade as one of the oldest flags in the world, being unchanged ever since it got design back in 1827, the flag of Tunisia is the oldest flag in the Arab world and in all of Africa
The Dutch flag is the oldest tricolor, the flag of France is borrowed from the Dutch, that is a fact.
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The Andalusian flag (horizontal green-white-green) is first referenced in a poem from 1091, so it is at least from the XI, making it the oldest still-in-use flag of Europe.
The same flag was also raised in the Giralda in Seville (Andalusia) between 1195 and 1198 to celebrate the Andalusian victory over Castile in the Battle of Alarcos
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Hey General Knowledge where do you rank Liberia Flag on this list? sense Liberia gained their independence from america in 1827
Speaking of which- I had a funny conversation with an Italian American and he told me that we "stole" his flag since I'm from Mexico. And then someone else told me my country designed it first. I wonder what the truth is.
I just checked. The flag of Mexico was adopted in 1821 even if it was a little different. It might have been used as early as 1810.
So old yes but Italy's flag is from 1796
The Oldest Flag in Mexico is the Flag of the Aztec
@@TreyMessiah95 Flags are not a concept used by native american people (as in native the continent). So the Aztec Empire didn't have a flag.
And while many european, muslim and even asian countries had flags, they still weren't exactly flags as we see them. They were war banners used to rally troops, or colors used on a dynasty's coat of arm.
@@padinspi11 Ah, thanks! I tried searching for info but wasn't able to. And then these two guys went back and forth one saying that it was Mexico first and the other one saying Italy. Pretty close, though. But of course we added the eagle. ;)
@@TreyMessiah95 I'm in Baja California, Mexico and I've never seen that flag. I'll check it out, thank you.
Informative.
Lol the Swiss had a Rasta flag for a short while, love it!
Royal flag of England adopted 1152 by King Henry II , and the St. George cross flag adopted in 1180, the flag of England, used at times before this date.
Just to add to the discussion, interesting idea that the French flag was based on the Dutch flag. But never heard this mentioned in French history. The origin of the tricolor flag is actually that of the cocarde (mentioned), which has the blue and red colors of the city of Paris, merged with the white color of the monarchy. This tricolor cocarde was then transformed into a striped flag. But the Paris mob had hardly any idea that the Dutch represented any republican ideal. Especially since when the tricolor was adopted, France was actually still a monarchy and not a republic.
Pre-revolutionary France had censorship. All the naughty books about democracy were printed in Amsterdam. Anybody who was interested enough in democracy to read about it would know that.
According to DG Muller, who researched it end 19th Century, the red-white-blue flag was already in use several decades before the Dutch Rebellion of 1568.
The orange-white-blue flag was introduced to honour Prince William I of Orange-Nassau shortly after he was killed in 1584.
1:36 look at one of them
Hint: it’s orange
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The flag of Sardinia is quite old as well and has had few minor changes. I believe it has been created around the 1020
The History of Turkish Flag
There is no certain information about the history of Turkish flag. But there are some rumours about how the flag was occured. The most certain information is that star and crescent ,which is in the flag, was used by Turkish and Islamic governments in different terms.
It can be seen that the cross represents christianity and star and crescent represent islamic. It is told that the flag ,which is the most closest to today’s flag, began to used after the first battle of kosovo in ottoman period. Although the war finished with conquest of Ottoman Empire, thousands of soldiers died in this war. Rumour has it that moon shaping in crescent was reflected on blood of soldiers on the night of war (28 july 1389). That made a shape which looked like tha flag that is used today.
Also we can see in the researches that the position celestial bodies of kosova on 28 July 1389 reminds of our flag.
The usage ,which is the most closest to Turkish flag , happened in the time of 3.Selim on 18th centruy. This situation causes to question the truth of war of kosovo in the respect of explaining 400 years between 14th century and 18th century.
Sultan Abdulmejid I provided to make Turkish flag pentacle.
In the term of Turkey Republic Government, it was made a law that is intended for the shape and using of Turkish flag on 29 May 1936. Then it is made an adding intended for size of the flag.
In the prodution of flag, it is forced to comply with the rates ,which are shown in below, by Law on Turkish flag.
Make a video about Belarus because not many people know about Belarus talk about it’s border changes, flag changes, short independence from the Russo sphere in 1991
If you look up the Electoral Palatinate, they have a flag dating as early as 915 A.D. then appears again in 1085 A.D. I just thought it would be really cool if Germany somehow brought it back as the main flag as the Pfälz-Rhineland (Pfälzerland).
Personally... I'd like to see a video on micronations and their flags.
NOT the big well known micronations like Sealand or Molossia or Westarctica or Lieberland... But the thousands of unknown micronations....that are out there..
Like my own little micronation project, which has three components. And, thus, three flags.
The Dutch flag also had the issue of the orange stripe not being colourfast as the yellow dye would fade far faster than the red dye.
The flag of Catalonia was created in 1150. It is one of the oldest in the world.
There is an evidence that suggests that Georgian flag was used in 6-7th Century, not for the Kingdom of Georgia as a whole but the Kingdom of Kartli (East Georgia). The flag was not depicted anywhere but there is a writing that quoted something similar to saying on top of Tbilisi is raised the flag with the 5 crosses, each cross representing 5 castles the city was built around. This would make it the oldest flag in the world.
What about the Welsh flag it is dated back to Henry VII battle in Bosworth
Tunisian flag was made in 1827 , turkish in 1844 what are you talking about ?
Actually japan changed the sun in 1999
Red and white seem to be the colors of choice for early flags.
Thanks for the interesting video! By the way, if you count like that, the Ukrainian flag is not young either, more than 300~370 years of use as a state flag throughout history, greetings from the capital of Slobidsk Ukraine 😉
Blue and yellow color combination was first used by Principalities of Halych and Peremyshl and later Kingdom of Ruthenia (1199-1349). Later, blue-yellow colors were seen on flags of Cossack Hetmanate (1649-1764) and Black Sea Cossack Host (1803). A flag very similar to the current flag of Ukraine (blue stripe on top, yellow stripe on bottom) was adopted first in 1848 by Supreme Ruthenian Council in Lviv. The first time that the flag became used officially by an independent country was in 1917, with the proclamation of Ukrainian People's Republic.
So the version that is most similar to current flag was used since around 175 years ago, but the color combination is at least 930 years old.
How do you know a flag didn't came from the Sky, you were there or what?
Just because you have never experienced a miracle in your short life doesn't mind it doesn't happen !
I’d love to see the youngest flags
Flags are Love, Flags are Life
Flags are flags too.
good and interesting video, exactly what i wanted when i clicked on this video
Glad you liked it!
Interestingly, Valdemar is the Scandinavian version of the slavic name Vladimir, indicating the connections with what is today Russia and Ukraine that were established during the Viking age.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rurikids
@@gawkthimm6030Holy fuck how did you post a link?
@@crocodileguy4319 from my computer
@@crocodileguy4319 Don't you know how to post a link? Pathetic. Just copy and paste the URL.
Vladimir comes from Valdemar. The Vikings went to those parts of Eastern Europe and had a few high ranking families marry into each other to make alliances.
Superstitions relating to flags and or events that may have flags treated differently (flying half mast?), most commonly used "meaning" for colors found on flags would be pretty interesting too imo. ex. how many countries use 1 color or element on their flag to mean the people of the nation etc. Quite a few showed up in this vid seeing how many European nations used Crosses. Are there any flags with crosses that didn't have a religious origin?
how convenient that the borders all follow rivers perfectly..
funny bloke
Red and Black -
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Just curious, I'd love a deep dive on monarchist flags. The french royal flags are all fascinating, from blue to white to blue to white to blue again. It just feels interestjng
The UK’s flag is the oldest one in the world currently that hasn’t been modified at all. Since it was adopted in 1801 nothing has changed, every other flag in the world has been changed at least slightly since then.
The dimensions and proportions of Dannebrog (the Danish flag) was confirmed in an official regulation in 1748 and hasn't been changed since.
@@pharol The proportions were set at 28:34 in 1748 but in 1893 they were formalised to 28:37 meaning the flag was very slightly modified again.
@@Sparx632 Not exactly. In 1893 the merchant ships specifically, were allowed to add 0,75 to the lenght of the flag, as a wear edge. But the dimensions still follows the 1748 regulation
Dude, the flag of Spain is based on the flag of the Crown of Aragon, which was a common naval standard and flag design in many Western Mediterranean regions. Red and yellow horizontal stripes. The flag of Castille is quartered castles and lions and that of Navarre is a red flag with chains and they were not used in the Spanish Navy.
Why does everyone forget scotland?!
I know it's not a country. But it should've been mentioned since it was use in like year 900 or somewhere there
Scotland has been a country for over a thousand years, just has England has.
Scotland was always a country for centuries with its own monarchs joining England In a single union to form a single kingdom does not result in the loss of national identity of the Scots
@@imaxischerhangus3578 The union in 1707 created the new Kingdom of Great Britain, then the later union with Ireland in 1801 created yet another new country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (later just Northern Ireland). The constituent elements are not sovereign countries as the UK is a single sovereign state. 😁
It was mentioned that the flags of Scotland and England are older than the Union Jack.
In this video, it was mentioned that the flag of Turkey is based on the Ottoman Empire flag with the symbol of their religion on the flag. In a previous General Knowledge video, it was pointed out that Islam has no official symbol and the star and crescent moon was adopted by the Ottoman empire when they conquered Constantinople.
how old is the Cross of St George & the Scottish saltire? as they are both still in use
@user-zp5nn6kr5s ahh sick! thanks g 😁 so by rights, either/both England & Scotland's flags should be in that top 3 somewhere between Georgia & Denmark, Especially as neither flag has changed at all (to my knowledge)
Catalan flag is documented in 1187. Still in ise today. Also the oldest in museum is also catalan, a flag of 1239
Armenia's flag was used previously by the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia during the crusades idk how you missed that
The US even briefly had a 49-star flag, because Alaska became a state several months before Hawaii.
You didn't mention la Senyera ( La señera in spanish ) from Catalunya, València, Aragon and Balearic Isles in Spain. I reckon it's from 1096
Not a national flag, though.
Who else loves flags? Raise your hand 🙋♂️
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a coat of arms version would be interesting. for example germanys coat of arms is still more or less the same as the hre version even though the flag is only from 1848
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Well you have to make this all over again as you observera the oldest flag was actually the swedish 1157...This also means it was the original model for all north
That's a myth with no evidence for it
12:24 actually the crescent and star come from an ancient symbol in byzantium. It’s the other way around from what you said, the crescent and star only became associated with islam because of the ottomans
Just pointing out that the oldest flag isn't Japan's but Cornwalls.
The Cornish flag was created between the years 440-480 over 1540 years ago.
Yes the flag was written about in 1838, but it wasn't created in 1838.
There is evidence that the Cornish flag was created between the years 440-480, in old record's, most of which aren't in English.
It's about time Cornwall and our flag got some respect tbh, we Cornish are not "just English" we are Cornish, there is a difference.
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Fun fact: the fruit Orange predates the color Orange.
So what color were oranges before the orange color was invented 🤔🤔
@@George83_Thomas Reddish-yellow or yellowish-red.
@@jansenart0 oh that makes sense thank you
Old, older, and red.
isn't Sri Lankan lion flag from 200bc?
So, we can say that Denmark takes the first place as is the only one that has been consequently used since it was 'designed'.
Polish flag was used at least since 1200s.
The old San Marino flag had a cool size ratio
9:50 And then they added the white square, completly ruining the symblism of removing the white.
The Philippine Flag is the oldest National Flag in Southeast Asia which is adopted in 1898 and still using today even it was changed including the color blue
11:39 Also, curiously, the colours of the flag of Spain are similar to the colors of the Emirate of Granada.
you should have talked about tunisia which is a country in north africa its flag remains unchanged since 1827 and it is the oldest flag in africa
Surely the St george flag of england was used in the 12th century making it very old? 🤨
3:02 Denmark has actually had another flag. During the Kalmar Union the three countries together used a yellow-red cross flag.
That wasn't the flag of Denmark
@@fastertove Denmark was the leading member of the Kalmar Union, so yes it was our flag
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Stretching the definition of Denmark. It was a union of multiple countries and kingdoms under a single monarch. It wasn't used to describe the Kingdom of Denmark by itself.
The EU flag isn't the flag of Denmark, the Nato flag isn't the flag of USA(some Russians apparently thinks so), the Union Jack isn't the flag of England, the Stars and Stripes isn't the flag of Texas, Dannebrog isn't the flag of Greenland or the Faroe Islands, etc. etc...
The yellow-red cross flag was used in Denmark, I agree, but it wasn't to represent "Denmark".
What about ww2 😂
Dannebrog was the flag of Denmark during the German occupation@@kohZeei
The truth that the Japanese national flag is 701 years old just proves a certain misconception about the flag wrong.
The truth is, the Sun flag dates back to 701 but was officially adopted in 1870 when Japan became a modern nation.
The Rising Sun flag is just a variation of the Sun flag. It was adopted a few years later. It had rays and was (and still is) mostly for military usage.
After WW2, both flags were banned under the post-war occupation. in 1947 the Sun flag was revived. The Rising sun was later revived when the JSDF was formed.
Now for the misconception, one common misconception about the Japanese national flag today is that it supposedly dates back to Post-war Japan and that Japan's first National flag was the Rising Sun flag. That certain misconception states that Japan simply removed it's rays despite the fact that the JSDF still use the Rising Sun flag.
This misconception is mostly thanks to WW2 films and posters wherein Japan (as the enemy) is depicted, by using the Rising Sun flag.