Flag of the Netherlands
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The national flag of the Netherlands 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, evolving in t
Vruntschap of Jan van Hout (1575), the oldest known colour illustration of the Dutch flag. The flag is sticking out at the left of the top panel.
Dutch ships ramming Spanish galleys off the English coast, 3 October 1602 (Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, 1617)
Added orange pennant on Koningsdag
Batavian Republic
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The Batavian Republic was the successor state to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. It was proclaimed on 19 January 1795 after the Batavian Revolution and ended on 5 June 1806, with the acc
William V of Orange-Nassau
Naval flag and pennants of the Batavian Republic. The canton features the Netherlands Maiden.
Tree of Liberty in Groningen, 1795
First session of the National Assembly in The Hague, from March 1796 to August 1797