Historical flags of Europe
English: This is a gallery of notable historical flags used in Europe.
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Flag of the League of Lezhë (1444–1479)
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Flag of Skanderbeg, lord of Albania, by Hieronymus Henninges (1598)
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Flag of Aladro Kastrioti (1902), based on the medieval Albanian flag and used as the prototype of modern Albania's flag
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The Flag of Freedom (Albanian: Flamuri i Liris) was raised in Deçiq on April 6, 1911 by the leader of the Malësia e Madhe Uprising, Ded Gjo Luli and his fighters
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Flag of the Malësori Uprising (1911)
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Flag of the Provisional Government (1912–1914)
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Flag of the Provisional Government, variant (1912–1914)
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Flag of the Autonomous Albanians Vilayet (June 1912–November 1912)
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Flag of the Albanian Congress of Trieste (1913)
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Flag of the self-proclaimed Republic of Central Albania (1913–1914); Personal flag of Essad Pasha
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Flag of the Principality of Albania (1914–1920)
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Flag of the Principality of Albania that was once in the possession of Italian diplomat Baron Carlo Aliotti (1915)
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Flag of the 6th Detached Regiment (1916)
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Flag of the Djelmoshe Society (1919)
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Flag of the Autonomous Province of Korçë (1916–1920)
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Flag of the Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë, an autonomous state (1916-1920), variant
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Flag of the Congress of Lushnjë (1920)
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Flag raised during the Vlora War (1920)
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Flag of Spiridon Ilo (1920)
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Flag of the Republic of Mirdita, a short-lived unrecognized republic in 1921
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Flag of the Albanian Republic, variant (1920–1926)
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Flag used during the period of the First Albanian Republic (1925–1928)
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Flag of the Albanian Republic (1925–1928)
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Flag of Albania, variant (1926–1928)
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Flag of the gendarmerie battalion "Kosova" (1925–1928)
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Flag of Albania (1928–1934)
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Flag of the Kingdom of Albania (1928–1939)
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Flag of the Albanian National-Balkanian Party (1929)
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Flag of the Albanian Kingdom, variant (1928–1939)
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Flag of the Kingdom of Albania (1939–1943) by a decree of Victor Emanuel III (28 September 1939–25 July 1943)
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Flag of the Italian Protectorate of Albania with Crown of the House of Savoy (1939–1943)
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Flag of the Kingdom of Albania (1939–1943)
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Flag in use in Albania under German occupation (1943–1944)
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Flag of Albanian National Liberation Movement (1943–1944)
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Flag used during the German occupation of Albania (1943–1944)
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Provisional Flag of Albania (1944–1946)
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Flag used in the opening session of the Constitutional Assembly – 10 January 1946
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Flag of the People's Republic of Albania (1946–1992)
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Flag of the Democratic Front of Albania (1977)
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A hand holding the flag of the Party of Labour of Albania; Victorious Flag (1978)
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Flag of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania used from the late 1970s until the early 1990s
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Flag used by the Albanian Community in the United States (1970s–1990s)
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Flag of the Albanian Nationality in Yugoslavia (1986)
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Flag of the Albanian minority in Yugoslavia (Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo)
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Flag of Albania (1992–2002)
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Historical flags of Belarus
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Historical flags of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia
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Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and West Herzegovina Canton
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Byzantine Cyprus (600-15th century)
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Kingdom of Cyprus (Royal banner of Janus of Cyprus) (15th century)
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Kingdom of Cyprus (according to Book of All Kingdoms) (1350)
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Zypern (Genoese colony)
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Venetian Cyprus (1489–1745)
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Eyalet of Cyprus (1745–1748)
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Eyalet of Cyprus (1784–1867)
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Eyalet of Cyprus (1867–1881)
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British Cyprus (1881–1922)
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Flag of the High Commissioner of Cyprus (1881–1922)
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British Cyprus (1922–1960)
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Flag of the High Commissioner of Cyprus (1922–1960)
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British Cyprus (Red Ensign) (1922–1960)
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National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters (1955–1959)
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Unifying flag of Cyprus (Enotiki Simaia) (1950's)
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Republic of Cyprus (1960)
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Republic of Cyprus (1960–2006)
Historical flags of Czech Republic
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Historical flags of Germany
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Brandenburg and Prussia
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Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland
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Lordship of Ireland (1386–1541)
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Kingdom of Ireland (1542–1801)
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Kingdom of Ireland (1783–1801)
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Green Ensign (circa 1701)
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801-1922)
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Flag of the Lord Lieutenant
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Green Ensign (after 1801)
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Irish Republic (1798)
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Battle flag of the United Irishmen, used at the Battle of Arklow
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Irish Republic (1916)
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Blueshirts
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Starry Plough flag (1914)
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Starry Plough flag (Variant)
Historical flags of Italy
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Historical flags of Liechtenstein
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Historical flags of Luxembourg
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Flag of Pecheneg Khanate (854-1241/1251-1301)
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Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (1301–1359/ 1371-1375)
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Principality of Moldavia (14th–19th century)
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Moldavian flag in the Battle of Baia (1467)
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Civil ensign of Moldavia (1500s)
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Principality of Moldavia (1574)
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Principality of Moldavia (1601)
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Bessarabia Governorate (1873-1858/ 1896-1918)
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Bessarabia Governorate (1858-1896)
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Military flag (17th century)
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Moldavian Democratic Republic (1917–1918)
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Sfatul Tarii. Obverse (1917–1918)
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Sfatul Tarii. Reverse (1917–1918)
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Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1932)
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Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1932–1940)
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Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1941–1952)
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Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1990)
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Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1990) (Reverse flag)
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Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1990)
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Gagauz Republic (1990–1994)
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Historical flags of Montenegro
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Historical flags of Netherlands
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Historical flags of North Macedonia
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Historical flags of the Romani/Gypsy people
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Historical flags of Russia
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Historical flags of the Soviet Union
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Communist flags
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Historical flags of San Marino
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Historical flags of the Yugoslavia
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Historical flags of The Knights Hospitaller
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Historical flags of Spain
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Catalonia, Valencia, Aragon and Balearic Islands
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Historical flags of Switzerland
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1st Bulgarian Empire (980-1020)
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Great Seljuk Empire (1037–1194)
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Sultanate of Rûm (1077–1308)
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Beylik of Karaman (1250–1487)
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Candar dynasty (1291–1461)
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FICTION - Ottoman Beylik (1299-1375)
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Beylik of Aydin (1308–1426)
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FICTION - Ottoman Empire (1308-1375/1383-1453)
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Beylik of Teke (1321–1423)
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FICTION - Ottoman Empire (1453-1499)
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Ottoman Empire (1453-1499) (Variant)
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FICTION - Fictitious flag of the Ottoman Navy (1453-1789)
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Ottoman Empire (1499-1514)
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FICTION - Ottoman Empire (1514-1517)
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Zulfiqar flag captured during the Battle of Guruslău in 1601
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Zulfikar flag typically in use during the 16th and 17th centuries
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Army banner with crescent (1721)
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Blue Turks' Flag (1780)
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Turkish Purple (1780s)
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Turks Standard (1783)
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Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1577–1793)
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Crescent flag reported during the war with Austria (1788)
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Flag of Ottoman Turkey (c. late 18th century–mid 19th century)
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Ottoman war flag used during Balkan Wars and First World War
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Flag of Ottoman Turkey (c. mid 19th century–1923) and the Republic of Turkey (1923–1936)
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Another version of the flag of Ottoman Turkey (c. mid 19th century–1923) and the Republic of Turkey (1923–1936)
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Provisional National Government of the Southwestern Caucasus (1918–1919)
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International Straits Commission (1924–1936)
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Turkish Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front
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Historical flags of the United Kingdom
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British Indian Ocean Territory
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Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Historical flags of Vatican City
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Other Historical flags
edit- ↑ Becker, W. (2018). Vatican Flags, North American Vexillological Association