1863 - World Flag Chart

Middle East and Africa
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Turkey

Tunis

Egypt

red, yellow crescent, 8-pointed yellow star

Jebel Shammar

Nejd

Tripoli ^{1¹ The most commonly reported flag from the period. Flags with green, white and red stripes also seem to have been used. Probably flown exclusively on ships. The Turkish flag was the official national flag.}

Morocco ^{2² Flown over the palace in Rabat and on ships. Military flags on land were often dectorated with a yellow or green octagram.}

Muscat and Oman · Zanzibar · Bahrain ^{3³ Arab monarchies, especially those in and around the Gulf, flew plain red flags from their ships. These weren't quite "national flags" in the modern sense, but European powers tended to view them that way.}

Ras al-Khaimah · Sharjah ^{4⁴ Officially all of the Trucial States were supposed to fly a square red flag with a thick white border. In practice this flag became exclusively associated with the Al Qasimi dynasty. The other states mostly flew plain red flags.}

Madagascar

Persia

Mount Lebanon

Futa Jallon

Sokoto Caliphate

green flag of Islam ^{5⁵ Flown by exclusively by the sultan as a symbol of religious authority. Not really a "national flag" as we'd understand it in modern terms. The sultan also gave white flags to his vassal emirs within the Caliphate.}

Orange Free State

South African Republic (Transvaal)

11 red-white stripes, blue canton, white star

Liberia

Western Europe
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France

Italy

national flag ^{6⁶ Flown by private citizens and merchant ships. The "Italian Social Republic", the Nazi puppet regime in the north, flew the plain tricolour as a national flag and had a war flag with an eagle gripping a fasces. The anti-fascist Italian partisans flew either plain tricolours or tricolours with a white or red star on the middle stripe.}

Italy

state flag ^{7⁷ Flown by the government and navy.}

Belgium

Netherlands

Luxembourg

Spain

Switzerland

army flag ^{8⁸ Flag of the federal army, treated as an unofficial national flag.}

Denmark

national flag ^{9⁹ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

red, white nordic cross, swallowtail cut

Denmark

sovereign flag ^{10¹⁰ Flown by the royal house, the government, and the armed forces. Also granted to a select list of private institutions and companies.}

Norway

merchant flag ^{11¹¹ Allowed to be flown by anyone. The union mark in the top-left corner of the flag was flown on its own as a joint diplomatic flag for Sweden and Norway.}

Norway

state flag ^{12¹² Flown only on state-owned buildings and naval ships.}

Sweden

merchant flag ^{13¹³ Allowed to be flown by anyone. The union mark in the top-left corner of the flag was flown on its own as a joint diplomatic flag for Sweden and Norway.}

Sweden

war flag ^{14¹⁴ Flown on government buildings and by the military.}

Greece

land flag ^{15¹⁵ Flown on land within Greece. The military flag had a crown in the centre of the cross.}

9 blue-white stripes, blue canton containing a white cross

Greece

sea flag ^{16¹⁶ Flown at sea and abroad. The naval ensign had a crown in the centre of the cross.}

Samos

blue, red-white pinwheel saltire outlined in white, red cross outlined in white

United Kingdom

England

Scotland

Jersey

San Marino

Papal States

Portugal

Malta

traditional flag ^{17¹⁷ Flown unofficially, mostly by civilian ships.}

Andorra

Monaco

Catalonia

Cornwall

Corsica

Wales

Ireland

Flanders

blue British ensign, red border, yellow winged lion

Ionian Islands

German States
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German Confederation

Prussia

royal flag ^{18¹⁸ Flown by the monarchy and government.}

white, black eagle and thin black on the top and bottom

Prussia

merchant flag ^{19¹⁹ Flown by merchant ships.}

Prussia

state colours ^{20²⁰ The traditional heraldic colours of Prussia, often used as a flag on land.}

Austria

Imperial colours ^{21²¹ The dynastic colours of the Hapsburg monarchy, often used as a flag on land.}

Austria

naval flag ^{22²² Flown by merchant and navy ships.}

Hesse-Darmstadt

Hesse-Kassel

state colours ^{23²³ Designated as the official colours of Hesse. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one.}

Hesse-Homburg

state colours ^{24²⁴ Designated as the official colours of Hesse. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one.}

Lübeck

state flag ^{25²⁵ Flown by the government.}

Lübeck

merchant flag ^{26²⁶ Flown by merchant ships.}

Hamburg

red-white-red-white, white canton, coat of arms

Frankfurt

8 red-white stripes, a counterchanged column towards the left

Bremen ^{27²⁷ The number of stripes could vary but eight was the most common.}

Lippe

princely flag ^{28²⁸ Flown by the prince and used as a state flag.}

Lippe

state colours ^{29²⁹ Designated as the official colours of Lippe. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one.}

Baden ^{30³⁰ Designed to be used as a diplomatic flag. Within the grand duchy, flags were made various configurations of red and yellow stripes.}

Liechtenstein

princely flag ^{31³¹ Flown by the prince, and unofficially as a national flag.}

Lauenburg

state colours ^{32³² Based on the heraldic colours of Saxony. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. The Danish flag also saw widespread use.}

Württemberg

state colours ^{33³³ Designated as the official colours of Württemberg. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. Black and yellow flags were also in use around this time.}

Waldeck-Pyrmont

Reuss Elder Line

state colours ^{34³⁴ Designated as the official colours of Reuss. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one.}

Reuss Junior Line

state colours ^{35³⁵ Designated as the official colours of Reuss. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one.}

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Saxon Duchies

state colours ^{36³⁶ Designated as the official colours of the Ernestine duchies in Thuringia: Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Meiningen, and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one.}

Saxony

Anhalt ^{37³⁷ The green and white state colours were still unofficially used on some flags.}

Schaumburg-Lippe

Oldenburg

Bavaria

state colours ^{38³⁸ Designated as the official colours of Bavaria. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. There are many reported variants from the period, some with more stripes, others with the diamond pattern from the Bavarian arms.}

Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

state colours ^{39³⁹ Designated as the official colours of Schwarzburg. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one.}

Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

state colours ^{40⁴⁰ Designated as the official colours of Schwarzburg. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one.}

Brunswick

state colours ^{41⁴¹ Designated as the official colours of Brunswick. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one.}

Mecklenburg-Schwerin

state colours ^{42⁴² Designated as the official colours of Mecklenburg-Schewerin. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one.}

Nassau

red British ensign, white horse in a red rectangle over the jack

Hanover

merchant flag ^{43⁴³ Flown by merchant ships.}

Hanover

state colours ^{44⁴⁴ Designated as the official colours of Hanover. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one.}

Heligoland

Eastern Europe
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Russia

Imperial standard ^{45⁴⁵ The flag of the Emperor, often regarded as the Russian national flag during the period.}

Russia

armorial flag ^{46⁴⁶ Flown on government buildings, especially military buildings, and as patriotic decoration.}

Russia

trade flag ^{47⁴⁷ Flown by merchant ships.}

Carniola

national colours ^{48⁴⁸ Designated as the official colours of the Austrian crown land of Carniola. Regarded as the unofficial national flag of Slovenia.}

Slovakia ^{49⁴⁹ Flown by advocates of Slovakian independence. The "Upper Hungary" region did not have an official flag.}

Croatia and Slavonia

Serbia

national flag ^{50⁵⁰ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

red-blue-white, coat of arms and four white six-pointed stars

Serbia

state flag ^{51⁵¹ Flown the government and armed forces.}

Hungary ^{52⁵² Prohibited within the Austrian Empire but still flown by Hungarian nationalists.}

Romania

Ukraine ^{53⁵³ Flown by Ukrainian nationalists. The order of colours wasn't fixed.}

Bohemia

state colours ^{54⁵⁴ Designated as the official colours of the Austrian crown land of Bohemia. Not an official flag, but informally regarded as a Czech national symbol. A white flag with the Bohemian coat of arms was also sometimes used.}

red, white two-headed eagle, yellow lion

Montenegro

batallion flag ^{55⁵⁵ Flown by the prince and the military.}

Poland

banner ^{56⁵⁶ The former royal banner of Poland, no longer official but still used as an informal national symbol.}

Bulgaria ^{57⁵⁷ A typical flag flown by Bulgarian nationalists and revolutionaries in the pre-independence period. The flag would sometimes have different inscriptions or colours, but a golden lion on green was a common element. The slogan here reads "Freedom or Death!"}

green, three crossed black arrows, 7 yellow stars

Circassia

South Asia and the Indian Ocean
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orange, two sets of green-white-green-green-white stripes, coat of arms, Urdu inscriptions

Hyderabad

Jammu and Kashmir ^{58⁵⁸ The maharaja's flag had yellow stripes at the top and bottom.}

red double-tailed pennant outlined in green, white moon, white sun

Nepal

red swallowtail with white feet in the top left

Jhabua ^{59⁵⁹ The raja's flag was rectangular}

Dewas

Kota

princely flag ^{60⁶⁰ Flown by the Maharao and also used as a state flag. The flag was sometimes much longer.}

Maldive Islands

Kishangarh

Sailana

two purple triangular pennants, white Hanuman, yellow sun

Ajaigarh ^{61⁶¹ The reverse side of the flag showed a moon and a flower.}

purple triangular pennant, yellow sun moon and building

Mewar ^{62⁶² Mewar had a number of reported princely banners which were also sometimes used as state flags. The most common one had a large yellow sun and a blue katar dagger.}

orange triangular pennant, thick purple border

Porbandar

Kolhapur ^{63⁶³ Kolhapur flew the Maratha saffron banner as a state flag. The maharaja had a diagonally-divided red and orange flag.}

orange-yellow striped swallowtail pennant

Dhar

red-white-yellow-green-blue striped triangular pennant

Jaipur

Alwar

Idar

Sirohi

Jodhpur

orange, yellow sun between two white snakes

Gwalior

princely flag ^{64⁶⁴ Flag of the maharaja, also used as a state flag. Plain saffron flags were also sometimes flown.}

Jaisalmer

Bikaner

Banswara

Dholpur

Rajpipla

princely flag ^{65⁶⁵ Flown by the maharaja and often used as a state flag.}

Rajpipla

national flag ^{66⁶⁶ Allowed to be flown by civilians.}

Indore ^{67⁶⁷ Inland river boats flew a triangular pennant in the same colours.}

green-red striped pennant, white crescent and star, white swords

Kalat

Travancore

Manipur

red, white image of Hanuman between two gold weapons

Rajgarh

Sitamau ^{68⁶⁸ The Raja's flag had a red sun}

Bundi

Alirajpur

Khairpur

East and Southeast Asia
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Japan

yellow pennant, blue dragon chasing a red orb

China ^{69⁶⁹ Flown by naval ships.}

Cambodia

Siam

Luang Prabang

Champassak

Burma

Kelantan · Perak · Terengganu ^{70⁷⁰ Malay monarchs often flew plain white flags. These standards eventually evolved into individual state flags as more colours and symbols were added.}

Jambi

sultan's flag ^{71⁷¹ Flown by the sultan and by naval ships.}

Jambi

nobles' flag ^{72⁷² Flown by nobles at sea.}

Jambi

merchant flag ^{73⁷³ Flown by commoner merchants at sea.}

Johor

Pahang

sultan's flag ^{74⁷⁴ Flown by the sultan.}

Brunei

sultan's flag ^{75⁷⁵ Flown by the sultan and also used as an unofficial state flag.}

yellow, vertically divided blue-red cross, yellow crown

Sarawak

yellow-red quarters, yellow crescent and star

Selangor

Kedah

Aceh

national flag ^{76⁷⁶ Flown by the government, particularly at sea, as a way of nominally invoking the protection of the Ottoman Empire.}

Aceh

sultan's flag ^{77⁷⁷ Flown by the sultan and by warships. There are many other reported flags from the era, and it's not clear exactly how they were all used. Merchant ships often flew a plain red flag.}

Asahan

purple, ornate white gate, two thin blue-white stripes

Sulu ^{78⁷⁸ Reported flag from this era. It's exact use isn't known.}

Oceania
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Tonga

Samoa

ʻUvea

Rimatara

red-white-red, French flag outlined in white

Tahiti

Rarotonga

white-blue-white, white star, four blue stars

Mangareva

Rurutu

Huahine

Raʻiatea

Bora Bora

Tahuata

white-red-blue-white-red-blue-white-red, union jack

Hawaiʻi

white British ensign, blue cross with 5 white 8-pointed stars

Australia

white, red cross, blue canton, white-outlined red cross, four white eight-pointed stars

New Zealand ^{79⁷⁹ The former flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand, which remained in use as an unofficial symbol of the country.}

North America
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13 red-white stripes, blue canton, 35 white stars

United States

white-red, thick blue stripe, white star

Texas

Newfoundland ^{80⁸⁰ An unofficial local flag. The British colony of Newfoundland had no distinctive local symbols.}

Métis

Latin America
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Brazil

Mexico

Peru

national ensign ^{81⁸¹ Flown by the government, the navy, the national police, and national sports teams. Raised at major ceremonies. The army uses a similar flag with a different coat of arms.}

Peru

national flag ^{82⁸² Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

Argentina

Honduras · Nicaragua · Salvador

9 white-blue stripes, white canton, yellow sun

Uruguay

Paraguay

front side

Paraguay

back side

blue-white-red-yellow-red-white-blue, coat of arms

Guatemala

Costa Rica

national flag ^{83⁸³ The most common Costa Rican flag. Officially designated for private citizens, but in practice often used on government buildings and schools too.}

Costa Rica

national ensign ^{84⁸⁴ Flown by the government and by diplomatic missions, although also used sometimes by private citizens.}

5 blue-white stripes, red triangle, white star

Cuba ^{85⁸⁵ Flown by Cuban nationalists and revolutionaries who sought independence from Spain.}

blue-red, white square containing a coat of arms

Haiti

blue-red quarters, white cross, coat of arms

Dominican Republic

Chile

yellow-blue-red, cluster of 7 white stars, coat of arms

Venezuela

national ensign ^{86⁸⁶ Flown by the government and armed forces, and unofficially used by many private citizens.}

yellow-blue-red, cluster of 7 white stars

Venezuela

national flag ^{87⁸⁷ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

Colombia

Ecuador

Bolivia

state flag ^{88⁸⁸ Flown by the government and armed forces.}

Bolivia

national flag ^{89⁸⁹ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

Events of 1863
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ANHALT • The duchies of Anhalt were united into a single state on August 30. The unified Duchy flew a tricolour flag.

CAMBODIA • Cambodia became a French protectorate on August 11. During the protectorate period, Cambodia flew a flag with a white temple.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC • The Dominican Republic declared independence from Spain again on September 14. Spain would formally revoke its annexation two years later.

MECKLENBURG • Mecklenburg-Schwerin adopted a flag on December 23.

PRUSSIA • Prussia adopted a squared-off civil flag around 1863.

UNITED STATES • West Virginia, having broken away from the Confederate-aligned government of Virginia, was admitted to the union on June 20. A 35th star was added to the flag on July 4.

Meanwhile, the slave-holding Confederacy also adopted a new national flag (not pictured above) on May 26. The rebellion's white supremacist ideology was baked into the design. Its creator, journalist William Tappan Thompson, called it "The White Man's Flag" and wrote in his paper: "As a people, we are fighting to maintain the heaven ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race: a white flag would thus be emblematical of our cause." Opponents of the new flag noted that it looked too much like a flag of surrender.

VENEZUELA • Federal War came to an end on April 24. On 29 July, the new Federalist government added seven white stars to the state flag.

Notes

¹ The most commonly reported flag from the period. Flags with green, white and red stripes also seem to have been used. Probably flown exclusively on ships. The Turkish flag was the official national flag. ↩

² Flown over the palace in Rabat and on ships. Military flags on land were often dectorated with a yellow or green octagram. ↩

³ Arab monarchies, especially those in and around the Gulf, flew plain red flags from their ships. These weren't quite "national flags" in the modern sense, but European powers tended to view them that way. ↩

⁴ Officially all of the Trucial States were supposed to fly a square red flag with a thick white border. In practice this flag became exclusively associated with the Al Qasimi dynasty. The other states mostly flew plain red flags. ↩

⁵ Flown by exclusively by the sultan as a symbol of religious authority. Not really a "national flag" as we'd understand it in modern terms. The sultan also gave white flags to his vassal emirs within the Caliphate. ↩

⁶ Flown by private citizens and merchant ships. The "Italian Social Republic", the Nazi puppet regime in the north, flew the plain tricolour as a national flag and had a war flag with an eagle gripping a fasces. The anti-fascist Italian partisans flew either plain tricolours or tricolours with a white or red star on the middle stripe. ↩

⁷ Flown by the government and navy. ↩

⁸ Flag of the federal army, treated as an unofficial national flag. ↩

⁹ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

¹⁰ Flown by the royal house, the government, and the armed forces. Also granted to a select list of private institutions and companies. ↩

¹¹ Allowed to be flown by anyone. The union mark in the top-left corner of the flag was flown on its own as a joint diplomatic flag for Sweden and Norway. ↩

¹² Flown only on state-owned buildings and naval ships. ↩

¹³ Allowed to be flown by anyone. The union mark in the top-left corner of the flag was flown on its own as a joint diplomatic flag for Sweden and Norway. ↩

¹⁴ Flown on government buildings and by the military. ↩

¹⁵ Flown on land within Greece. The military flag had a crown in the centre of the cross. ↩

¹⁶ Flown at sea and abroad. The naval ensign had a crown in the centre of the cross. ↩

¹⁷ Flown unofficially, mostly by civilian ships. ↩

¹⁸ Flown by the monarchy and government. ↩

¹⁹ Flown by merchant ships. ↩

²⁰ The traditional heraldic colours of Prussia, often used as a flag on land. ↩

²¹ The dynastic colours of the Hapsburg monarchy, often used as a flag on land. ↩

²² Flown by merchant and navy ships. ↩

²³ Designated as the official colours of Hesse. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. ↩

²⁴ Designated as the official colours of Hesse. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. ↩

²⁵ Flown by the government. ↩

²⁶ Flown by merchant ships. ↩

²⁷ The number of stripes could vary but eight was the most common. ↩

²⁸ Flown by the prince and used as a state flag. ↩

²⁹ Designated as the official colours of Lippe. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. ↩

³⁰ Designed to be used as a diplomatic flag. Within the grand duchy, flags were made various configurations of red and yellow stripes. ↩

³¹ Flown by the prince, and unofficially as a national flag. ↩

³² Based on the heraldic colours of Saxony. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. The Danish flag also saw widespread use. ↩

³³ Designated as the official colours of Württemberg. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. Black and yellow flags were also in use around this time. ↩

³⁴ Designated as the official colours of Reuss. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. ↩

³⁵ Designated as the official colours of Reuss. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. ↩

³⁶ Designated as the official colours of the Ernestine duchies in Thuringia: Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Meiningen, and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. ↩

³⁷ The green and white state colours were still unofficially used on some flags. ↩

³⁸ Designated as the official colours of Bavaria. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. There are many reported variants from the period, some with more stripes, others with the diamond pattern from the Bavarian arms. ↩

³⁹ Designated as the official colours of Schwarzburg. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. ↩

⁴⁰ Designated as the official colours of Schwarzburg. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. ↩

⁴¹ Designated as the official colours of Brunswick. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. ↩

⁴² Designated as the official colours of Mecklenburg-Schewerin. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. ↩

⁴³ Flown by merchant ships. ↩

⁴⁴ Designated as the official colours of Hanover. Not technically a national flag, but often used as one. ↩

⁴⁵ The flag of the Emperor, often regarded as the Russian national flag during the period. ↩

⁴⁶ Flown on government buildings, especially military buildings, and as patriotic decoration. ↩

⁴⁷ Flown by merchant ships. ↩

⁴⁸ Designated as the official colours of the Austrian crown land of Carniola. Regarded as the unofficial national flag of Slovenia. ↩

⁴⁹ Flown by advocates of Slovakian independence. The "Upper Hungary" region did not have an official flag. ↩

⁵⁰ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

⁵¹ Flown the government and armed forces. ↩

⁵² Prohibited within the Austrian Empire but still flown by Hungarian nationalists. ↩

⁵³ Flown by Ukrainian nationalists. The order of colours wasn't fixed. ↩

⁵⁴ Designated as the official colours of the Austrian crown land of Bohemia. Not an official flag, but informally regarded as a Czech national symbol. A white flag with the Bohemian coat of arms was also sometimes used. ↩

⁵⁵ Flown by the prince and the military. ↩

⁵⁶ The former royal banner of Poland, no longer official but still used as an informal national symbol. ↩

⁵⁷ A typical flag flown by Bulgarian nationalists and revolutionaries in the pre-independence period. The flag would sometimes have different inscriptions or colours, but a golden lion on green was a common element. The slogan here reads "Freedom or Death!" ↩

⁵⁸ The maharaja's flag had yellow stripes at the top and bottom. ↩

⁵⁹ The raja's flag was rectangular ↩

⁶⁰ Flown by the Maharao and also used as a state flag. The flag was sometimes much longer. ↩

⁶¹ The reverse side of the flag showed a moon and a flower. ↩

⁶² Mewar had a number of reported princely banners which were also sometimes used as state flags. The most common one had a large yellow sun and a blue katar dagger. ↩

⁶³ Kolhapur flew the Maratha saffron banner as a state flag. The maharaja had a diagonally-divided red and orange flag. ↩

⁶⁴ Flag of the maharaja, also used as a state flag. Plain saffron flags were also sometimes flown. ↩

⁶⁵ Flown by the maharaja and often used as a state flag. ↩

⁶⁶ Allowed to be flown by civilians. ↩

⁶⁷ Inland river boats flew a triangular pennant in the same colours. ↩

⁶⁸ The Raja's flag had a red sun ↩

⁶⁹ Flown by naval ships. ↩

⁷⁰ Malay monarchs often flew plain white flags. These standards eventually evolved into individual state flags as more colours and symbols were added. ↩

⁷¹ Flown by the sultan and by naval ships. ↩

⁷² Flown by nobles at sea. ↩

⁷³ Flown by commoner merchants at sea. ↩

⁷⁴ Flown by the sultan. ↩

⁷⁵ Flown by the sultan and also used as an unofficial state flag. ↩

⁷⁶ Flown by the government, particularly at sea, as a way of nominally invoking the protection of the Ottoman Empire. ↩

⁷⁷ Flown by the sultan and by warships. There are many other reported flags from the era, and it's not clear exactly how they were all used. Merchant ships often flew a plain red flag. ↩

⁷⁸ Reported flag from this era. It's exact use isn't known. ↩

⁷⁹ The former flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand, which remained in use as an unofficial symbol of the country. ↩

⁸⁰ An unofficial local flag. The British colony of Newfoundland had no distinctive local symbols. ↩

⁸¹ Flown by the government, the navy, the national police, and national sports teams. Raised at major ceremonies. The army uses a similar flag with a different coat of arms. ↩

⁸² Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

⁸³ The most common Costa Rican flag. Officially designated for private citizens, but in practice often used on government buildings and schools too. ↩

⁸⁴ Flown by the government and by diplomatic missions, although also used sometimes by private citizens. ↩

⁸⁵ Flown by Cuban nationalists and revolutionaries who sought independence from Spain. ↩

⁸⁶ Flown by the government and armed forces, and unofficially used by many private citizens. ↩

⁸⁷ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

⁸⁸ Flown by the government and armed forces. ↩

⁸⁹ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

The World Flag Chart

◀︎ Flags of 1863 ▶︎

Middle East and Africa
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Western Europe
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German States
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Eastern Europe
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South Asia and the Indian Ocean
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East and Southeast Asia
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Oceania
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North America
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Latin America
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Events of 1863
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Notes

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