* 1863 – The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.

Compañía Dominicana de Aviación, usually shortened to Dominicana, was an airline from the Dominican Republic, serving as flag carrier of the country.

The flag is derived from the Dominican Republic flag of 1844-49 ( reflecting the rebel leaders ' dream to eventually join with the Dominican Republic and Cuba into one nation ) and was knitted by Mariana Bracetti, a revolutionary leader, at the behest of Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances, the revolt's leader, who designed it.

Air Santo Domingo ( Aerolíneas Santo Domingo ) was the flag carrier airline of the Dominican Republic.

* Air Santo Domingo ( IATA airline code ), a former flag carrier airline of the Dominican Republic

Air Europa was the parent company for Air Dominicana, the new flag carrier of the Dominican Republic, until bankruptcy was declared on 21 September 2009.

An east-facing bronze bust of Duarte atop a stone pedestal sits today at the very summit, next to a flagpole that bears a Dominican flag and a cross.

* 1898 – The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.

Among these were the writing of the Fundamental Principles of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, introducing a general amnesty for those people imprisoned during Nur Mohammad Taraki's and Amin's rule, and replacing the Khalqist flag with a more traditional one.

* The Soviet flag, with its golden symbols of the hammer and sickle on a red field, was an inspiration to flags of other communist states, such as East Germany, People's Republic of China, Vietnam, Angola, Afghanistan and Mozambique.

It was used as a symbol of the Roman Republic in many circumstances, including being carried in processions, much the way a flag might be carried today.

* Georgian Airways, the flag carrier of the Republic of Georgia

The leaders seized the General Post Office ( GPO ), raising two flags: a green flag bearing the legend " Irish Republic " and the Tricolour, and proclaiming independence for Ireland.

* 2004 – The national flag of The Republic of Georgia, the so-called " five cross flag ", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.

The Muslim General Ma Bufang also put Kuomintang party symbols on his mansion, the Ma Bufang Mansion along with a portrait of party founder Dr. Sun Yatsen arranged with the Kuomintang Party flag and the Republic of China flag.

a flag of convenience registry ; includes the ships of People's Republic of China 1, Cyprus 1, Denmark 9, Germany 70, Greece 54, Hong Kong 2, Japan 4, Monaco 8, Netherlands 8, United Kingdom 3, United States 87, and Uruguay 1 ( 2002 est.

* 1918 – Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as national flag of the Republic of Estonia.

It was only with the emergence of nationalist sentiment from the late 18th century that the desire was felt to display national flags also in civilian contexts, notably the US flag, in origin adopted as a naval ensign in 1777, which after the American Revolution began to be displayed as a generic symbol of the United States, and the French Tricolore which became a symbol of the Republic in the 1790s.

There are many proposals for a future flag of a dejure independent Taiwan Republic which also depict the shape or map of the island of Taiwan ( Formosa ).

None of them is the official flag of Taiwan Republic yet, and many design options are present.

a flag of convenience registry ; includes ships from 20 countries among which are Croatia 17, Slovenia 7, People's Republic of China 5, Greece 5, United Arab Emirates 3, Norway 2, Japan 2, and Ukraine 2 ( 1998 est.

The former national flag of South Africa ( from 1927 – 1994 ) had, as part of a feature contained within its central white bar, a horizontal flag of the Transvaal Republic ( ZAR ).

On the day of his funeral, 8 March 2002, his coffin was carried to St Thomas's Church in Winchelsea, East Sussex and was draped in the flag of the Republic of Ireland.

The " Colours of Saint George ", or St George's Cross are a white flag with a red cross, frequently borne by entities over which he is patron ( e. g. the Republic of Genoa and then Liguria, England, Georgia, Catalonia, Aragon, etc.

At one point Prime Minister Vohor punched the PRC ambassador when approached to explain why the flag of the Republic of China was flying over the hotel where the Taiwanese representative was posted.

This flag was used as the flag of the Zoutpansberg Republic until this republic was incorporated into the Transvaal Republic also known as the South African Republic.

In his account he described how “ on one side there was a wooden stage with two streamers – Hatuey beer and Bacardí rum – on each end and a Cuban flag in the middle.

A radically different version of the flag was described in this Mexican source:

The recital was accompanied with a salute to the flag known as the Bellamy salute, described in detail by Bellamy.

In blazons ( a vexillological description using flag terminology ), the South African flag is described as " per pall fesswise gules, sable and azure, a fesswise pall vert fimbriated argent, Or and argent.

An addendum to the Transitional Executive Council agenda ( April 1994 ) described the flag in heraldic terms as follows:

Schedule One of the Constitution of South Africa ( 1996 ) replaced the heraldic definition and described the flag in plain English as follows:

The flag can be described as semi-red and semi-white, with a shield and three eight-pointed stars of gold ( 2: 1 ), next to twelve silver blocks ( 4: 1: 7 ).

During the Persian Gulf war in January 1991, Saddam Hussein held a meeting with top military commanders, where it was decided to add the words Allahu Akbar ( described as the Islamic battle cry ) to Iraq's flag to boost his secular regime's religious credentials, casting himself as the leader of an Islamic army.

The earliest known flag which could be described as a national flag of Norway is the one used today as the Royal Standard.

Eirik Magnusson used a flag described as a golden lion with axe and crown on red from 1280 and this was since regularly the flag of Norway and of the King of Norway.

The flag is described in Section 010. 020 of Missouri's Revised Statutes.

In Chinese, the flag is commonly described as Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth () to reflect its attributes.

Thus, the flags of the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom might be described as tricolours, while the flag of India ( which has a blue charge in the centre ) would not.

" The other was described by George Roberts, a prisoner of Low, as a call to council among Low's ships: " a green silk flag with a yellow figure of a man blowing a trumpet on it.

After the liberational Russo-Turkish War ( 1877 – 1878 ), the flag was described in the Tarnovo Constitution of 1879 as follows:

Rubinstein later described becoming overwhelmed by a blind fury and angrily pointing out to the public the absence of the Polish flag.

The flag itself is described as of good silk cloth, four feet five inches squared, Scarlet ( cloth ) | scarlet, in the center a white cross, arms measuring one foot by three feet

Although both are common emblems of France, neither Marianne nor the rooster enjoys official status: the flag of France, as named and described in Article 2 of the French constitution, is the only official emblem.

The flag is also described in the technical specification " AZS 001-2006.

The next comes from 1838: pale-yellow with the small red cross, and in 1876 the flag was described as red with a white cross.

Margaret Fuller described the procession under a new flag, a tricolore sent from Venice, that set the flag in the hands of the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius at the Campidoglio, and the angry popular reaction to papal warnings of excommunication for political actions of November received from Gaeta and posted on the 3rd.