Which flag is older: the Dutch or the French?

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Which flag is older: the Dutch or the French?

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But this flag, again, derived from the older "prince flag" of the Netherlands, which was at first orange-white-blue, but later became red-white-blue. The red-white-blue version was first seen in 1596 and became the most common version during the 1600s. So I guess the Dutch flag is older than the French?

http://flagspot.net/flags/nl_prvlg.html#pr

Dec 11 2011, 9:19 PM

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The French. It was adopted in 1794 (in the current design, a slightly different variant in 1790) while the Dutch one became the national flag only in 1937.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Netherlands

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_France

Dec 09 2011, 11:18 AM

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The flag of the Batavian Republic (which is similar to the current Dutch flag) was introduced in 1795.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavian_Republic

Dec 11 2011, 9:14 PM

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