Europe: Timeline of National Flags: 1000 - 2019

See the past millennium of European history from 1000 to the present. Also see periods such as the crusades, medieval period, mongol invasions, black plague, renaissance, age of discovery, protestant reformation, rise of the ottomans, thirty years war, war of the Spanish succession, age of enlightenment, french revolution, napoleon, unification of Italy and Germany,
both world wars, the cold war, and the modern era, all with flags.

Keep in mind the concept of a "national flag", is rather a modern term.

The smaller states of the Holy Roman Empire is shown with the imperial standard, and Muscovy/Russia is shown with the coat of arms on a red background.

The flags in centuries up until about the 19th century often were royal standards.

Music:
Danse Macabre
Oppressive Gloom
Unholy Knight
Final Battle of the Dark Wizards
all by Kevin MacLeod

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Sources:

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The map used in this video comes from the blank atlas.

Other main sources: Wikipedia, FOTW, and other various websites.

[gyazis]

Flags back then: _art_
Flags now: hehehe stripes

[ArpitEditZ]

Switzerland: im gonna sleep for 5 minutes...
*Wakes up*
Switzerland: uhh what

[loxnyb]

Flags in 1000: beautiful and powerful animals
Flags now: yeee stripes

[sxkv]

16:15 Iraq: Syria, bro, i know we are neighboors, but please, don't copy my flag.
Syria: ok bro
10 seconds later:
Syria: hey iraq it's 1 star less

[habibhan]

Why nobody is talking about france literally having a white flag in 1815
13:39

[artemtekliuk]

Flags before:🐺🦁🐯🐴🐮
Flags now:🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪🟫⬛⬜

[doggynova]

People in 1019 didn't know that we would watch this video about them with Technology From The Future.

[dolliegray]

1000s: *animals*
2000s: *stripes*
Albania and Montenegro: *no*

[somethung]

Can we talk about how much more epic flags were back then compared to now?

[vytautasramanauskas]

thank you for putting my country in the intro lithaunia.

[TrippaMazing]

German states: Beautiful and intricately designed flags.

France: *WHITE*

[thecrookedguy]

13th century: **about to end**
14th century: **about to start**
Byzantium: **exists**
Ottomans: eyo what’s up

[Nogginboi]

3:55 🇲🇳: I will have a look, then attack

[SwizzFanaticc]

Nazis: Take over pretty much half
europe


Switzerland: No

[Euanverse]

It’s cool how Scotland’s and Georgia’s flags are pretty much the same 1000 years ago!

[mauromigliaro]

I love how Switzerland is just chilling amid all the chaos for like 400 years

[Annoying]

kiev rus, poland, france and more: we got beautiful flags
other oddballs: you guys got flags?

[sarahilovegood]

14:54 Europe when Hitler was born:
15:46 Europe when Hitler was in control:
15:50 Europe when Hitler died:

[Xylord_Pit]

The cool part is how the Golden Horde wasn’t attacking provinces for land until Muscovy tried to take over

[hous]

15:37 Germany has synchronized with the music. Oh no.