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    After the death of Charlemagne, the present-day territory of Belgium (except the County of Flanders) … See more

    Flag of Belgium - Wikipedia

    • The national flag of Belgium (Dutch: vlag van België, French: drapeau de la Belgique, German: Flagge Belgiens) is a tricolour consisting of three equal vertical bands displaying the national colours of Belgium: black, yellow, and red. The colours were taken from the coat of arms of the Duchy of Brabant, and the vertical design may be based on the flag … See more

    Independence and adoption of current flag

    On 26 August 1830, the day after the rioting at the La Monnaie opera house and the start of the Belgian Revolution, the flag of France flew from the city hall of Brussels. The insurgents hastily replaced it with a tricolour of red, yello… See more

    Variants

    The national flag has the unusual proportions of 13:15. The 2:3 flag is the civil ensign, the correct flag for use by civilians at sea.
    The naval ensign of Belgium has the three national col… See more

    Protocol

    As Belgium is a federal state, the flag of Belgium and the flags of the communities or regions in principle occupy the same rank. Nonetheless, when flags are raised and lowered or carried in a procession, the national fla… See more

     
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  1. Two months after its war of independence began, Belgium officially adopted the cockade on October 27, 1830, and a national flag of those colours was recognized in the constitution adopted on January 23, 1831. Many of the early Belgian flags had a horizontal format (red-yellow-black), but after 1838 the present vertical positioning became standard.
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    The Belgian flag, which was inspired by the French tricolor, was adopted in 1831, shortly after gaining independence from the Netherlands. Originally, the stripes were horizontal, but Belgians eventually inclined to the version with vertical stripes in order to differ from the Dutch flag.
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    When Belgium was under the control of France, the French national tricolor was flown over the nation. However, when riots kicked off the beginning of the Belgian Revolution, insurgents replaced the flag with one of red, black and yellow stripes, which bore a resemblance to the flag used during the Brabant Revolution of the 18th century.
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