Timeline of National Flags: Europe

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  • čas přidán 8. 06. 2016
  • More than half a millennia of Europe's history in countries and flags. See the rise and fall of empires old and new, along with a little bit of the surrounding continents.
    NOTES:
    Disputed territories such as Kosovo, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh (now known as Artsakh), Crimea, are shown without a line separating them.
    De facto control is shown with de jure borders (e.g. Bulgaria is shown before its de jure independence, Islamic State, etc.)
    Russia is represented with its coat of arms on a red background until 1668.
    Ireland is represented using its earldom flag, though in reality it was broken up into many smaller states.
    Without enough flag information and pixels, the Holy Roman Empire is shown as a single state, though some states in the HRE are shown. All states are shown after 1806.
    "Semi-independent" Persian/Azerbaijani states are shown because why not.
    Holy Roman Empire: Blue outline
    Confederation of the Rhine: Green outline
    German Confederation: Red outline
    9 months...
    Music and information credits at the end of the video. Stop asking in the comments and read! I applaud you if you are reading this :)
    Spelled "precarious" incorrectly. :/
    Deutsch--Zeitplan der Nationalflaggen: Europa
    Español--Cronología de banderas nacionales: Europa
    Français--Chronologie des drapeaux nationaux: Europe
    Nederlands--Tijdlijn van nationale vlaggen: Europa
    Português--Cronologia de bandeiras nacionais: Europa
    Русский--Хронология государственных флагов: Европа
    Known errors:
    The flag of Finland should have a lighter hue on the frames 1918-1919.
    A slight border error on the Second Partition of Poland.
    The flag of Spain should not have the crown in 1873.
    Estonia and Latvia should have slightly more territory on its eastern border during the Interwar Period.
    Portugal should own Olivenza from the beginning until the frame 1800 when it is ceded to Spain.

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  • @AlgolZ
    @AlgolZ  Před 5 lety +1282

    I am aware the Danish flag is considered the oldest flag. The flag depicted here is the cross of Kalmar as the Kalmar Union was a thing back then,

    • @Eli-xn2yg
      @Eli-xn2yg Před 5 lety +9

      Hallo! Kalmar is swedenns now
      Idk what im talkin about

    • @caouillon370
      @caouillon370 Před 5 lety +14

      Georgia: Hold my beer

    • @vhxrsh1226
      @vhxrsh1226 Před 5 lety +1

      Sweden is the second oldest flag? ( If the shit Norway Sweden unification didn't happen )

    • @liamc.6274
      @liamc.6274 Před 5 lety +2

      What was the song that played at 5:00

    • @jorgemonjaraz6020
      @jorgemonjaraz6020 Před 5 lety +2

      Not; mistake England’s flag is older; today is the same flag.

  • @scapeghost4212
    @scapeghost4212 Před 7 lety +6883

    1444- dragons, knights, and eagles
    2016- rectangles

  • @neda8356
    @neda8356 Před 7 lety +2802

    7:44
    Switzerland: Dude i think we need to change our flag
    **makes the cross a little bit bigger**

    • @animegandalf8690
      @animegandalf8690 Před 7 lety +150

      Feneca Good enough

    • @bavarianmapper4566
      @bavarianmapper4566 Před 7 lety +63

      Feneca I just noticed that when I saw your comment

    • @swissarmyknife7670
      @swissarmyknife7670 Před 7 lety +43

      i don't know it exactly, but the smaller cross is the flag of one of our states. (a founder state called schwyz) in 1848 the political system changed from independent states to a country and so they needed a flag that counts for all

    • @foji69
      @foji69 Před 7 lety +164

      8:01
      Sweden: We should change our flag, I mean Switzerland did it.
      **Makes the blue brighter**

    • @kuyrben
      @kuyrben Před 7 lety +112

      8:50
      USSR: we should change our flag
      *shortens the sickle*

  • @mogilevball3221
    @mogilevball3221 Před 3 lety +723

    9:47 What they teach you
    7:53 What you need
    0:27 What they ask on exams

    • @JuanJose-fw2uq
      @JuanJose-fw2uq Před 3 lety +36

      Underrated

    • @Hydro66
      @Hydro66 Před 3 lety +47

      Tbh the map of Europe in 1900 was simpler than today

    • @NikTehWafel
      @NikTehWafel Před 3 lety +11

      @@Hydro66 yeah it is

    • @mogilevball3221
      @mogilevball3221 Před 3 lety +3

      @Juan Camilo McCrea V century (mediveal Welsh kingdoms)

    • @archivious496
      @archivious496 Před 3 lety +4

      @@mogilevball3221 i didnt learn roman numbers :(

  • @as_sp9647
    @as_sp9647 Před 3 lety +272

    Switzerland: sometimes I think that magical things are happening around me.

  • @eliegbert8121
    @eliegbert8121 Před 4 lety +597

    1600: Eagles, crowns, swords, coats of arms.
    2019: *sTrIpEs*

  • @_Mark41
    @_Mark41 Před 5 lety +1955

    9:03 greece: let's change my flag.
    9:05 greece: nah i don't like it.
    9:10 Greece: hmmmm...
    9:13 Greece: ok i'm tired of new flags...
    2021 edit: thanks for no likes

    • @maxiball
      @maxiball Před 5 lety +21

      r/wooosh

    • @hanos2094
      @hanos2094 Před 5 lety +29

      dictatorship does that

    • @h4ze531
      @h4ze531 Před 5 lety +8

      then the ottomans arrived

    • @Uranium_Enjoyer
      @Uranium_Enjoyer Před 5 lety +26

      GhostDiver That’s not a whoosh, the comment was supposed to be funny, but the guy explaining the facts understood too

    • @Uranium_Enjoyer
      @Uranium_Enjoyer Před 5 lety +7

      Chris Anagn. Np

  • @NegativeNero_05
    @NegativeNero_05 Před 4 lety +147

    7:43 Switzerland: ok

  • @yotamg3032
    @yotamg3032 Před 4 lety +1036

    6:30
    The most creative flag France has ever had.

    • @rayanmontcuqq2698
      @rayanmontcuqq2698 Před 4 lety +27

      So your country never surrendered for tell u france is 2 timrs ..

    • @rayanmontcuqq2698
      @rayanmontcuqq2698 Před 4 lety +17

      If you are from usa he surrendered

    • @giuliasantagata3591
      @giuliasantagata3591 Před 4 lety +46

      France's flag be like:

    • @antthunder3898
      @antthunder3898 Před 4 lety +4

      Giulia Santagata my pee pee hurt

    • @rayanmontcuqq2698
      @rayanmontcuqq2698 Před 4 lety +5

      And its monarchy flag that why befrore revolution that white and that why there some white in fr flag because just blue and red are ugly and he do white

  • @jacobgreig5199
    @jacobgreig5199 Před 6 lety +862

    Italy 2003- 'Lets make the green a little darker!'
    Italy 2006- 'Nah, I don't like it, change it back!'

  • @bluekarma5202
    @bluekarma5202 Před 7 lety +2068

    Switzerlands history looks intense as hell

    • @Captiankilljoy23
      @Captiankilljoy23 Před 6 lety +65

      blue karma same as England and Scotland

    • @Walht
      @Walht Před 6 lety +94

      Captiankilljoy23 all the action was happening outside the map for england

    • @Captiankilljoy23
      @Captiankilljoy23 Před 6 lety +23

      Walht if it ain't broke, don't fix it

    • @kierontemnov2452
      @kierontemnov2452 Před 6 lety +7

      I know bc I'm from there ^^

    • @Walht
      @Walht Před 6 lety +2

      Kieron /r/thathappened

  • @elsinnombre9661
    @elsinnombre9661 Před 4 lety +340

    MUSIC:
    -Angevin B 00:04
    -Lasting Hope 02:17
    -Evil March 04:45
    -On The Shore 05:52
    -Satiate - Only Strings 06:33
    -Dark Times 07:57
    -Greta Sting 08:31
    -Steel and Seething 08:42
    -On The Shore 09:27

  • @C-WEB1203
    @C-WEB1203 Před 3 lety +95

    8:43 I love how this music comes in right at the start of the Cold War. It just shows the amount of tension in the world and in Europe regarding nuclear weapons and the threat of mass extinction.

  • @SomeGuy-lr7ms
    @SomeGuy-lr7ms Před 4 lety +268

    I should be sleeping.....
    CZcams: wanna see some national flags?

    • @riks2338
      @riks2338 Před 4 lety +2

      Some Guy yessir

    • @namelessghoul615
      @namelessghoul615 Před 4 lety +1

      Literally same😂 ok maybe i really need To go To sleep now-

    • @moscoweagle2846
      @moscoweagle2846 Před 4 lety

      It’s 4 Am and I’m watching this

    • @Howlingburd19
      @Howlingburd19 Před 3 lety +1

      I actually came searching for this ._.

    • @Archduke_Astatos
      @Archduke_Astatos Před 2 lety

      So his head exploded?
      Yeah, he only made it 23 seconds into the video.

  • @ronizuckerman7785
    @ronizuckerman7785 Před 8 lety +352

    1444?
    Do you ever play EU4?
    But anyway, awesome video.

  • @dincoox1862
    @dincoox1862 Před 2 lety +141

    0:19 Late middle age era
    1:08 Early modern colonial era
    1:32 The rise of the Ottomans
    3:14 Thirty years war
    4:18 The fall of the Ottomans (from 1683 to 1923)
    4:36 18th century
    6:04 Modern period
    6:18-6:29 Napoleonic era
    6:46 Late colonial era (until 1997)
    8:10 WW1 period
    8:15 Interwar period
    8:25 Great Depression
    8:35 WW2 period
    8:43 Cold war era
    9:27 post cold war era
    9:36 21st century

  • @71637
    @71637 Před 4 lety +645

    8:28 *_DEMONITIZED_*

    • @UnitedKingdomOfAmerica
      @UnitedKingdomOfAmerica Před 4 lety +24

      Mr. Unentertaining bot. just because they include the nazi flag for history or education does not mean they get demonitized. if they show the nazi flag for entertainment, then that person will get demonitized. since they are showing the nazi flag for history and education, they wont get demonitized.

    • @shpadosser5328
      @shpadosser5328 Před 4 lety +43

      Some people don't posses the ability to take jokes

    • @williamsantos9471
      @williamsantos9471 Před 4 lety +31

      @@UnitedKingdomOfAmerica CZcams these days demonetizes everything

    • @brokennp666oof3
      @brokennp666oof3 Před 4 lety +2

      Good job!

    • @brokennp666oof3
      @brokennp666oof3 Před 4 lety +1

      KDRW r/foundthemobileuser
      r/woooshwithfouros i think

  • @joakimhersche
    @joakimhersche Před 7 lety +316

    Switzerland is always since 1291 chilling in the middle of europe

    • @josephstalin2829
      @josephstalin2829 Před 7 lety +55

      If you attack them they will increase interests

    • @teli6350
      @teli6350 Před 7 lety +25

      Joakim Hersche nobody wants to kill Switzerland because if they do, the antipode with the colours switched dies too, and bye bye healthcare.
      but the real reason is: everybody signed a plot to invade Switzerland after 12 months many years ago, but their clocks stopped working after 364 days, and now every world leader sits frustratedly waiting for tomorrow.

    • @teli6350
      @teli6350 Před 7 lety +4

      Noritos yup, before they were a nightmare in battle. Why? Because each time they fought, they launched the Swiss version of the ninja to stop their enemies ' clock while they were sleeping, before calling the Swiss army to sit on the frozen in sleep bad boys, while stabbing them to death.
      Most records of so-called "mares" were, in fact, seen by people with an enemy in Switzerland who didn't like their snoring.

    • @australiaballbrother7235
      @australiaballbrother7235 Před 6 lety +3

      Fun Fact: Switzerland Is involved in the napoleon wars for some reasons

    • @robotnr.1835
      @robotnr.1835 Před 6 lety +1

      Niemand will sich gegen die Schweiz stellen. Die sind einfach zu mächtig. xD

  • @bobitzaakanoobulplictisit7639

    9:25-The Start of The End
    9:27-*That's all, folks*

  • @iansanchez5051
    @iansanchez5051 Před 3 lety +33

    0:20 I love who the beat of the music changes the year

  • @slopeIV
    @slopeIV Před 4 lety +277

    7:44 Switzerland sets text settings to “bold”

    • @peon9282
      @peon9282 Před 4 lety +7

      slope Funny thing is, the „old“ flag is still used as Flag of the canton Schwyz.

    • @swizzymizzle3023
      @swizzymizzle3023 Před 4 lety +2

      Lol

    • @417Owsy
      @417Owsy Před 4 lety +10

      8:32 Turkey did the opposite

    • @RonnieMcNutt_Mindblowing
      @RonnieMcNutt_Mindblowing Před 3 lety

      @@417Owsy I don't see

    • @417Owsy
      @417Owsy Před 3 lety +1

      @@RonnieMcNutt_Mindblowing sorry ill try this one 8:31 focus on the moon and star of the ottoman empire turning into turkey

  • @OwnageCubed
    @OwnageCubed Před 8 lety +182

    6:46 you made a mistake, France's flag is supposed to be white until 2016
    Edit: Holy shit, calm down. It's a joke. Quit getting your panties in a bunch.

    • @AlgolZ
      @AlgolZ  Před 8 lety +24

      Ha ha ha.

    • @user-vm2wi8no1s
      @user-vm2wi8no1s Před 8 lety

      :)

    • @Julio974
      @Julio974 Před 8 lety +4

      Purrito The Cat
      Only USA or only USSR was enough to defeat nazi Germany, but, USA + USSR + UK was really a lot.

    • @Julio974
      @Julio974 Před 8 lety +1

      Purrito The Cat
      Yes, but nazi germany would have fell

    • @115Carssssssssss
      @115Carssssssssss Před 8 lety

      LOL

  • @cathystein96y58
    @cathystein96y58 Před 5 lety +94

    8:01-1905 Norway-Sweden left the server.

  • @thepaperempire7954
    @thepaperempire7954 Před 4 lety +80

    6:31 France : This New Flag took so long to design, so much math went into this!

  • @thesiselchannel
    @thesiselchannel Před 4 lety +143

    8:09 made me cry, last remnance of old European empires :’(
    RIP Russian , German & Habsburg empires...

    • @K4r0l476
      @K4r0l476 Před 4 lety +40

      6:10 Rip Polish-Lithuanian Empire:(

    • @HuGo-vk4wl
      @HuGo-vk4wl Před 4 lety +2

      😭😭😭

    • @brawlbombe
      @brawlbombe Před 4 lety +4

      Gernany is down😭😭

    • @PeruvianPotato
      @PeruvianPotato Před 4 lety +4

      * 7:59 R.I.P Sweden-Norway

    • @toxicelamain2494
      @toxicelamain2494 Před 3 lety +2

      Lavender314 :3 Miss Austria-Hungary though. Why romanians got transylvania? So stupid.

  • @Joseph_417
    @Joseph_417 Před 5 lety +749

    6:31 Award for most detailed flag goes to France!!
    Edit: Please don’t fight!
    This isn’t a joke about France surrendering

  • @caleb3781
    @caleb3781 Před 7 lety +72

    Just how many people appreciate the music timing.. Love it

  • @falatsky7170
    @falatsky7170 Před 4 lety +10

    Are we not gonna talk about the fact that the music is perfectly aligned with the years ticking over?

  • @mackabobos6701
    @mackabobos6701 Před 4 lety +111

    3:51 sweden: hippity hoppity the Baltic is my property.

  • @masteryoda8015
    @masteryoda8015 Před 5 lety +808

    8:39. Switzerland like: WTF just happened?

  • @maryamsprouse2646
    @maryamsprouse2646 Před 8 lety +201

    Switzerland is that quiet and calm kid in the family who doesn't want to pick up fights.

    • @elie933
      @elie933 Před 8 lety

      +leb anon haha it stayed the same through almost the whole video

    • @maryamsprouse2646
      @maryamsprouse2646 Před 8 lety +2

      +leb anon Yes, they just sized bigger the white cross hahah

    • @elie933
      @elie933 Před 8 lety +4

      Maryam Aksal like hey we did something

    • @maryamsprouse2646
      @maryamsprouse2646 Před 8 lety

      +leb anon 😂😂

    • @doliague2590
      @doliague2590 Před 8 lety

      true but they were part if the Holy Roman empire for a while
      so.....

  • @mirr0rnar3
    @mirr0rnar3 Před 4 lety +30

    8:42 I hear Rad Larry music playing....

  • @bunelgaaa
    @bunelgaaa Před 4 lety +13

    Every country: *changing from beutifull paterns to rectangles*
    .
    Portugal: *doing the oposite* this is fine
    .
    Denmark: *not changing at all*

  • @NorwayTracking
    @NorwayTracking Před 5 lety +413

    2011
    Belarus: that flag just seems wrong
    2012
    Belarus: much better.

  • @JuanJose-fw2uq
    @JuanJose-fw2uq Před 5 lety +490

    1444-2019 The countries changed a lot and got many wars
    Switzerland: Nope

    • @kanonenfutter1907
      @kanonenfutter1907 Před 5 lety +19

      I grew once in 1500

    • @julienducarroz8138
      @julienducarroz8138 Před 5 lety

      Helvetia yah, cAuse y’all took over the fucking Savoie and now I’m stuck in a country that also speaks German. Thanks Helvets

    • @Julian-ns3it
      @Julian-ns3it Před 5 lety +8

      What about the Napoleonic wars Switzerland was invaded then

    • @aaronexponential4120
      @aaronexponential4120 Před 5 lety

      I I mean, politics changes?

    • @peterhans1516
      @peterhans1516 Před 5 lety +1

      The „Helvetic Republic“ had a different Flag, it had a Green line at the top, a Red line in the middle and a yellow one on the ground, just Google it

  • @OttoVonBismarck-pq4vr
    @OttoVonBismarck-pq4vr Před 4 lety +51

    Video: normal background music
    6:39 for prussia !: preusens gloria

  • @jakepaladino6813
    @jakepaladino6813 Před 4 lety +4

    The medieval music makes the old 1400's- 1600's an awesome atmosphere!

  • @divokysakal9364
    @divokysakal9364 Před 5 lety +283

    8:50 1955 Soviet union-Ahhh my sickle is too long.

  • @jhawk889
    @jhawk889 Před 8 lety +940

    I'm sorry but at 6:33 when France's flag became white I just lost it

    • @bojler4872
      @bojler4872 Před 8 lety +116

      1812 war with Russia
      The result - France lost
      This country does not exist
      WTF?

    • @datnamedoe1624
      @datnamedoe1624 Před 8 lety +352

      Error 404 - France not found

    • @devoli85
      @devoli85 Před 8 lety +195

      color of the french monarchy at this time (restauration) was white

    • @dragonspeed3000
      @dragonspeed3000 Před 7 lety +75

      At this moment it was the restauration of the ancient regime and there were no flag, just the color of the monarchy (white)

    • @elpresidente5767
      @elpresidente5767 Před 7 lety +61

      Its just show that france was neutral until 1830
      Brw stop thode joke
      "Hey franc had a wit flag bicaus ther ar surender monki"
      Whit meant royalty and prosperith

  • @daan1jorg456
    @daan1jorg456 Před 4 lety +14

    Belguim: why do i feel things at my back
    Luxemburg: *uhhh oh*

  • @alvarogomezvivas7844
    @alvarogomezvivas7844 Před 4 lety +9

    2:56 1598 - 1784 South-Western Europe: “dyes are expensive, let’s just make the background white and throw a bunch of heraldic stuff in it”

  • @JollyOlStan-hh2is
    @JollyOlStan-hh2is Před 4 lety +558

    9:26
    USSR: Hold on guys I gotta sneeze

  • @ahuman2879
    @ahuman2879 Před 4 lety +92

    Countries:lets fight every year
    Switzerland: i am going to eat chocolate every year (:

  • @jonahgraham4119
    @jonahgraham4119 Před 4 lety +24

    An app called "rise of empires" or something copied this video, but it said it happened 500 years before

  • @sircheese6557
    @sircheese6557 Před 4 lety

    What An great video, just loved it m8

  • @viperage0333
    @viperage0333 Před 4 lety +102

    8:37
    Come give me a hug switzerland

  • @CrapeCraft
    @CrapeCraft Před 7 lety +515

    "starting at 1444 for a particular reason" Admit it, it's time you come out the closet as an EU4 player.

  • @Danny-boy
    @Danny-boy Před 3 lety +10

    3:54 denmark: give our land back
    Sweden: nope
    Denmark: when is it going back to normal
    Sweden: until 1660
    Denmark: oh cmon

  • @ashtonlaklan9790
    @ashtonlaklan9790 Před 3 lety +4

    5:48 I liked how the beat dropped right when the first Partition of Poland Lithuania happen

  • @cookizs
    @cookizs Před 4 lety +204

    7:27 Napoleon III has left the chat

  • @julius8455
    @julius8455 Před 5 lety +718

    Adolf Hitler joined the game
    8:35

    • @masto2898
      @masto2898 Před 5 lety +21

      Imagine if he had whole europe

    • @aurelchochol6867
      @aurelchochol6867 Před 5 lety +2

      Somehow slovakia is intact

    • @icyhim2337
      @icyhim2337 Před 4 lety +31

      Adolf Hitler left the game 8:41

    • @thesportsguy3088
      @thesportsguy3088 Před 4 lety +2

      @Dulacre not as much compared to Churchill or Stalin or Roosevelt

    • @mrronron7328
      @mrronron7328 Před 4 lety +2

      8:41 Adolf Shitler has Left the game

  • @eukarya_
    @eukarya_ Před 4 lety +31

    6:30 France showing its true colours

  • @brenokaiser1537
    @brenokaiser1537 Před 3 lety

    Nice songs, they perfectly match the different contexts.

  • @lukas-rh5bk
    @lukas-rh5bk Před 5 lety +713

    1943- Germany: WE TAKE OVER THIS PLACE
    1944- USSR: lol no

    • @producoesjojonicas3802
      @producoesjojonicas3802 Před 5 lety +22

      lukas 66 you're my new comrade

    • @ackanlatm9627
      @ackanlatm9627 Před 5 lety +12

      lukas 66 USSR? 😂 germany defeated them easily ussr is weak The defeater of germany is UK USSR did nothing just invaded germany got moscow 1943-Germany: WE TAKE OWER THIS PLACE
      1944-USSR: PLS MAN PLS LEAVE MOSCOW PLS ONE CHANCE PLS DONT INVADE ME NOOOOO BRITAIN HELP
      1944-FRANCE: GERMANY PLS LEAVE MY TERRITORY U ALWAYS INVADE ME BRITAIN HELP
      1944-BRITAIN: LOL OK (DEFEATS ITALY THEN GERMANY LIKE IN WW1

    • @tijsrikken8807
      @tijsrikken8807 Před 5 lety +21

      @@ackanlatm9627 It wasnt the UK that was victorious they wouldn't even able to land in Europe at the time it was the US That eventually supplied the UK and helped them invade normandy and you say the USSR is weak. It had 14 million soldiers and was quickly producing equipment tanks and such germany had alot of loss in manpower and it would be impossible for them to capitulate the USSR They also were lacking oil.

    • @BlitZkrieG988
      @BlitZkrieG988 Před 5 lety +13

      @@tijsrikken8807
      Well.. germany were just 500 meters left to stalingrad. The real winner was the russian winter. The third reich had the most powerful technology at this time.
      It needed every other superpower to bring germany in six years down.
      If just the USSR had fought against the third Reich, the germans had easily won. Its like with the british and french in world war 1. They dont even stepped over the german Borders. They needed the help of the US army.
      Google the Balfour Declaration and you know what im talking about

    • @miraakprinceofapocrypha7998
      @miraakprinceofapocrypha7998 Před 5 lety +6

      Mc J20 their tank desing was vastly inferior to the Soviet T-34

  • @eatenbyghouls1849
    @eatenbyghouls1849 Před 8 lety +70

    What I noticed, all the flags when from like animals and soldiers to stripes and circles, and overtime there was just less and less of them

    • @eeeertoo2597
      @eeeertoo2597 Před 8 lety

      +Creeper Games uh your point?

    • @Deguu68
      @Deguu68 Před 7 lety

      +Creeper Games
      so? Anything wrong about that?

    • @Deguu68
      @Deguu68 Před 7 lety

      +Creeper Games Im not offended dude, lol. I just didnt get your point :)

    • @VM-hl8ms
      @VM-hl8ms Před 7 lety +1

      because they killed everything. it's really sad to see africans saying "don't tell us what to do" when some europeans try to warn them...

    • @Zorro9129
      @Zorro9129 Před 7 lety +3

      Generally a coat of arms should feature animals, soldiers, and the like, while a good flag will have an abstract yet recognizable pattern. This simplicity aids in recognizability as well as makes the flags cheaper.

  • @user-sp6if5xm4e
    @user-sp6if5xm4e Před 3 lety +5

    Average country: O 0 o - .
    1444 1672 1893 1936 Today
    Russia:
    . - o 0 O o 0 o
    1444 1532 1610 1674 1832 1918 1922 1991

  • @djiboutiforever2768
    @djiboutiforever2768 Před 4 lety +3

    1665 :
    Everybody : has a flag with a ton of different colours
    Morocco : This flag is.... interesting...

  • @der_fussballgott
    @der_fussballgott Před 5 lety +213

    My Brain: *exists*
    Germany 1818: Im about to end this mans whole career

    • @Joseph_417
      @Joseph_417 Před 5 lety

      Der Fussballgott you should look at Germany in 1300

    • @jrjryt9663
      @jrjryt9663 Před 4 lety +9

      6:33

    • @joutakujo9773
      @joutakujo9773 Před 4 lety +12

      I like the fact that in 1818 it plays *Prussia's glory*

    • @lgwhwhqhgevr9321
      @lgwhwhqhgevr9321 Před 4 lety

      yeah those are some disgusting borders.

    • @hodor9851
      @hodor9851 Před 4 lety

      That's not even Germany. One could put as, the region of Germania

  • @rino9190
    @rino9190 Před 5 lety +455

    imagine how many soldiers were dead in this vid

    • @panzerkampfwagenviboi3917
      @panzerkampfwagenviboi3917 Před 5 lety +4

      김범우 killed

    • @anarchonazbol6768
      @anarchonazbol6768 Před 5 lety +9

      Kinda cool watching a continent rise above their neighbors only to destroy their huge head start in two massive wars.

    • @airiellz
      @airiellz Před 4 lety +8

      Ants? Maybe over 999 Milions ants killed

    • @frankm2616
      @frankm2616 Před 4 lety +5

      Probably more than the whole population of Europe

    • @welp4576
      @welp4576 Před 4 lety

      Decipher sr pelo

  • @Tor-Erik
    @Tor-Erik Před 10 měsíci +2

    Greetings from Norway.
    It's really fun to see how our contry and all other contries takes different shapes, borders and flags during the 600+ years journey.

  • @deltalima9640
    @deltalima9640 Před 3 lety +1

    Hey there. Say, do you have a GIS dataset for this? Would love to make an interactive map on a website for this! With a time slider and metadata pop up info and things like that

  • @Sebowsky_
    @Sebowsky_ Před 5 lety +257

    0:20-2:15 I love how the music synces with the slides.

    • @CLazar64
      @CLazar64 Před 5 lety +7

      This music is Kevin Macleod - Angevine B

    • @Letsplaypasi
      @Letsplaypasi Před 5 lety

      This music is Kevin macleod angevine b

    • @CLazar64
      @CLazar64 Před 5 lety +1

      @@Letsplaypasi I writted this already,but do you know what is music at 2:20

    • @aced_1606
      @aced_1606 Před 5 lety

      @@CLazar64 its in the credits at the end

    • @CLazar64
      @CLazar64 Před 5 lety

      Ok Thanks

  • @thememeking9771
    @thememeking9771 Před 6 lety +26

    I love the music at the beginning it sounds so medieval

  • @Meighouighn
    @Meighouighn Před 3 lety +2

    "How many crescents do you want on your flag"
    Ottoman Empire during 1517: yes

  • @iwonderwhatthisredbuttondo4620

    2020:no more changing? Well here’s a change,I’m leaving Europe bye
    Europe: *crab rave*

  • @gabrielgri
    @gabrielgri Před 5 lety +147

    9:50 Isis

  • @NH-ge4vz
    @NH-ge4vz Před 6 lety +24

    Nice little detail at 8:52 from 1956 to 57' , you see a "small" island appear in the Inland sea of the Netherlands. Nice in-depth research. Good job, +1 like.

  • @DanksterPaws
    @DanksterPaws Před 4 lety

    Back then... I wanst expecting this guy to be making very accurate geological timelines

  • @bruh-wf3nq
    @bruh-wf3nq Před 4 lety +27

    8:41 My Biggest Extent :)

    • @ananttiwari1337
      @ananttiwari1337 Před 3 lety +5

      Was your name a country earlier?

    • @cprow0997
      @cprow0997 Před 3 lety

      @@ananttiwari1337 it was probably Soviet Union

    • @MythoRaptor
      @MythoRaptor Před 2 lety

      false, Russian empire was the biggest extent of russia

    • @JoemamaGaming-md6je
      @JoemamaGaming-md6je Před 2 lety

      @@MythoRaptor but, Soviet had satelite state

  • @metecorak7250
    @metecorak7250 Před 8 lety +380

    Switzerland is like : Why am i surrounded with stupid countries !?

    • @elpresidente5767
      @elpresidente5767 Před 7 lety +64

      And the other country are like
      Why im next to a thief country

    • @Fr3ddz0r5
      @Fr3ddz0r5 Před 7 lety +14

      gotta stash the cash somewear when shit goes down, why not the swiss alps close to all. need a safe place 4 the rich people you know duhhh

    • @JustAnotherNamelessGuy
      @JustAnotherNamelessGuy Před 5 lety

      think of the poor billionaires you ignorant fool

    • @fastskeppy971
      @fastskeppy971 Před 5 lety

      Mete Corak Switzerland ain’t messing around

    • @DVXDemetrivs
      @DVXDemetrivs Před 5 lety +2

      Switzerland fought in the Napoleonic Wars 1803-1813 for France

  • @lukas-rh5bk
    @lukas-rh5bk Před 5 lety +423

    1991- **USSR has left the game**

  • @modernmusicofthedarkages296

    Some explanation to the which country had which flag would be nice

  • @50shekels
    @50shekels Před 4 lety +2

    Spain looks like an 80 year old man who tried to do a 480 degrees jump, fell and can’t get back up with that positioning

  • @Roy-ss5fd
    @Roy-ss5fd Před 7 lety +597

    6:30 What a detailed flag you have there France!

    • @ethelmarie7438
      @ethelmarie7438 Před 7 lety +71

      Kefir 2.0 sir the flag of france is pure white because of monarchy and chage when napoleon replace the king of france but the flag of naval france is white

    • @TomaTTC23
      @TomaTTC23 Před 7 lety +84

      The kawii gamer 10 no, it's because that's the flag france usually uses during wars

    • @australiaballbrother7235
      @australiaballbrother7235 Před 6 lety +66

      Its the Surrender of Flag to keep france surrenders in any wars

    • @GamerPat
      @GamerPat Před 6 lety +2

      😂

    • @jairaisonpastoi.3535
      @jairaisonpastoi.3535 Před 6 lety +30

      Epic Wanking Guy
      The British use this flag in every war.

  • @AlgolZ
    @AlgolZ  Před 8 lety +403

    I'm expecting riots coming from the way I show disputed territories.
    By the way, yeah yeah I know, had to get this done before I reanimate the drift video full-time.

    • @lupettoversilia
      @lupettoversilia Před 8 lety +1

      the state with king-David star, in Anatolia down in the commenta it's named "Karamanids", this is real, or it's wrong ??

    • @lupettoversilia
      @lupettoversilia Před 8 lety

      1668 russian flag
      (the first geometric flag of Russia don't was the flag of Peter the Great in 3stripes, white, blue & red, inspired by Netherlands flag,
      introduced around 1700/1703)

    • @lupettoversilia
      @lupettoversilia Před 8 lety

      +Lupetto Versilia
      ??? ←(i have forget to write these)
      :-)

    • @lupettoversilia
      @lupettoversilia Před 8 lety

      www.rbvex.it/russia.html

    • @lupettoversilia
      @lupettoversilia Před 8 lety

      this is ↑ my main source, it's in Italian, but the years than shows the official flag's introducing are wrotes clearly.
      (i hope you can understand my very bad english)
      :-)

  • @boxthememeguy
    @boxthememeguy Před 2 lety

    the flag u have as ur pfp is nice

  • @stakee_6036
    @stakee_6036 Před 4 lety +1

    Everyone:changes flag
    Switzerland:NOT UNDER MY ROOF!

  • @Ahreta
    @Ahreta Před 8 lety +307

    8:48
    USSR: "Our sickle is the wrong shape, let's change it"
    ???

    • @hectork-l9670
      @hectork-l9670 Před 8 lety +5

      I'm not sure which one I prefer.

    • @sirnate9065
      @sirnate9065 Před 8 lety +18

      This is all I found on Wikipedia:
      In the third session of the CIK of the USSR, the description of Soviet flag in the Constitution was changed, and article 71 was edited to be: 'The state flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics consists of a red or scarlet field, and in the canton a golden sickle and hammer, and a red five-pointed star bordered in gold above them. The ratio of width to length is 1:2.' On 19 August 1955 "Statute on the State Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" was adopted by a decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. This resulted in a change of the hammer's handle length and the shape of the sickle.

    • @user-jw3bt3zu1b
      @user-jw3bt3zu1b Před 8 lety +14

      Actually it really was a wrong shape. There is the story of how Soviet government chose the coat of arms with hammer and sickle. They asked some workers to bring them hammer a sickle to copy its look, but the workers brought a broken one and the government didn't notice (the pommel was upside down). After a while they realized that mistake and had to change it.

    • @marvelfannumber1
      @marvelfannumber1 Před 8 lety +37

      9:28
      Russia: "The blue and red is too bright, let's change it!"

    • @Exodon2020
      @Exodon2020 Před 8 lety +1

      That change was probably to adapt the flag to be historically more accurate I guess. Before it looked like a color shifted flag of Luxenburg (no offense)

  • @stickansspel3902
    @stickansspel3902 Před 5 lety +329

    6:33 THE BEST MUSIC EVER LOL

  • @mohdthaher1219
    @mohdthaher1219 Před 4 lety +1

    All the national flages of Eu'm together. is something. Rare and send a happy message in the soul

  • @ln_bssl9054
    @ln_bssl9054 Před 4 lety +5

    8:30
    Hitler : I WILL CONQUER ALL THE EUROPE !!!!!!
    Swiss : not all little boy.

  • @CC-hx8gj
    @CC-hx8gj Před 5 lety +109

    8:28: *America: Why do I hear boss music?*

    • @jackiboy2773
      @jackiboy2773 Před 5 lety +4

      Is that one of those terraria meme things and maybe Soviet Union aswell

    • @rayanmontcuqq2698
      @rayanmontcuqq2698 Před 4 lety +5

      France gamer : *wtf me too*
      American gamer : *i think its nazi*
      American gamer : *France Franceeeeeee where are him*
      France gamer : *He are in Belgium !!!!!!!!!!*
      American gamer : *goodbye old friends 😭*
      *5 years later*
      France gamer : *re guys*

    • @whoopzee9646
      @whoopzee9646 Před 4 lety +2

      I SURRENDER

  • @Roy-ss5fd
    @Roy-ss5fd Před 7 lety +189

    I like how the music got more intense as soon as Nazi Germany showed up

    • @Roy-ss5fd
      @Roy-ss5fd Před 7 lety +44

      and when the soviet union collapsed, the music got a lot more peaceful

    • @blue_pingu
      @blue_pingu Před 6 lety +6

      Roy Yang it got more intense when it fell due to the quietness that was happening in Europe.

    • @oboe-chan5346
      @oboe-chan5346 Před 6 lety

      Roy Yang LULZ

    • @rp652crew8
      @rp652crew8 Před 6 lety

      same bro

    • @tannerzade8398
      @tannerzade8398 Před 6 lety +1

      Or the kinda weird unsteady music plays when ISIS shows up

  • @traviscampbell7885
    @traviscampbell7885 Před 4 lety +4

    I love it how Scotland and England never changed (besides the treaty of the union stuff)

    • @r.o.b8728
      @r.o.b8728 Před 4 lety

      Dude they took land from ireland 1555

  • @deano1549
    @deano1549 Před rokem +1

    Everyone’s flag appears to be changing while Scotland and England are just chilling lmao

  • @ultragamer4960
    @ultragamer4960 Před 7 lety +217

    Best Flag mapping video I've ever seen. Music perfectly timed and the borders are well drawn. 10/10

    • @conquerdaworld7374
      @conquerdaworld7374 Před 6 lety +1

      Dank Clorox Bleach!!!!! BEST MUSIC DE AUSTRIO-HUNGARIA MARCH

    • @augustine868
      @augustine868 Před 6 lety

      I agree except Sardinia is q bit big

    • @mcveigh1579
      @mcveigh1579 Před 6 lety

      UltraGamer 49 yea. Like when Nazis came, the music got all intense

  • @oswor7572
    @oswor7572 Před 7 lety +65

    Switzerland Just grabbed a popcorn and started to watch whole fucking years. Since 1803

    • @VisHis5
      @VisHis5 Před 6 lety

      Yari herrera pourquoi tu fais genre tu parles francais mdrr g rien compris a ce que tu as dit

  • @kkuugglleesskkooeerr
    @kkuugglleesskkooeerr Před 4 lety +10

    Thank you for an interesting video - it must have been an enormous work!
    During the Kalmar Union 1397-1523 the involved countries almost certainly had their own flags, even if there was also this union flag.
    Just to make the question about the Danish flag clear: We know that a cross-banner was used by Valdemar I the Great 1154-1182, but we cannot be certain about the colors. The telling that God gave the danes their flag during the battle of Lyndanisse in 1219 is a myth not known before the end of the Kalmar Union. The red flag with the white cross however, is documented to have been used by Valdemar IV "Atterdag" 1334-1375.
    By the way - during the German occupation of Denmark 1940-45 we never used the German flag - the Danish flag was still the official one.

    • @SchimmelpfennigVonDerOye
      @SchimmelpfennigVonDerOye Před rokem

      This video also shows frontline. Denmark was occupied by German force, as such they're shown with a german flag, but the border between the two states is still there.

  • @torna2508
    @torna2508 Před 3 lety +2

    Germany: *Starts eating tother countries*
    Germany 4 years later: _Failed to connect to the server. You are banned permanently._

  • @aidanosadchuk1360
    @aidanosadchuk1360 Před 5 lety +65

    You know when everyone in the class is going through drama and can’t stop fighting, but you just sit there and watch? That’s how Switzerland feels.

  • @BuriedFlame
    @BuriedFlame Před 6 lety +244

    I liked Russia's changes..."hey let's make a double headed eagle...with a crest...and a crown...no two crowns...nah, that's getting ridiculous, solid colours! Actually....bring that bird back! With three crowns! Yeah, people like crowns! Um...go back to colours...uh, one colours with an icon! That's cool...what's that noise *Berlin Wall crashes down* Ok, people want colours again!"

    • @user-fe9um3nf8b
      @user-fe9um3nf8b Před 5 lety +4

      Ну такое.

    • @thundreski
      @thundreski Před 5 lety +2

      BuriedFlame "Now let's make those colors a darker shade!"

    • @anbu6995
      @anbu6995 Před 5 lety +3

      имперский флаг был реально крут

    • @Vladimir-ui3ij
      @Vladimir-ui3ij Před 5 lety +5

      В то время как мы с дизайном флага играли о нас разбивались империи, появлялись и исчезали государства

    • @chm5750
      @chm5750 Před 5 lety +4

      Learn your history, the double headed eagle has its origin from the Byzantium empire

  • @percentagon4761
    @percentagon4761 Před 3 lety +4

    Flags then: strong doge
    Flags now:weamk domge

  • @thefemboyslayer
    @thefemboyslayer Před 3 lety

    8:42 Bump in the night from Scp:cb, nice add!

  • @AlgolZ
    @AlgolZ  Před 7 lety +284

    LEZZ GOOO 1 MILLION!!! Thanks guys, even if half the comments are about Kosovo...
    Also before any more people comment this, the red cross on gold is the flag of the Kalmar Union, which Denmark was a part of.

    • @ImANoob_YT
      @ImANoob_YT Před 7 lety

      Algol because I watch much

    • @i3lackfusion
      @i3lackfusion Před 7 lety

      Algol am I stupid or did you miss Napoleon???

    • @AlgolZ
      @AlgolZ  Před 7 lety +2

      I3LacKFuSSioN The former

    • @se-ku3op
      @se-ku3op Před 7 lety

      Algol IM SO EXCITED FOR THE NEXT TIMELINE OF NATIONAL FLAGS VIDEO FROM 3000 BC. TO 1444 :D

    • @user-nz4hx1bn3p
      @user-nz4hx1bn3p Před 7 lety +5

      Косово is Serbia!!!

  • @alldead345
    @alldead345 Před 5 lety +238

    Everybody: changing Flags
    Switzerland: we dont do that here

    • @fur_avery
      @fur_avery Před 4 lety +29

      Denmark*

    • @tj-vr9nm
      @tj-vr9nm Před 4 lety

      Wiktor *sweden

    • @glitchster995
      @glitchster995 Před 4 lety

      Me: u sure?????????????????????????????
      Switzerland: *rewrites history from scratch*
      Me: yup

    • @rainyday7831
      @rainyday7831 Před 4 lety +2

      You mean Denmark not Swiss
      Swiss:1888
      France: uhhh 1830S

    • @tobiokagayama2522
      @tobiokagayama2522 Před 4 lety

      Switzerland*

  • @siamaz9313
    @siamaz9313 Před 4 lety +5

    I like how borders are presented from ww1 and ww2

  • @doct2553
    @doct2553 Před rokem

    What software are you using at the beginning of the video?

  • @darthsoup8621
    @darthsoup8621 Před 6 lety +60

    6:08 france b like nvm switch the colors around

  • @davrosdarlek7058
    @davrosdarlek7058 Před 5 lety +262

    2:20 polish graphics upgrade 2.0

  • @cow_tools_
    @cow_tools_ Před 4 lety +3

    Never knew that Italy changed the shade of their flag in 2003.