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When did the Union Jack last change?

When did the Union Jack last change?
1 January 1801
St Patrick's saltire was added for the union with Ireland

The flag has been unchanged for over two centuries, including through Irish independence in 1922 — the red diagonal representing Ireland stayed. Wales is not represented on it at all, because Wales had been annexed before the flag was designed and was treated as part of England. The design is also asymmetric, which is why it can be flown upside down, and occasionally is.

What
St Patrick's saltire was added for the union with Ireland
When
1 January 1801
Category
Countries and borders
Could this change?
Not in any foreseeable way. The event is closed.

Countries and borders

Question When
When did a country last join the United Nations? 14 July 2011
When was the US Constitution last amended? 7 May 1992
When did Britain last change its currency system? 15 February 1971
When did the US flag last change? 4 July 1960
When was a US state last admitted? 21 August 1959
When did a European country last change calendar? 1923
When did the size of the US Supreme Court last change? 1869

This page gives a date and never a "years ago". These pages are built as static files, so a computed interval would freeze at build time and quietly become wrong — which on a reference site is worse than making the reader do the subtraction.

Common questions

When did the Union Jack last change?
1 January 1801 — St Patrick's saltire was added for the union with Ireland.
What happened?
The flag has been unchanged for over two centuries, including through Irish independence in 1922 — the red diagonal representing Ireland stayed. Wales is not represented on it at all, because Wales had been annexed before the flag was designed and was treated as part of England. The design is also asymmetric, which is why it can be flown upside down, and occasionally is.

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Sources

  1. Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)

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