Flag Day

In the United Kingdom, Flag Day is celebrated on 17 April. It commemorates the adoption of the national flag of the United Kingdom, the Union Flag, on 17 April 1707, by King James VI and I of Scotland and England.
Flag Day is not a public holiday in the United Kingdom.
==Creation of the first Union Flag by a proclamation of King James VI and I in 1606==
::"By the King: Whereas, some differences hath arisen between Our subjects of South and North Britaine travelling by Seas, about the bearing of their Flagges: For the avoiding of all contentions hereafter. We have, with the advice of our Council, ordered: That from henceforth all our Subjects of this Isle and Kingdome of Great Britaine, and all our members thereof, shall beare in their main-toppe the Red Crosse, commonly called St. George’s Crosse, and the White Crosse, commonly called St. Andrew’s Crosse, joyned together according to the forme made by our heralds, and sent by Us to our Admerall to be published to our Subjects: and in their fore-toppe our Subjects of South Britaine shall weare the Red Crosse onely as they were wont, and our Subjects of North Britaine in their fore-toppe the White Crosse onely as they were accustomed." – 1606A.C. Fox-Davies, The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopædia of Armory (1904), p. 399
Union Jack 1606 England.svg.png|The first Union Flag, created in 1606 and used until 1801
Union Jack 1606 Scotland.svg.png|Variant used in Scotland
==Creation of the 1801 flag by an Order in Council==
::"The Union Flag shall be azure, the Crosses saltire of Saint Andrew and Saint Patrick quarterly per saltire, counter-changed, argent and gules, the latter fimbriated of the second, surmounted by the Cross of Saint George of the third fimbriated as the saltire." - 1801
Union Flag.png|The current Union Flag, in use since 1801.
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