This video shows the history of Europe's flags every year from 1500 to 1599. This also shows territory claims. Here is Part 5, Enjoy! Music: Five Armies by Kevin MacLeod. Five Armies Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Keep in mind the concept of a "national flag", is rather a modern term. The countries during this time was mostly kingdoms with royal authorities, so I used royal standards to represent them. Russia/Muscovy is shown with their coat of arms on a red background, and the smaller states of the Holy Roman Empire is shown with the imperial standard. Sources: Other YouTube history channels Maps used in the video come from mainly TheBlankAtlas, and other various websites. Other main sources: Wikipedia, FOTW, and other various websites. #flags #history #europe