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Chronology

See also: List of flags of the Philippines

The Spanish East Indies

The following flags were used during from the time the Philippines was a territory of New Spain and later, direct Spanish control. Manila was briefly controlled by the British.

The Spanish East Indies (1563–1898)

Flag	Period	Description	Use
	1535–1730	Flag used when the Philippine Islands were a part of New Spain.	The Cross of Burgundy: a red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned branches, on a white field.
	1730-1761	Used during Spanish East Indies period.	Flag of Spain under the reign of King Felipe V.
	1761-1785	Used during Spanish East Indies period.	Flag of Spain under the reign of King Felipe V's grandson, King Carlos III
	1762–1764	Flag during the British occupation of the Philippines, as used in occupied Manila and Cavite	The flag of the British East India Company before 1810: A flag with red and white stripes with the Kingdom of Great Britain's Union Flag as a canton. The Union flag bears red cross on a white field, commonly called St George's Cross, superimposed on a white saltire on a blue field, known as St Andrew's Cross. Also known as the "King's Colours."
	1785–1873	Used during Spanish East Indies period.	Three horizontal stripes of red, weld-yellow and red, the centre stripe being twice as wide as each red stripe with arms in the first third of the weld-yellow stripe. The arms are crowned and vertically divided, the left red field with a tower representing Castille, the right white field with a lion representing León.
	1873–1874	Used by the Spanish East Indies under the First Spanish Republic.	Three horizontal stripes: red, weld-yellow and red, the yellow strip being twice as wide as each red stripe with arms in the first third of the yellow stripe. Royal crown removed from arms.
	1874-1898	Used during Spanish East Indies after the restoration of the Spanish monarchy.	The flag of the Kingdom of Spain used prior to the First Spanish Republic was reinstated.

Philippine Revolution

Philippine Revolution

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1897–1898	First official flag of the Phliipine republic and used during the Philippine Revolution	The flag was created in Naic, Cavite and first displayed in 1897. It features an eight-rayed white sun with a mythical face on a field of red.
	1898–1901	Design as conceived by President Emilio Aguinaldo. The exact shade of blue is debated; three variants were used by subsequent governments.	Sewn by Doña Marcela Marino de Agoncillo, Lorenza Agoncillo, and Delfina Herbosa de Natividad in Hong Kong and first flown in battle on May 28, 1898. It was formally unfurled during the Proclamation of Philippine Independence on June 12, 1898 by President Aguinaldo. It contains a mythical sun (with a face) common to many former Spanish colonies; the triangle of Masonry; the eight rays representing the provinces that first revolted and were placed under Martial Law by the Spanish at the start of the 1896 Revolution. The flag was initially unfurled with the blue stripe above, but was flown with the red stripe above at the outbreak of the Philippine-American War in 1899.

American and Commonwealth Period

The Spanish East Indies (1563–1898)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1898–1908	Used while under direct administration from the United States of America.	Thirteen horizontal stripes of alternating red and white representing the original Thirteen Colonies; in the canton, white stars on a blue field, the number of stars increased as the United States expanded its territory.
	1908–1912	Variant after Oklahoma became a state
	1912–1946	Variant after Arizona and New Mexico achieved statehood
	1919–1936	The shade of blue used here is Navy Blue, following suit from the American Flag.	Design conceived by Emilio Aguinaldo remains but the shades of blue and red were adopted from the American flag. The sun's face was removed, but its stylised rays were retained.
	1936–1985	Defined under Executive Order No. 23, s. 1936. The shade of blue used here is Navy Blue, following suit from the American Flag. Also used by the Commonwealth government-in-exile from 1942-1945	Specifications codified; sun further simplified, achieving its present form.
	1942–1943	Used during the Japanese Occupation.	The Hinomaru as it appeared until 1999: a red sun-disc, shifted 1% left of centre, on a white field.
	October 14, 1943	Used during the inauguration of the Second Republic.	The original design by Aguinaldo remained constant. However, the shades of blue and red varied through the years. In 1998, the flag gained its present definitive shades.
	1985–1986	Altered by Executive Order No. 1010, s. 1985. The shade of blue was changed from Navy Blue to Light Blue, amidst debate on the shade used in the original flag. A pale Sky Blue was the actual colour used since it was more available at that time and not due to any specific historical precedent.
	1986–1998	1936 version of the flag restored after the 1986 People Power Revolution.
	1998–Present	The Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines specifies the colours for the blue field Cable No. 80173; the white field, Cable No. 80001; the red field, Cable No. 80108; and the golden-yellow Stars and Sun, Cable No. 80068. Colours introduced for the Centennial celebrations.