File:First Bear Flag of California (1846).svg

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Беларуская: Першапачатковы «Мядзведжы сцяг», 14 чэрвеня 1846 - 9 ліпеня 1846

Čeština: První Medvědí vlajka (1846)

Deutsch: Flagge der Republik Kalifornien

English: The original flag of the California Republic

Esperanto: Flago de la Respubliko Kalifornio

Español: La bandera original de la República de California

فارسی: بازسازی دیجیتالی پرچم خرس اولیه

Suomi: Kalifornian tasavallan käyttämä karhulippu. Samaa pohjaa on käytetty myös Kalifornian nykyisessä lipussa.

日本語: カリフォルニア共和国の国旗（1846年まで）

Nederlands: Eerste Bear Flag (digitale reproductie)

Norsk bokmål: Californiarepublikkens flagg. "Bjørneflagget", Californiarepublikkens offisielle flagg og forgjengeren til dagens flagg

Kapampangan: Ing Banderang Bear ning Republica ning California

Português: Reprodução digital baseada na original bandeira do urso. Bandeira da República da Califórnia.

Русский: Первоначальный флаг Калифорнийской республики

Slovenčina: Digitálna reprodukcia originálnej Medvedej vlajky z roku 1846

Svenska: Republiken Kalifornien. Rekonstruktion av den första flaggan.

Tagalog: Watawat ng Republika ng California

Українська: Прапор Каліфорнійської Республіки

中文：原版熊旗，1890年绘制.

Date

1846

Source

English: Self made, based on http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/toddflag.html

Author

User:Smurrayinchester

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:48, 7 October 2023	494 × 321 (19 KB)	Klipty	Finally fixed the maroon of the bottom stripe to be more accurate to the surviving flag in the Sonoma Barracks. This version now matches both the contemporary description of pigments as well as the shades of the first-hand reproduction.
	16:17, 25 March 2023	494 × 321 (29 KB)	James Allison	Reverted to version as of 02:41, 31 July 2007 (UTC), see https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/11yw4z4/from_20172022_the_vatican_flag_svg_on_wikimedia/jdbvnyg/
	17:42, 24 March 2021	494 × 321 (19 KB)	Great Brightstar	Rework the text
	04:39, 22 October 2020	494 × 321 (30 KB)	Klipty	Reverted to version as of 17:00, 11 December 2019 (UTC), because it matches descriptions of the pigments used (Venetian red and Spanish brown) along with matching the colors of the star and bear as seen on the reproduction at the Sonoma barracks today.
	20:17, 29 June 2020	494 × 321 (29 KB)	Manderluh	Reverted to version as of 16:22, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
	17:00, 11 December 2019	494 × 321 (30 KB)	Klipty	Reverted to version as of 07:04, 18 February 2019 (UTC), because the colors more closely match descriptions and reproductions of Todd's flag
	16:22, 13 March 2019	494 × 321 (29 KB)	RafaelyGarabat2002	Reverted to version as of 02:41, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
	07:04, 18 February 2019	494 × 321 (30 KB)	Klipty	Adjusted the colors to be closer to the flag made by William Ide
	02:41, 31 July 2007	494 × 321 (29 KB)	Zscout370	Fixing SVG image
	16:58, 11 July 2007	494 × 321 (19 KB)	Smurrayinchester	Fix colour