History of the flag of Ecuador

1.- Monarchical Flag of 1533

Spanish flag, used in the Royal Audience of Quito during the colonial period,
from 1533 until August 10, 1809, when the first cry for independence took
place.

2.- Flag of August 10, 1809

The leaders of 1809 hoisted a red flag with a white mast against the
Spanish authorities.

3.- Flag of 9 October 1820

The patriots of October 9, 1820, used a flag with five horizontal stripes
and three stars in the central strip to symbolize Guayaquil, Portoviejo
and Machala.

4.- Flag of 25 May 1822

The Colombian tricolor, which presided over Pichincha’s feat, was
officially hoisted on 25 May over the fort of El Panecillo and served as
a sign of annexation to Gran Colombia.

5.- Flag of June 2, 1822

When the proclamation and incorporation of the Free Province of
Guayaquil was made official, it issued a decree on June 2, 1822 in
which it is stated that the pavilion will be white and its first superior
headquarters blue, with a star in its center.

6.- Flag of March 6, 1845

When Ecuador separated from Greater Colombia in 1830. During the
Marcist Revolution of 1845 the blue/white flag, now in the form of a
vertical tricolor, the blue stripe with stars, returns.
7.- Flag of November 6, 1845
The Constitution of Cuenca ratified by decree on November 6, 1845
the blue color of the Ecuadorian sky, turning the three stars into seven,
"as symbols of the seven provinces that make up the Republic". The
Marcista flag lasted from 1845 to 1860.

7.- Flag of 26 September 1860

After the victory of Garcia Moreno over the forces of Castile and Franco
"the bicolor has been shamed for treason and bears an indelible stain";
and on September 26, 1860, I discard the bicolor blue and white by the
tricolor, forged with the blood of heroes, as the patriotic symbol of the
people and the pride of our national glories.

8.- Flag of 31 October 1900

Finally, on October 31, nineteen hundred, General Eloy Alfaro
determined that "the National Pavilion" was the tricolor adopted by
Ecuador from the moment it sealed its independence; whose colors
are: yellow, blue and red in horizontal lists, in the order they are
expressed from top to bottom. Carrying in the center the National Coat of
Arms.