Castleton

City · 1761 CE · in North America

Capital of Vermont Republic (1783–1790).

Kota Bharu (c. 1762 CE): Capital of Kelantan (1762–1904).
Corte (c. 1757 CE): Capital of Corsican Republic (1757–1768).
Yogyakarta (1756 CE): Capital of Republic of Indonesia (1946–1948).
Laredo (1755 CE): Capital of Republic of the Rio Grande (1840–1840).
Mandalay (c. 1752 CE): Capital of Konbaung Dynasty (1752–1819).
Kuwait City (1752 CE): Capital of State of Kuwait (1961–1989), Kuwait (1991–today).
Amarapura (c. 1752 CE): Capital of Konbaung Dynasty (1752–1819).
Shwebo (1752 CE): Capital of Konbaung Dynasty (1752–1819).
Pontianak (1771 CE): Capital of Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate (1772–1827).
Port-au-Prince (1749 CE): Capital of Haiti (1792–1802), Empire of Haiti (1805–1806), Republic of Haiti (1936–today).

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George Washington (1732 CE – 1799 CE): Commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and first President of the United States (1789–1797).
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783 CE): War in which thirteen British colonies, aided by France, won independence and formed the United States of America.
US Declaration of Independence (1776 CE): Adopted by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia on 4 July 1776, it declared the thirteen colonies independent and asserted natural rights.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 CE – 1865 CE): 16th President of the United States, who led the Union through the Civil War, issued the Emancipation Proclamation and was assassinated in 1865.
Benjamin Franklin (1706 CE – 1790 CE): Printer, scientist, inventor and diplomat of Philadelphia; a Founding Father who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and secured the French alliance.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 CE – 1826 CE): Principal author of the Declaration of Independence and third US President, who made the Louisiana Purchase.
Siege of Yorktown (1781 CE): American and French forces trapped and forced the surrender of Cornwallis's army, effectively ending major fighting in the Revolutionary War.
US Constitution (1787 CE): Drafted at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 and in force from 1789, it created the federal government of the United States; the oldest written national constitution in use.