Danville

City · 1792 CE · in North America

Capital of Confederate States of America (1861–1865).

Washington, D.C. (1790 CE): Federal capital of the United States, created by the Residence Act of 1790 on the Potomac River and designed by Pierre L'Enfant.
Tehran (1794 CE): Capital of Pahlavi Dynasty (1925–1978), Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–today).
Hilo (c. 1796 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Hawaï'i (1796–1802).
Colombo (c. 1796 CE): Capital of British Ceylon (1796–1814), Sri Lanka (1972–today).
Reykjavík (1786 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1939), Republic of Iceland (1946–today).
Gujranwala (c. 1799 CE): Capital of Sikh Empire (1799–1848).
Lucerne (c. 1799 CE): Capital of Helvetic Republic (1799–1799).
Bukittinggi (1784 CE): Capital of Republic of Indonesia (1948–1950).
Corfu (c. 1800 CE): Capital of Septinsular Republic (1800–1807).
Windsor (c. 1783 CE): Capital of Vermont Republic (1783–1790).

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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.