Dodoma

City · 1906 CE · in Sub-Saharan Africa

Capital of Tanzania (1996–today).

Related

• Lusaka (1905 CE): Capital of Zambia (1967–today).
• Port Vila (c. 1907 CE): Capital of New Hebrides (1907–1980), Vanuatu (1983–today).
• Kigali (1907 CE): Capital of Republic of Rwanda (1963–today).
• Boma (c. 1908 CE): Capital of Belgian Congo (1908–1960).
• Lilongwe (1902 CE): Capital of Malawi (1975–today).
• Mbabane (1902 CE): Capital of Eswatini (1969–today).
• N'Djamena (1900 CE): Capital of Republic of Chad (1961–today).
• Muscat (c. 1900 CE): Capital of Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (1900–1946), Sultanate of Oman (1970–today).
• Gitega (1912 CE): Capital of Republic of Burundi (2019–today).
• Nairobi (1899 CE): Capital of Republic of Kenya (1963–today).

Around the same time and place

• Burton and Speke’s expedition to Lake Tanganyika (1857–1859 CE): Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke travelled inland from Zanzibar along the caravan route and became the first Europeans to reach Lake Tanganyika. On the return Speke went north alone and reached Lake Victoria, which he took to be the source of the Nile.
• Dar es Salaam (1862 CE): Capital of Tanzania (1964–1996).
• Bujumbura (1871 CE): Capital of Republic of Burundi (1963–2019).
• Stanley’s search for Livingstone (1871–1872 CE): Sent by the New York Herald, the journalist Henry Morton Stanley led a caravan from Bagamoyo to Ujiji on Lake Tanganyika, where in November 1871 he found David Livingstone, of whom little had been heard for years.
• Stanley’s crossing of Africa down the Congo (1874–1877 CE): Stanley circumnavigated Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika, then followed the Lualaba from Nyangwe down the Congo to the Atlantic, showing they were one river. The 999-day expedition was marked by heavy losses and violent clashes along the way.
• Harare (1890 CE): Capital of Rhodesia (1967–1978), Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979–1979), Republic of Zimbabwe (1983–today).
• Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897 CE – 1978 CE): Kenyan anti-colonial activist imprisoned by the British, who became Kenya's first prime minister and president after independence in 1963.
• Maji Maji Rebellion (1905–1907 CE): Uprising against German colonial rule in German East Africa, provoked by forced cotton cultivation; its suppression and the ensuing famine killed a large number of people.

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