Harare

City · 1890 CE · in Sub-Saharan Africa

Capital of Rhodesia (1967–1978), Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979–1979), Republic of Zimbabwe (1983–today).

Omdurman (c. 1890 CE): Capital of Mahdist State (1890–1899).
Bangui (1889 CE): Capital of Central African Republic (1961–today).
Tokyo City (1889–1943 CE): Capital of Empire of Japan (1889–1943).
Djibouti (1888 CE): Capital of Republic of Djibouti (1979–today).
Yaoundé (1888 CE): Capital of Republic of Cameroon (1960–today).
Addis Ababa (1886 CE): Capital of Ethiopia founded in 1886 by Menelik II and Empress Taytu; seat of the African Union.
Vryheid (1884 CE): Capital of Nieuwe Republiek (1885–1888).
Asmara (1897 CE): Capital of State of Eritrea (1993–today).
Abidjan (1898 CE): Capital of Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (1961–1983).
Chania (c. 1898 CE): Capital of Cretan State (1898–1907).

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Nelson Mandela (1918 CE – 2013 CE): Anti-apartheid leader imprisoned for 27 years who became South Africa's first Black president in 1994 and shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.
Second Boer War (1899–1902 CE): War between the British Empire and the Boer republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State; British concentration camps caused the deaths of many Boer and Black African civilians.
Herero and Nama genocide (1904–1908 CE): Campaign of extermination by German colonial forces in South West Africa (Namibia) that killed tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people; often called the first genocide of the 20th century.
Mfecane (c. 1815–1840 CE): Period of widespread warfare and population upheaval in southern Africa linked to the rise of the Zulu kingdom and other states.
Great Trek (c. 1835–1846 CE): Thousands of Dutch-speaking settlers (Voortrekkers) left the British-ruled Cape Colony for the interior, founding republics in Natal, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal and clashing with the Ndebele and Zulu.
Bloemfontein (1846 CE): Capital of Free Orange State (1856–1899), South Africa (1932–today).
Livingstone’s crossing of Africa (1853–1856 CE): David Livingstone travelled from the upper Zambezi to Luanda on the Atlantic and then east to Quelimane on the Indian Ocean, sighting Victoria Falls in 1855; the crossing made him famous in Britain.
Pretoria (1855 CE): Capital of South African Republic (1856–1899), South Africa (1932–today).