Hilo

City · c. 1796 CE · in Oceania

Capital of Kingdom of Hawaï'i (1796–1802).

Colombo (c. 1796 CE): Capital of British Ceylon (1796–1814), Sri Lanka (1972–today).
Tehran (1794 CE): Capital of Pahlavi Dynasty (1925–1978), Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–today).
Gujranwala (c. 1799 CE): Capital of Sikh Empire (1799–1848).
Lucerne (c. 1799 CE): Capital of Helvetic Republic (1799–1799).
Danville (1792 CE): Capital of Confederate States of America (1861–1865).
Corfu (c. 1800 CE): Capital of Septinsular Republic (1800–1807).
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.
Lahaina (c. 1802 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Hawaï'i (1802–1845).
Stuttgart (c. 1803 CE): Capital of Electorate of Württemberg (1803–1805), Kingdom of Württemberg (1806–1870).
Salzburg (c. 1803 CE): Capital of Electorate of Salzburg (1803–1805).

Around the same time and place

Kamehameha I (c. 1758 CE – 1819 CE): Hawaiian chief who unified the Hawaiian Islands into a single kingdom by 1810, founding the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Cook’s third voyage: Hawaii and the North Pacific (1777–1779 CE): On his third voyage Cook became the first recorded European to reach Hawaii (1778), charted the northwest coast of North America through the Bering Strait to Icy Cape, and was killed at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, in 1779.
Honolulu (c. 1845 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Hawaï'i (1845–1893), Republic of Hawai'i (1895–1897).
Death of James Cook (1779 CE): Captain James Cook was killed in a confrontation with Native Hawaiians at Kealakekua Bay on 14 February 1779.
Battle of Nuuanu (1795 CE): Kamehameha I defeated the forces of Oahu in 1795, driving many over the Nuuanu Pali cliffs, a decisive step in unifying Hawaii.
Kailua-Kona (c. 1812 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Hawaï'i (1812–1820).
Liliuokalani (1838 CE – 1917 CE): Last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, overthrown in 1893; also a composer, known for the song 'Aloha Oe'.