Kuala Lumpur

City · 1857 CE · in Southeast Asia

Capital of Federation of Malaya (1958–1962), Malaysia (1963–today).

Ras Hafun (c. 1856 CE): Capital of Majeerteen Sultanate (1856–1889).
Praia (1858 CE): Capital of Republic of Cabo Verde (1976–today).
Ottawa (1855 CE): Capital of Canada (1932–today).
Pretoria (1855 CE): Capital of South African Republic (1856–1899), South Africa (1932–today).
Almaty (1854 CE): Capital of Kazakhstan (1992–1997).
Nouméa (1854 CE): Capital of New Caledonia (1856–1859).
Vladivostok (1860 CE): Capital of Provisional Priamurye Government (1922–1922).
Turin (c. 1861 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Italy (1861–1865).
Dar es Salaam (1862 CE): Capital of Tanzania (1964–1996).
Saigon (1862–1976 CE): Capital of French Indochina (1887–1954).

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Founding of modern Singapore (1819 CE): Stamford Raffles established a British trading post at Singapore in 1819, which grew into a major free port.
Sukarno (1901 CE – 1970 CE): Leader of the Indonesian nationalist movement who proclaimed independence in 1945 and was the country's first president until 1967.
Kuching (1827 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Sarawak (1842–1946).
Chulalongkorn (1853 CE – 1910 CE): King Rama V of Siam, who modernised the state, abolished slavery and preserved Siamese independence amid British and French colonial expansion.
Kangar (c. 1842 CE): Capital of Kedah-Perlis District (1842–1910).
Aceh War (1873–1904 CE): Long war in which the Netherlands conquered the Sultanate of Aceh in northern Sumatra, at the cost of tens of thousands of lives.