Lagos

City · 1472 CE · in North Africa

Capital of Federal Republic of Nigeria (1963–1991).

Nowhatta (c. 1470 CE): Capital of Kashmiri Sultanate (1470–1472).
Sighnaq (c. 1469–1599 CE): Capital of Kazakh Khanate (1469–1599).
Zugdidi (c. 1468 CE): Capital of Principality of Mingrelia (1468–1803).
Sokhumi (c. 1468 CE): Capital of Principality of Abkhazia (1468–1810).
Gremi (c. 1468 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Kakheti (1468–1762).
Sozak (c. 1468 CE): Capital of Kazakh Khanate (1468–1469).
Gao (c. 1464 CE): Capital of Songhai Empire (1464–1591).
Turpan (c. 1463 CE): Capital of Moghulistan (1463–1518), Eastern Chagatai Khanate (1492–1511), Eastern Moghulistan (1519–1570), and 1 more.
Aksu (c. 1463 CE): Capital of Moghulistan (1463–1518), Eastern Chagatai Khanate (1492–1511), Eastern Moghulistan (1519–1570), and 1 more.
Sarajevo (1462 CE): Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–today).

Around the same time and place

Mali Empire (c. 1235–1670 CE): West African empire founded by Sundiata Keita that at its height in the 14th century stretched from the Atlantic coast to the Niger bend and controlled major gold sources.
Songhai Empire (c. 1464–1591 CE): Empire centred on Gao that under Sunni Ali and Askia Muhammad became one of the largest states in African history before falling to a Moroccan invasion in 1591.
Benin Bronzes (c. 1500 CE): Thousands of cast brass plaques and sculptures made for the royal court of the Kingdom of Benin, mostly from the 16th century onwards; looted by British forces in 1897.
Elmina Castle (1482 CE): Built by the Portuguese in 1482 on the Gold Coast, the oldest surviving European building south of the Sahara; captured by the Dutch in 1637, it became a major hub of the Atlantic slave trade.
São Tomé (1485 CE): Capital of São Tomé and Príncipe (1976–today).
Askia Muhammad I (c. 1443 CE – 1538 CE): Emperor of Songhai from 1493 to 1528 who expanded and centralised the empire and promoted Islamic learning in Timbuktu.