Levuka

City · c. 1871 CE · in Oceania

Capital of Kingdom of Fiji (1871–1874).

Bujumbura (1871 CE): Capital of Republic of Burundi (1963–2019).
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Port Moresby (1873 CE): Capital of Papua New Guinea (1975–today).
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Budapest (c. 1867 CE): Capital of Hungarian Nationalists (1867–1918), Austria-Hungary (1868–1918), Hungarian Republic (1919–1943), and 1 more.
Dessau (c. 1863–2007 CE): Capital of Duchy of Anhalt (1863–1870).
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Brazzaville (1880 CE): Capital of Free French (1940–1943).
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Around the same time and place

Nouméa (1854 CE): Capital of New Caledonia (1856–1859).
Port Vila (c. 1907 CE): Capital of New Hebrides (1907–1980), Vanuatu (1983–today).
Blackbirding in the Pacific (1863–1904 CE): Recruitment, often by deception or force, of tens of thousands of Pacific Islanders, mainly from Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, to work on Queensland sugar plantations.
Cession of Fiji to Britain (1874 CE): Chief Seru Epenisa Cakobau and other chiefs ceded Fiji to Britain at Levuka on 10 October 1874; Indian indentured labourers were brought in from 1879.