Maputo

City · 1781 CE · in Sub-Saharan Africa

Capital of Mozambique (1976–today).

Georgetown (1781 CE): Capital of Guyana (1967–today).
Bangkok (1782 CE): King Rama I founded the Chakri dynasty and moved the Siamese capital to Rattanakosin Island in 1782; Bangkok is now Thailand's capital.
Windsor (c. 1783 CE): Capital of Vermont Republic (1783–1790).
Quy Nhon (c. 1778 CE): Capital of Tây Son dynasty (1778–1789).
Bukittinggi (1784 CE): Capital of Republic of Indonesia (1948–1950).
Reykjavík (1786 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1939), Republic of Iceland (1946–today).
Seremban (c. 1775 CE): Capital of Negeri Sembilan (1775–1894).
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.
Pontianak (1771 CE): Capital of Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate (1772–1827).
Danville (1792 CE): Capital of Confederate States of America (1861–1865).

Around the same time and place

Shaka (c. 1787 CE – 1828 CE): King who transformed the Zulu into a powerful military kingdom in the 1810s–1820s; assassinated by his half-brothers in 1828.
Kingdom of Mutapa (c. 1430–1760 CE): Shona kingdom between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers that succeeded Great Zimbabwe and traded gold with Swahili and later Portuguese merchants.
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.
Moshoeshoe I (c. 1786 CE – 1870 CE): Founder of the Basotho nation, who gathered refugees of the Mfecane at the mountain stronghold of Thaba Bosiu and later sought British protection.