Monrovia

City · 1822 CE · in North Africa

Capital of Republic of Liberia (1848–today).

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• Meiningen (c. 1820 CE): Capital of Saxe-Meiningen (1820–1870).
• Sankt Wendel (c. 1820 CE): Capital of Principality of Lichtenberg (1820–1827).
• Bishkek (1825 CE): Capital of Kyrgyzstan (1992–today).
• Grozny (1818 CE): Capital of Chechen Republic (1993–2005).
• Montgomery (1817 CE): Capital of Confederate States of America (1861–1861).
• Nafplio (c. 1827 CE): Capital of First Hellenic Republic (1827–1832).
• Kuching (1827 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Sarawak (1842–1946).
• Malabo (1827 CE): Capital of Guinea (1968–today), Equatorial Guinea (1969–today).
• Wiesbaden (c. 1816 CE): Capital of Duchy of Nassau (1816–1865).
• Banjul (1816 CE): Capital of Republic of The Gambia (1967–today).

Around the same time and place

• Ashanti Empire (1701–1901 CE): Akan state founded by Osei Tutu with its capital at Kumasi, which grew wealthy on gold and trade and resisted British expansion in a series of wars.
• Kingdom of Dahomey (c. 1600–1904 CE): Fon kingdom centred on Abomey in present-day Benin, known for its female soldiers and its role in the Atlantic slave trade; conquered by France in 1894.
• House of Slaves, Gorée (c. 1776 CE): House on Gorée Island off Dakar built around 1776, now a museum and memorial to the Atlantic slave trade; its historical role as a slave-shipping point is debated.
• Founding of Liberia (1822 CE): The American Colonization Society began settling freed African Americans at Cape Mesurado (Monrovia) in 1822; Liberia declared independence in 1847.
• Samori Ture (c. 1828 CE – 1900 CE): Founder of the Wassoulou Empire in West Africa who resisted French colonial conquest for nearly two decades before his capture in 1898.
• Freetown (1792 CE): Founded in 1792 as a settlement for formerly enslaved Black Loyalists from Nova Scotia; capital of Sierra Leone.
• Mungo Park’s journey to the Niger (1795–1797 CE): The Scottish surgeon Mungo Park travelled inland from the Gambia River and in 1796 reached the Niger at Ségou, confirming that the river flows eastward.
• René Caillié’s journey to Timbuktu (1827–1828 CE): Travelling alone and disguised as a Muslim, the Frenchman René Caillié walked from the Guinea coast to Djenné, sailed down the Niger to Timbuktu and crossed the Sahara to Morocco, the first European known to return from the city.

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