Nassau

City · 1695 CE · in North America

Capital of Commonwealth of The Bahamas (1973–today).

Kingston (1692 CE): Capital of Jamaica (1963–today).
Dushanbe (1700 CE): Capital of Republic of Tajikistan (1992–today).
Wetzlar (c. 1689 CE): Capital of Holy Roman Empire (1689–1806), Holy Roman Empire Minor States (1689–1806).
Bissau (1687 CE): Capital of Republic of Guinea-Bissau (1974–today).
Saint Petersburg (1703 CE): Peter the Great founded Saint Petersburg on the Neva delta in 1703 as a 'window to Europe'. It was Russia's capital from 1712 to 1918.
São Borja (1682 CE): Capital of Riograndense Republic (1836–1845).
Hanover (c. 1709 CE): Capital of Electorate of Hanover (1709–1802), Kingdom of Hanover (1814–1865).
Kandahar (c. 1709 CE): Capital of Hotaki Dynasty (1709–1737), Durrani Empire (1748–1776).
Qoqon (c. 1709 CE): Capital of Khanate of Kokand (1709–1876).
Kumasi (1680 CE): Capital of Ashanti Empire (1702–1897).

Around the same time and place

Spanish treasure fleet (1566–1790 CE): Convoys of the Flota de Indias sailed from Seville (later Cádiz) to Veracruz, Cartagena and Portobelo, gathered at Havana, and returned via the Florida Straits and the Azores laden with American silver and gold.
Jamestown (1607–1699 CE): First permanent English settlement in the Americas, founded by the Virginia Company; capital of Virginia until 1699.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 CE – 1826 CE): Principal author of the Declaration of Independence and third US President, who made the Louisiana Purchase.
Toussaint Louverture (c. 1743 CE – 1803 CE): Formerly enslaved general who led the Haitian Revolution and governed Saint-Domingue; he was seized by the French and died in prison in France.
La Salle’s descent of the Mississippi (1681–1682 CE): René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle travelled from the Illinois country down the Mississippi to its mouth, where in April 1682 he claimed the whole river basin for France and named it Louisiana.
New Orleans (1718 CE): Founded by the French near the mouth of the Mississippi River; a major port whose Creole culture gave rise to jazz.
Golden Age of Piracy (c. 1650–1730 CE): Period of widespread piracy in the Caribbean and Atlantic; Nassau in the Bahamas served as a pirate base until the British restored order in 1718.
English capture of Jamaica (1655 CE): An English expedition sent by Oliver Cromwell seized Jamaica from Spain, which became a major sugar and slave colony.