Port Louis

City · 1735 CE · in Sub-Saharan Africa

Capital of Mauritius (1969–today).

Bulungan (c. 1734 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Bulungan (1734–1747).
San José (1737 CE): Capital of Republic of Costa Rica (1840–today).
Tashkent (c. 1729 CE): Capital of Kazakh Khanate (1729–1781), Republic of Uzbekistan (1992–today).
Diriyah (c. 1744 CE): Capital of Emirate of Diriyah (1744–1818).
Surakarta (1745 CE): Capital of Surakarta Sunanate (1745–1829).
Riyadh (1746 CE): Capital of Emirate of Nejd (1824–1891), Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (1926–1932), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1936–today).
Montevideo (1723 CE): Capital of Federal League (1815–1819), Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1828–today).
Kingstown (1722 CE): Capital of Saint Vincent (1979–today).
Nuuk (1721 CE): Capital of Greenland (1734–1940).
Port-au-Prince (1749 CE): Capital of Haiti (1792–1802), Empire of Haiti (1805–1806), Republic of Haiti (1936–today).

Around the same time and place

Andrianampoinimerina (c. 1745 CE – 1810 CE): King who reunified the Merina kingdom in the central highlands of Madagascar and made Antananarivo its capital.