Port Vila

City · c. 1907 CE · in Oceania

Capital of New Hebrides (1907–1980), Vanuatu (1983–today).

Kigali (1907 CE): Capital of Republic of Rwanda (1963–today).
Dodoma (1906 CE): Capital of Tanzania (1996–today).
Boma (c. 1908 CE): Capital of Belgian Congo (1908–1960).
Lusaka (1905 CE): Capital of Zambia (1967–today).
Lilongwe (1902 CE): Capital of Malawi (1975–today).
Mbabane (1902 CE): Capital of Eswatini (1969–today).
Gitega (1912 CE): Capital of Republic of Burundi (2019–today).
Canberra (1913 CE): Purpose-built capital of Australia, named in 1913 and designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin; Parliament moved there in 1927.
Nizwa (c. 1913 CE): Capital of Imamate of Oman (1913–1919).
N'Djamena (1900 CE): Capital of Republic of Chad (1961–today).

Around the same time and place

Guadalcanal campaign (1942–1943 CE): Six-month Allied campaign from August 1942 to February 1943 on Guadalcanal, the first major Allied offensive against Japan.
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.
Levuka (c. 1871 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Fiji (1871–1874).
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.