São Tomé

City · 1485 CE · in Sub-Saharan Africa

Capital of São Tomé and Príncipe (1976–today).

Bakhchysarai (c. 1490 CE): Capital of Crimean Khanate (1490–1782).
Isker (c. 1490–1587 CE): Capital of Khanate of Sibir (1490–1587).
Ozurgeti (c. 1490 CE): Capital of Principality of Guria (1490–1829).
Chimgi-Tura (c. 1490–1587 CE): Capital of Khanate of Sibir (1490–1587).
Ahilyanagar (c. 1492 CE): Capital of Ahmadnagar Sultanate (1492–1636).
Vijayapura (c. 1492 CE): Capital of Bijapur Sultanate (1492–1686).
Achalpur (c. 1492 CE): Capital of Berar Sultanate (1492–1574).
Vijaypura District (c. 1492 CE): Capital of Bijapur Sultanate (1492–1686).
Lagos (1472 CE): Capital of Federal Republic of Nigeria (1963–1991).
Nowhatta (c. 1470 CE): Capital of Kashmiri Sultanate (1470–1472).

Around the same time and place

Kingdom of Kongo (c. 1390–1914 CE): Central African kingdom with its capital at Mbanza Kongo; after Portuguese contact in 1483 its rulers adopted Christianity, and it later became deeply entangled in the Atlantic slave trade.
Benin Bronzes (c. 1500 CE): Thousands of cast brass plaques and sculptures made for the royal court of the Kingdom of Benin, mostly from the 16th century onwards; looted by British forces in 1897.
M'banza-Kongo (c. 1440 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Kongo (1440–1669).
Elmina Castle (1482 CE): Built by the Portuguese in 1482 on the Gold Coast, the oldest surviving European building south of the Sahara; captured by the Dutch in 1637, it became a major hub of the Atlantic slave trade.
Afonso I of Kongo (c. 1456 CE – 1542 CE): King of Kongo (Nzinga Mbemba) who promoted Christianity and wrote to the Portuguese king protesting the abuses of the slave trade.
Diogo Cão’s voyages to the Congo and Namibia (c. 1482–1486 CE): The Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão reached the mouth of the Congo River and made contact with the Kingdom of Kongo, then on a second voyage sailed down the coast of Angola to Cape Cross in Namibia, marking his landfalls with stone padrões.