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Countries that Capital Cities have Belonged To Since 1500 A-K

Listed in order of when they had control name the countries that owned every capital city (or a previous settlement in the same location).
From 1500 AD Onward
Some countries may overlap.
Note that some of the symbols are purely for illustrative purposes and may not have been real/are poorly sourced. I've tried to find accurate ones though.
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Capital City
Years
Countries
Symbol
Abu Dhabi
1793 - 1820
Emirate of Abu Dhabi
1820 - 1971
Trucial States
1971 - Now
United Arab Emirates
Abuja
1804 - 1900
Sokoto Caliphate
1900 - 1914
Northern Nigeria
Protectorate
1914 - 1960
Colonial Nigeria
1960 - 1963
Federation of Nigeria
1963 - Now
Federal Republic
of Nigeria
Accra
1550 - 1640
Portuguese Empire
1600 - 1730
Akwamu
1650 - 1663
Swedish Gold Coast
1658 - 1850
Danish Gold Coast
1649 - 1868
Dutch Gold Coast
1821 - 1957
Colony of the
Gold Coast
1957 - 1960
Dominion of Ghana
1960 - Now
Republic of Ghana
Addis Ababa
1270 - 1936
Ethiopian Empire
1936 - 1941
Kingdom of Italy
1941 - 1974
Ethiopian Empire
1974 - 1987
Derg
1987 - 1991
People's Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia
1991 - 1995
Transitional
Government of Ethiopia
1995 - Now
Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia
Algiers
1235 - 1556
Zayyanid Kingdom
of Tlemcen
1470 - 1527
Emirate of Algiers
1516 - 1830
Regency of Algiers
1830 - 1962
French Algeria
1962 - Now
People's Democratic
Republic of Algeria
Amman
1250 - 1517
Mamluk Sultanate
1516 - 1917
Ottoman Empire
1917 - 1920
Occupied Enemy
Territory Administration
1919 - 1920
Arab Kingdom of Syria
1921 - 1946
Emirate of Trans-Jordan
1946 - Now
Hashemite Kingdom
of Jordan
Amsterdam
1482 - 1797
Habsburg Netherlands
1556 - 1741
Spanish Netherlands
1579 - 1795
Republic of the Seven
United Netherlands
1795 - 1806
Batavian Republic /
Batavian Commonwealth
1806 - 1810
Kingdom of Holland
1804 - 1815
First French Empire
1813 - 1815
Sovereign Principality
of the United Netherlands
1815 - 1839
Kingdom of the
Netherlands
1839 - Now
Netherlands
Andorra la Vella
1278 - Now
Andorra
Ankara
1299 - 1922
Ottoman Empire
1922 - Now
Turkey
Antananarivo
1540 - 1882
Merina Kingdom
1882 - 1897
Malagasy Protectorate
1897 - 1958
French Madagascar
1958 - 1975
Malagasy Republic
1975 - 1992
Democratic Republic
of Madagascar
1992 - 2010
Third Republic
of Madagascar
2010 - Now
Republic of Madagascar
Apia
? - 1899
Kingdom of Samoa
1900 - 1920
German Samoa
1920 - 1962
Territory of
Western Samoa
1962 - Now
Samoa
Ashgabat
1370 - 1507
Timurid Empire
1511 - 1873
Khanate of Khiva
1721 - 1917
Russian Empire
1917 - 1918
Turkestan Autonomy
1918 - 1924
Turkestan Autonomous
Soviet Socialist Republic
1922 - 1991
Soviet Union
1991 - Now
Turkmenistan
Asmara
1270 - 1936
Ethiopian Empire
1882 - 1936
Italian Eritrea
1936 - 1941
Italian East Africa
1941 - 1952
British Military
Administration
1952 - 1962
Ethiopian–Eritrean
Federation
1941 - 1974
Ethiopian Empire
1974 - 1987
Derg
1987 - 1991
People's Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia
Astana
1991 - Now
Eritrea
Asunción
1776 - 1825
Viceroyalty of the
Río de la Plata
1825 - Now
Paraguay
Athens
1299 - 1922
Ottoman Empire
1822 - 1832
First Hellenic Republic
1832 - 1924
Kingdom of Greece
1924 - 1935
Second Hellenic Republic
1935 - 1941
Kingdom of Greece
1941 - 1944
Hellenic State
1944 - 1967
Kingdom of Greece
1967 - 1973
Greek junta
1973 - Now
Greece
Baghdad
1370 - 1507
Timurid Empire
1378 - 1503
Aq Qoyunlu
1501 - 1736
Safavid Empire
1299 - 1922
Ottoman Empire
1921 - 1932
Mandatory Iraq
1932 - 1958
Kingdom of Iraq
1958 - 1958
Arab Federation
1958 - 1968
Iraqi Republic
1968 - 2003
Ba'athist Iraq
2003 - 2004
Coalition Provisional
Authority
2004 - Now
Iraq
Baku
1378 - 1503
Aq Qoyunlu
1501 - 1736
Safavid Empire
1299 - 1922
Ottoman Empire
1721 - 1917
Russian Empire
1736 - 1796
Afsharid Empire
1747 - 1806
Baku Khanate
1789 - 1925
Qajar Empire
1918 - 1918
Transcaucasian
Democratic Federative
Republic
1918 - 1920
Azerbaijan Democratic
Republic
1920 - 1922
Azerbaijan Soviet
Socialist Republic
1922 - 1991
Soviet Union
1991 - Now
Azerbaijan
Bamako
1235 - 1670
Mali Empire
1430 - 1591
Songhai Empire
1712 - 1861
Bamana Empire
 
1852 - 1893
Toucouleur Empire
1880 - 1958
French Sudan
1958 - 1960
Sudanese Republic
1959 - 1960
Mali Federation
1960 - Now
Mali
Bandar Seri
Begawan
1368 - 1888
Sultanate of Brunei
1888 - 1942
Protectorate of Brunei
1942 - 1945
Empire of Japan
1945 - 1984
Protectorate of Brunei
1984 - Now
Brunei
Bangkok
1351 - 1767
Ayutthaya Kingdom
1767 - 1782
Thonburi Kingdom
1802 - 1899
Kingdom of Chiang Mai
1782 - 1932
Rattanakosin Kingdom
1932 - Now
Thailand
Bangui
1903 - 1960
Ubangi-Shari
1958 - 1976
Central African Republic
1976 - 1979
Central African Empire
1979 - Now
Central African Republic
Banjul
? - 1816
Kombo
 
1816 - 1965
Gambia Colony
and Protectorate
1965 - 1970
The Gambia
1970 - Now
Republic of The Gambia
Basseterre
1623–1833
Colony of St. Christopher
and Colony of Nevis
1833 - 1958
British Leeward Islands
1958 - 1962
West Indies Federation
1882 - 1983
Saint Christopher
-Nevis-Anguilla
1983 - Now
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Beijing
1368 - 1644
Ming Empire
1644 - 1646
Shun Dynasty
 
1646 - 1912
Great Qing
1912 - 1928
Republic of China
(Beiyang)
1928 - 1948
Republic of China
(Nationalist)
1949 - Now
People's Republic of
China
Beirut
1250 - 1517
Mamluk Sultanate
1516 - 1922
Ottoman Empire
1917 - 1920
Occupied Enemy
Territory Administration
1920 - 1943
Greater Lebanon
1943 - Now
Lebanon
Belgrade
1301 - 1526
Kingdom of Hungary
1526 - 1922
Ottoman Empire
(Intermittently)
1686 - 1699
Habsburg-occupied
Serbia
1718 - 1739
Kingdom of Serbia
1788 - 1791
Koča's Frontier
1804 - 1813
Revolutionary Serbia
1815 - 1882
Principality of Serbia
1882 - 1918
Kingdom of Serbia
1916 - 1918
Military General
Governorate of Serbia
1918 - 1941
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1941 - 1944
German-Occupied
Serbia
1943 - 1945
Democratic Federal
Yugoslavia
1945 - 1992
Socialist Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia
1992 - 2006
Serbia and Montenegro
2006 - Now
Serbia
Belmopan
1783 - 1973
British Honduras
1973 - 1981
Belize
1981 - Now
Belize
Berlin
1157 - 1815
Margraviate of
Brandenburg
1618 - 1701
Brandenburg–Prussia
1701 - 1918
Kingdom of Prussia
1866 - 1871
North German
Confederation
1871 - 1918
German Empire
1918 - 1933
Weimar Republic
1933 - 1945
Nazi Germany
1945 - 1949
Allied-occupied Germany
1949 - 1990
West Germany
East Germany
1990 - Now
Germany
Bern
1291 - 1798
Old Swiss Confederacy
1798 - 1803
Helvetic Republic
1803 - 1815
Swiss Confederation
1815 - 1848
Restored
Swiss Confederation
1848 - 1939
Swiss Confederacy
1939 - Now
Switzerland
Bishkek
1370 - 1507
Timurid Empire
1501 - 1785
Khanate of Bukhara
1465 - 1847
Kazakh Khanate
1634 - 1758
Dzungar Khanate
1842 - 1854
Kyrgyz Khanate
1646 - 1912
Great Qing
1721 - 1917
Russian Empire
1917 - 1918
Turkestan Autonomy
1918 - 1924
Turkestan Autonomous
Soviet Socialist Republic
1924 - 1991
Soviet Union
1991 - Now
Kyrgyzstan
Bissau
1251 - 1537
Mali Empire
1537 - 1867
Kaabu
 
1474 - 1974
Portuguese Guinea
1974 - Now
Guinea-Bissau
Bogotá
800 - 1540
Muisca Confederation
1498 - 1542
Province of Tierra Firme
1542 - 1824
Viceroyalty of Peru
1717 - 1822
Viceroyalty of
New Granada
1819 - 1831
Gran Colombia
1831 - 1858
State of New Granada /
Republic of New Granada
1858 - 1863
Granadine Confederation
1863 - 1886
United States of Colombia
1886 - Now
Colombia
Brasília
1500 - 1815
Colonial Brazil
1815 - 1822
United Kingdom of
Portugal, Brazil
and the Algarves
1822 - 1889
Empire of Brazil
1889 - 1946
Republic of the
United States of Brazil
1946 - 1964
United States of Brazil
1964 - 1985
Federative Republic of Brazil
1985 - Now
Brazil
Bratislava
1000 - 1804
Kingdom of Hungary
1804 - 1867
Austrian Empire
1867 - 1918
Austria-Hungary
1918 - 1939
Czechoslovak Republic
1939 - 1945
Slovak Republic
1945 - 1948
Czechoslovak Republic
1948 - 1960
Czechoslovak Republic
1960 - 1990
Czechoslovakia
1990 - 1992
Czech and Slovak
Federative Republic
1992 - Now
Slovakia
Brazzaville
1390 - 1914
Kingdom of Kongo
1400 - 1885
Kingdom of Kakongo
1882 - 1960
French Congo
1960 - 1969
Republic of the Congo
1969 - 1992
People's Republic of
the Congo
1992 - Now
Republic of the Congo
Bridgetown
1625 - 1885
British Windward Islands
1885 - 1966
Colony of Barbados
1958 - 1962
West Indies Federation
1966 - Now
Barbados
Brussels
1482 - 1794
Habsburg Netherlands
1556 - 1713
Spanish Netherlands
1713 - 1797
Austrian Netherlands
1797 - 1815
France
1815 - 1830
United Kingdom
of the Netherlands
1830 - Now
Belgium
Bucharest
1330 - 1859
Wallachia
1859 - 1881
United Principalities
of Moldavia and Wallachia
1881 - 1947
Kingdom of Romania
1947 - 1989
Socialist Republic of
Romania
1989 - Now
Romania
Capital City
Years
Countries
Symbol
Budapest
1000 - 1526
Kingdom of Hungary
1526 - 1570
Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
1526 - 1867
Kingdom of Hungary
1867 - 1918
Lands of the Crown
of Saint Stephen
1918 - 1919
Hungarian People's
Republic
1919 - 1919
Hungarian Soviet Republic
1919 - 1920
Hungarian Republic
1920 - 1946
Kingdom of Hungary
1946 - 1949
Hungarian Republic
1949 - 1989
Hungarian People's
Republic
1989 - 2012
Republic of Hungary
2012 - Now
Hungary
Buenos Aires
850 - 1667
Quilmes
 
1542 - 1776
Viceroyalty of Peru
1776 - 1810
Viceroyalty of the
Río de la Plata
1810 - 1831
United Provinces of
the Río de la Plata
1831 - 1861
Argentine Confederation
1861 - Now
Argentina
Cairo
1250 - 1517
Mamluk Sultanate
1517 - 1867
Ottoman Empire
1804 -
1815
First French Empire
1867 -
1882
Khedivate of Egypt
1882 -
1914
British Empire
(Occupied)
1914 -
1922
Sultanate of Egypt
1922 - 1953
Kingdom of Egypt
1953 - 1958
Egypt
1958 - 1971
United Arab Republic
1971 - Now
Egypt
Canberra
? - 1788
Ngunnawal /
Nyamudy
1788 -
1901
British Empire
1901 - Now
Australia
Caracas
? - 1521
Caribs
 
1521 - 1717
Viceroyalty of New Spain
1717 - 1777
Viceroyalty of New Granada
1777 - 1821
Captaincy General of Venezuela
1811 - 1812
Confederation of Venezuela
1813 - 1814
Republic of Venezuela
1817 - 1819
Third Republic of Venezuela
1821 - 1830
Gran Colombia
1830 - 1864
State of Venezuela /
Republic of Venezuela
1864 - 1953
United States of Venezuela
1953 - 1999
Republic of Venezuela
1999 - Now
Venezuela
Castries
800 - 1674
Kalinago
 
1674 - 1802
Kingdom of France
(intermittent)
1723 - 1756
Kingdom of France and British Empire
(intermittent)
1762 -
1838
1962 -
1967
British Empire
(intermittent)
1838 - 1958
British Windward Islands
1958 - 1962
West Indies Federation
1967 - 1979
Saint Lucia
(Associated State)
1979 - Now
Saint Lucia
Chișinău
1359 - 1514
Moldavia
1514 - 1812
Ottoman Empire
1812 - 1918
Russian Empire
1918 - 1945
Kingdom of Romania
1940 - 1990
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
1990 - Now
Moldova
Conakry
1894 - 1904
French Guinea
1895 - 1958
French West Africa
1958 - 1984
(People's Revolutionary) Republic of Guinea
1984 - Now
Guinea
Copenhagen
1397 - 1523
Kalmar Union
1524 - 1814
Denmark–Norway
1814 - 1864
Danish Unitary State
965 - Now
Denmark
Dakar
~1350 - 1549
Jolof Empire
 
1444 - 1645
Portugal
(Gorée only)
1549 - 1876
Kingdom of Kajoor
1588 - 1677
Senegambia
(Gorée only)
1664 - 1667
England
(Gorée only)
1677 - 1804
French Empire
(Gorée only)
1758 - 1815
British Empire
(Gorée only)
1876 - 1958
French Empire
1958 - 1960
Republic of Senegal
1960 - 1960
Mali Federation
1960 - 1982
Republic of Senegal
1982 - 1989
Senegambia Confederation
1989 - Now
Senegal
Damascus
1250 - 1516
Mamluk Sultanate
1517 - 1917
Ottoman Empire
1917 - 1920
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
1920 - 1920
Arab Kingdom of Syria
1920 - 1924
State of Damascus
1925 - 1930
State of Syria
1930 - 1946
Mandatory Syrian Republic
1946 - 1958
Syrian Republic
1958 - 1961
United Arab Republic
1961 - 2024
Ba'athist Syria
2024 - 2025
Syrian Caretaker Government
2025 - Now
Syrian Transitional Government
Dhaka
1352 - 1576
Bengal Sultanate
1539 - 1554
Sur Empire
 
1576 - 1717
Mughal Empire
1717 - 1757
Bengal Subah
1757 - 1947
British Empire
1947 - 1956
Dominion of Pakistan
1956 - 1971
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
1971 - Now
Bangladesh
Dili
1490 - 1702
Wehali
 
1702 - 1975
Portuguese Timor
1975 - 1999
Timor Timur
1999 - 2002
United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
2002 - Now
Timor-Leste
Djibouti
1415 - 1577
Adal Sultanate
1577 - 1874
Ottoman Empire
1874 - 1884
Khedivate of Egypt
1883 - 1967
French Somaliland
1967 - 1977
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas
1977 - Now
Djibouti
Dodoma
1800~ -
1907
Ugogo
 
1907 - 1919
German East Africa
1919 - 1961
Tanganyika Territory
1961 - 1964
Tanganyika
1964 - 1964
United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
1964 - Now
Tanzania
Doha
1417 - 1516
Jabrids Emirate
1516 - 1550
Portuguese Empire
1550 - 1669
Ottoman Empire
1669 - 1796
Bani Khalid Emirate
1796 - 1815
Emirate of Diriyah
1815 - 1850
Sheikhdom of Bahrain
1850 - 1872
Al-Thanis
1872 - 1916
Ottoman Empire
1916 - 1971
Protectorate of Qatar
1971 - Now
Qatar
Dublin
1177 - 1542
Lordship of Ireland
1542 - 1800
Kingdom of Ireland
1653 - 1659
Commonwealth of England
1801 - 1922
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1922 - 1937
Saorstát Éireann
1937 - Now
Ireland
Dushanbe
1370 - 1500
Timurid Empire
1501 - 1785
Khanate of Bukhara
1785 - 1877
Emirate of Bukhara
1877 - 1920
Russian Turkestan
1920 - 1924
Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
1924 - 1929
Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
1929 - 1991
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
1991 - Now
Tajikistan
Freetown
1505 - 1808
Kingdom of Koya
 
1808 - 1961
Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate
1961 - 1971
Sierra Leone
1971 - Now
Sierra Leone
Funafuti
? - 1892
Tuʻi Manuʻa Confederacy
 
1892 - 1975
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
1975 - 1978
Colony of Tuvalu
1978 - Now
Tuvalu
Gaborone
~1500 - 1800s
Balete or a Tswana tribe (Probably Bakwena)
 
1885 - 1966
Bechuanaland Protectorate
1966 - Now
Botswana
Georgetown
<1000 BC - 1616
Arawak
 
1616 - 1814
Dutch Empire
1814 - 1966
British Guiana
1966 - 1970
Guyana
1970 - Now
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Gitega
? - 1890
Kingdom of Burundi
 
1891 - 1916
German East Africa
1916 - 1922
Belgian Empire
1922 - 1946
Ruanda-Urundi
1946 - 1962
Trust Territory of Ruanda-Urundi
1962 - 1966
Kingdom of Burundi
1966 - Now
Burundi
Guatemala City
~1300 - 1524
Kʼicheʼ / Kaqchikel
 
1524 - 1821
Spanish Empire
1822 - 1823
Mexican Empire
1823 - 1839
Federal Republic of Central America
1839 - Now
Guatemala
Hanoi
1427 - 1804
Đại Việt
1804 - 1887
Đại Việt Nam Quốc
1887 - 1949
Protectorate of Tonkin
1940 - 1944
Empire of Japan
1945 - 1976
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
1949 - 1955
State of Vietnam
1976 - Now
Vietnam
Harare
1430 - 1760
Kingdom of Mutapa
1660 - 1889
Rozvi Empire
 
1840 - 1894
Mthwakazi
1890 - 1965
British Empire
1965 - 1979
Rhodesia
1979 - 1980
Zimbabwe Rhodesia
1980 - Now
Zimbabwe
Havana
<1000 BC - 1512
Taíno
 
1512 - 1607
Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
1607 - 1898
Captaincy General of Cuba
1898 - 1902
United States Military Government in Cuba
1902 - 1959
Republic of Cuba
1906 - 1909
Provisional Government of Cuba
1959 - Now
Cuba
Helsinki
1210 - 1809
Sweden
1397 - 1523
Kalmar Union
1809 - 1917
Grand Duchy of Finland
1917 - Now
Finland
Honiara
1884 - 1919
German New Guinea
1917 - 1978
British Solomon Islands
1978 - Now
Solomon Islands
Islamabad
~ 1400s - 1526
Khokhars
 
1526 - 1750
Mughal Empire
1540 - 1556
Sur Empire
 
1750 - 1802
Durrani Empire
1802 - 1849
Sikh Empire
1849 - 1947
British Empire
1947 - 1956
Dominion of Pakistan
1956 - Now
Pakistan
Jakarta
669 - 1579
Sunda Kingdom
 
1579 - 1619
Banten Sultanate
1619 - 1949
Dutch East Indies
1942 - 1945
Empire of Japan
1949 - 1950
United States of Indonesia
1950 - Now
Indonesia
Jerusalem
1250 - 1516
Mamluk Sultanate
1516 - 1917
Ottoman Empire
1917 - 1920
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
1920 - 1948
Mandatory Palestine
1948 - 1967
(East)
Jordan
1948 - Now
Israel
1988 - Now
(East)
Palestine
Juba
1500s - 1900s
Azande / Avongara
 
1871 - 1889
Khedivate of Egypt
1894 - 1910
Lado Enclave
1899 - 1956
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
1956 - 1969
Republic of Sudan
1969 - 1985
Democratic Republic of Sudan
1985 - 2011
Republic of Sudan
2011 - Now
South Sudan
Kabul
1398 - 1504
Timurid Empire
1501 - 1504
Arghun Dynasty
1504 - 1709
Mughal Empire
1540 - 1545
Sur Empire
 
1623 - 1653
Safavid Empire
1709 - 1738
Hotak Dynasty
1738 - 1747
Afsharid Dynasty
1747 - 1823
Durrani Empire
1823 - 1839
Barakzai Dynasty
 
1839 - 1842
Durrani Empire
(Disputed)
Barakzai Dynasty
(Disputed)
 
1842 - 1855
Barakzai Dynasty
(Emirate of Kabul)
1855 - 1926
Barakzai Dynasty
(Emirate of Afghanistan)
1926 - 1973
Kingdom of Afghanistan
1929 - 1929
Emirate of Afghanistan
1973 - 1978
Republic of Afghanistan
1978 - 1987
Democratic Republic
of Afghanistan
1987 - 1992
Republic of Afghanistan
1992 - 1996
Islamic State of
Afghanistan
1996 - 2001
Islamic Emirate
of Afghanistan
2001 - 2002
Islamic State of
Afghanistan
2002 - 2004
Transitional Islamic
State of Afghanistan
2004 - 2021
Islamic Republic
of Afghanistan
2021 - Now
Islamic Emirate
of Afghanistan
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Level 55
Oct 5, 2024
A bit more leniency and consistency on the type-ins would be greatly appreciated, ie for some you need to type "empire" after the name, for others you don't, and typing "uk" triggers most but not all of the British colonies (I think Botswana and Pakistan didn't but I'm not sure).

And please accept "Transcaucasia" for the TDFR.

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Level 63
Oct 6, 2024
I'll go through and fix some things, i think the idea behind the uk/britain thing was that it wasn't the UK yet at the time which in retrospect is kind of annoying so I'll change it. Also will add Transcaucasia, ty