List of historical national capitals

See also:

• List of national capitals
• Former U.S. state capitals
• Extinct countries, empires, etc.
• Countries by date of nationhood

Former capital city	Country, empire	Since	Until	Change, reason
Melbourne/Sydney	Australia	1901	1908	alternated as capitals until Canberra became ready
St. George	Bermuda (Brit.)		1815	moved to Hamilton
Salvador da Baía	Brazil (Portuguese)		1763	moved to Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil		1960	moved to Brasilia
Belize City	British Honduras		1970	moved to Belmopan
Kingston	Canada	1841	1843	moved to Montreal
Montreal	Canada	1843	1849	moved to Toronto
Toronto	Canada	1849	1859	moved to Quebec City
Quebec City	Canada	1859	1865	moved to Ottawa
Chan Santa Cruz	Chan Santa Cruz	c.1852	1901	became part of Mexico
Datong	China (Northern Wei Dynasty)		493	moved to Luoyang
Nanjing	China (Ming Dynasty)		15th century	moved to Beijing by Yongle
Anyang	China see: Capital of China
Chang'an
Chongqing City
Hangzhou
Hao
Luoyang
Léopoldville	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1960	1966	renamed Kinshasa
Large-Bassam	Côte d'Ivoire	1893	1900	moved to Bingerville
Bingerville	Côte d'Ivoire	1900	1933	moved to Abidjan
Abidjan	Côte d'Ivoire	1933	1983	moved to Yamoussoukro
Ciudad Trujillo	Dominican Republic	1930	1961	renamed Santo Domingo after the death of Trujillo
Memphis	Egypt
Winchester	England	3rd century?	9th century	moved to London
Lavuka	Fiji (Brit.)			moved to Suva
Bonn	Germany	1949	1994	moved to Berlin
Cape Coast	Gold Coast (Brit.)		1877	moved to Accra
Nafplion	Greece	1821	1836	moved to Athens
Lahaina	Hawaii (Hawaiian monarchy)		1840	moved to Honolulu
Calcutta	India (British)		1912	moved to New Delhi
Torino	Italy, Kingdom of	1861	1865	moved to Florence
Florence	Italy, Kingdom of	1865	1871	moved to Rome
Heijo-kyo (Nara)	Japan (Nara period)		784
Kyoto	Japan		1868	moved to Tokyo
Alma-Atta	Kazakhstan	1992	1993	renamed Almaty
Almaty (Alma-Atta)	Kazakhstan	1993	1998	moved to Astana
Jerusalem	Kingdom of Jerusalem	1099	1187	moved to Acre (Jerusalem captured by Saladin)
Acre	Kingdom of Jerusalem	1187	1291	Kingdom ceases to exist
Iaşi	Moldavia		1862	unified with Wallachia to form Romania
Cetinje	Montenegro		1946	moved to Podgorica
Auckland	New Zealand		1865	moved to Wellington
Lagos	Nigeria		1991	moved to Abuja
Bergen	Norway (medieval)		1299	moved to Oslo
Christiana	Norway		1924	renamed Oslo
Karachi	Pakistan		1967	moved to Islamabad
Quezon City	Philippines	1948	1976	moved to Manila
Kruszwica	Poland		9th century	moved to Gniezno
Gniezno	Poland	9th century	10th century	moved to Poznan
Poznan	Poland	10th century	1038	moved to Krakow
Krakow	Poland	1038	1079	moved to Plock
Plock	Poland	1079	1138	moved to Krakow
Krakow	Poland	1138	1596	moved to Warsaw
Guimarães	Portugal, Kingdom of		1255
Saint Petersburg	Russian empire		1914	renamed Petrograd
Petrograd	Russia		1918	moved to Moscow
Dariyah	Saudi state		1818	moved to Riyadh
Tulaghi	Solomon Islands			moved to Honiara
Valladolid	Spain	1600	1606	moved to Madrid
Columbia, Texas	Republic of Texas	1836	1837	moved to Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas	Republic of Texas	1837	1839	moved to Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas	Republic of Texas	1839	1845	Texas annexed by United States
New York City	United States	1785	1790	moved to Philadelphia
Philadelphia	United States	1790	1800	moved to Washington, DC
Bursa	Ottoman empire	1335	1365	moved to Edirne
Edirne	Ottoman empire	1365	1453	moved to Constantinople (Istanbul)
Constantinople	Ottoman empire	1453	1923	country ceased to exist
Port-of-Spain	West Indies Federation	1958	1962	country ceased to exist
Târgovişte	Wallachia		1698	moved to Bucharest
Câmpulung	Wallachia	13th century	15th century	moved to Târgovişte
Mérida	Yucatán	1840	1847	reunited with Mexico

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