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Throughout the world there are many cities that were once national capitals but no longer have that status because the country ceased to exist, the capital was moved, or the capital city was renamed. This is a list of such cities, sorted by country and then by date.
This is a list of national capitals, including capitals of territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including associated states and entities whose sovereignty is disputed. The capitals included on this list are those associated with states or territories listed by the international standard ISO 3166-1 , or that are included in the ...
List of former national capitals – Capital cities; List of historical unrecognized states and dependencies; List of largest empires; List of micronations; Lists of political entities by century; List of sovereign states. List of Bronze Age states (c. 3300 – c. 1200 BC) List of Iron Age states (c. 1200 – c. 600 BC)
List of Iron Age states (c. 1200–600 BC) List of Classical Age states (c. 600 BC-200 AD) List of states during Late Antiquity (c. 200–700) List of states during the Middle Ages (c. 700–1500) List of former sovereign states; Former countries in Europe after 1815; List of countries; List of former national capitals; List of largest empires ...
The list shows large groupings associated with the dates of independence from decolonization (e.g., 41 current states gained control of sovereignty from the United Kingdom and France between 1956 and 1966) or dissolution of a political union (e.g., 18 current states gained control of sovereignty from the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia between 1990 ...
This is a list of cities that once served as the capital of their respective countries, until the countries' governments relocated the capitals elsewhere. Not included in this category are: Former capitals of countries that no longer exist (see Category:Capitals of former nations ), unless they were also capitals of yet-existing countries.
The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political.Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international recognition, and four largely unrecognised de facto states with limited to no recognition have territory in Europe and/or membership in international European ...
British America (New Britain) Canada. Island of St. John; Rupert's Land (A private estate stretching from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains, and from the prairies to the Arctic Circle. [1]) Lower Canada. Province of Quebec; Upper Canada; Newfoundland Colony "Thirteen Colonies" (The United States of America) New England Colonies: Province of ...