Are there historical instances of the capital of a colonising country being temporarily or permanently...
When the Portuguese Royal Court (over 15,000 souls) fled the Napoleonic invasion of Portugal in 1807, and installed itself in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rio became the capital of the pluricontinental Lusitanian monarchy until 1822.
- This is one of the few instances in history that the capital of a colonising country officially shifted to a city in one of its colonies. (from Wikipedia)
What are the other instances referred to in the above paragraph? When and where?
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When the Portuguese Royal Court (over 15,000 souls) fled the Napoleonic invasion of Portugal in 1807, and installed itself in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rio became the capital of the pluricontinental Lusitanian monarchy until 1822.
- This is one of the few instances in history that the capital of a colonising country officially shifted to a city in one of its colonies. (from Wikipedia)
What are the other instances referred to in the above paragraph? When and where?
napoleonic-wars population-transfer capital-transfer
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CentaurusCentaurus
1928
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Rome moving its capital to Constantinople. You might also consider Alexander, though I don't know if that satisfies the "colonizing" criterion. AFAIK neither he nor his successors tried to rule his conquests from Macedon.
– jamesqf
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When the Portuguese Royal Court (over 15,000 souls) fled the Napoleonic invasion of Portugal in 1807, and installed itself in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rio became the capital of the pluricontinental Lusitanian monarchy until 1822.
- This is one of the few instances in history that the capital of a colonising country officially shifted to a city in one of its colonies. (from Wikipedia)
What are the other instances referred to in the above paragraph? When and where?
napoleonic-wars population-transfer capital-transfer
asked 8 hours ago
CentaurusCentaurus
1928
When the Portuguese Royal Court (over 15,000 souls) fled the Napoleonic invasion of Portugal in 1807, and installed itself in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rio became the capital of the pluricontinental Lusitanian monarchy until 1822.
- This is one of the few instances in history that the capital of a colonising country officially shifted to a city in one of its colonies. (from Wikipedia)
What are the other instances referred to in the above paragraph? When and where?
napoleonic-wars population-transfer capital-transfer
napoleonic-wars population-transfer capital-transfer
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CentaurusCentaurus
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Rome moving its capital to Constantinople. You might also consider Alexander, though I don't know if that satisfies the "colonizing" criterion. AFAIK neither he nor his successors tried to rule his conquests from Macedon.
– jamesqf
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Rome moving its capital to Constantinople. You might also consider Alexander, though I don't know if that satisfies the "colonizing" criterion. AFAIK neither he nor his successors tried to rule his conquests from Macedon.
– jamesqf
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Rome moving its capital to Constantinople. You might also consider Alexander, though I don't know if that satisfies the "colonizing" criterion. AFAIK neither he nor his successors tried to rule his conquests from Macedon.
– jamesqf
6 hours ago
Rome moving its capital to Constantinople. You might also consider Alexander, though I don't know if that satisfies the "colonizing" criterion. AFAIK neither he nor his successors tried to rule his conquests from Macedon.
– jamesqf
6 hours ago
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You might count Free France from 1940–1944:
Capital:
- Brazzaville (1940–1943)
- Algiers (1943–1944)
- London (Seat of the French National Committee)
Like Byzantium, Trier was colonised by the Romans and then made a capital for a time. Speaking of Byzantium, that city had such an honour again, when the Ottomans made it Constantinople.
The Yuan dynasty of the Mongols and later the Qing dynasty might be described as colonising China and shifting their capitals.
During the War of the Fourth Coalition Königsberg was the capital of Prussia for as long as Napoleon's troops occupied Berlin.
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"... when the Ottomans made it Constantinople." Could you make it clearer?
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You might count Free France from 1940–1944:
Capital:
- Brazzaville (1940–1943)
- Algiers (1943–1944)
- London (Seat of the French National Committee)
Like Byzantium, Trier was colonised by the Romans and then made a capital for a time. Speaking of Byzantium, that city had such an honour again, when the Ottomans made it Constantinople.
The Yuan dynasty of the Mongols and later the Qing dynasty might be described as colonising China and shifting their capitals.
During the War of the Fourth Coalition Königsberg was the capital of Prussia for as long as Napoleon's troops occupied Berlin.
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"... when the Ottomans made it Constantinople." Could you make it clearer?
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You might count Free France from 1940–1944:
Capital:
- Brazzaville (1940–1943)
- Algiers (1943–1944)
- London (Seat of the French National Committee)
Like Byzantium, Trier was colonised by the Romans and then made a capital for a time. Speaking of Byzantium, that city had such an honour again, when the Ottomans made it Constantinople.
The Yuan dynasty of the Mongols and later the Qing dynasty might be described as colonising China and shifting their capitals.
During the War of the Fourth Coalition Königsberg was the capital of Prussia for as long as Napoleon's troops occupied Berlin.
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"... when the Ottomans made it Constantinople." Could you make it clearer?
– Centaurus
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You might count Free France from 1940–1944:
Capital:
- Brazzaville (1940–1943)
- Algiers (1943–1944)
- London (Seat of the French National Committee)
Like Byzantium, Trier was colonised by the Romans and then made a capital for a time. Speaking of Byzantium, that city had such an honour again, when the Ottomans made it Constantinople.
The Yuan dynasty of the Mongols and later the Qing dynasty might be described as colonising China and shifting their capitals.
During the War of the Fourth Coalition Königsberg was the capital of Prussia for as long as Napoleon's troops occupied Berlin.
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You might count Free France from 1940–1944:
Capital:
- Brazzaville (1940–1943)
- Algiers (1943–1944)
- London (Seat of the French National Committee)
Like Byzantium, Trier was colonised by the Romans and then made a capital for a time. Speaking of Byzantium, that city had such an honour again, when the Ottomans made it Constantinople.
The Yuan dynasty of the Mongols and later the Qing dynasty might be described as colonising China and shifting their capitals.
During the War of the Fourth Coalition Königsberg was the capital of Prussia for as long as Napoleon's troops occupied Berlin.
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Rome moving its capital to Constantinople. You might also consider Alexander, though I don't know if that satisfies the "colonizing" criterion. AFAIK neither he nor his successors tried to rule his conquests from Macedon.
– jamesqf
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