city Port Moresby: All Data

Port Moresby is a city in Papua New Guinea. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.

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Port Moresby: Chronology of Mentions

Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.

1883 AD
Capital of British New Guinea
1902 AD
Capital of Territory of Papua
1942 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Port Moresby, part of World War II
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: New Britain campaign
1945 AD
Capital of Territory of Papua and New Guinea
1972 AD
Capital of Territory of Papua New Guinea
1975 AD
Capital of Independent State of Papua New Guinea
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Central Province, part of Independent State of Papua New Guinea
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Port Moresby, part of Independent State of Papua New Guinea