city Cape Town: All Data

Cape Town is a city in South Africa. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.

1. Lists and Timelines

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Cape Town: 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.

1652 AD
Capital of Cape Colony
1795 AD
Capital of British Cape Colony
1910 AD
Mentioned in Event: Union of South Africa
1910 AD
Capital of Union of South Africa (Dominion)
1931 AD
Capital of Union of South Africa
1961 AD
Capital of Republic of South Africa
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Western Cape, part of Republic of South Africa