When did "the nations capital" lose its apostrophe...
Melbourne was the initial capital following the 1901 Federation of Australia. In 1927, the seat of national government was moved to the newly created city of Canberra, which continues to serve as the national capital to this day.
The Roman capital was moved to Bizantium and renamed it Constantinople.
The Capital of the United States of America. It was moved to its current location on the Potomac River, named Washington, DC.
Certainly. There need only be the political will to do so. National capitals change all the time. Recently, Myanmar changed its capital from Rangoon to Naypyidaw.
He moved it to Istanbul the modern day capital of Turkey.
Sir Walter Burley Griffin designed Australia's national capital of Canberra. He won the competition to design Australia's national capital, whereby he and his wife moved to Australia, where Griffin was appointed as the Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction.
The first capital if you count after the Declaration of Independence would be Philadelphia but after the war it was moved to Annapolis where it stayed until it moved to D.C. , go to http://bussinessmouse.googlepages.com
The Umayyad Dynasty was founded when the Arab capital was moved.
Montgomery, Alabama was the initial confederate capital city. The confederate capital moved to Richmond, Virginia. The last Confederate capital was Danville, Virginia.
The capital of Japan was moved from Nara to Heian-kyo in the year 794 AD. The current capital of Japan is Tokyo.
Sir Walter Burley Griffin designed Australia's national capital of Canberra. He won the competition to design Australia's national capital, whereby he and his wife moved to Australia, where Griffin was appointed as the Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction. To commemorate Burley Griffin's role in the design of the national capital, the artificial lake formed by damming the Molonglo River was named after him.
Tsar Peter the Great moved the Russian capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg.